CLH vs. CCRN, VRSK, APTV, ROL, TTEK, CWST, ABM, TISI, WM, and RSG
Should you be buying Clean Harbors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clean Harbors include Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Aptiv (APTV), Rollins (ROL), Tetra Tech (TTEK), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), ABM Industries (ABM), Team (TISI), Waste Management (WM), and Republic Services (RSG).
Clean Harbors vs. Its Competitors
Clean Harbors (NYSE:CLH) and Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ:CCRN) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Clean Harbors has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cross Country Healthcare has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Clean Harbors and Clean Harbors both had 7 articles in the media. Clean Harbors' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Cross Country Healthcare's score of 0.70 indicating that Clean Harbors is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Clean Harbors presently has a consensus target price of $262.45, suggesting a potential upside of 10.82%. Cross Country Healthcare has a consensus target price of $17.93, suggesting a potential upside of 43.44%. Given Cross Country Healthcare's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cross Country Healthcare is more favorable than Clean Harbors.
Clean Harbors has higher revenue and earnings than Cross Country Healthcare. Cross Country Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clean Harbors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.4% of Clean Harbors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Clean Harbors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Clean Harbors has a net margin of 6.48% compared to Cross Country Healthcare's net margin of -0.70%. Clean Harbors' return on equity of 14.82% beat Cross Country Healthcare's return on equity.
Summary
Clean Harbors beats Cross Country Healthcare on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CLH) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff