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$227.72 -1.13 (-0.49%)
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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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Clean Harbors has a net margin of 6.58% compared to Cross Country Healthcare's net margin of -1.41%. Clean Harbors' return on equity of 15.47% beat Cross Country Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Clean Harbors6.58% 15.47% 5.38%
Cross Country Healthcare -1.41%2.56%1.84%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Clean Harbors$5.89B2.07$402.30M$7.2231.54
Cross Country Healthcare$1.34B0.31-$14.56M-$0.53-24.11

Clean Harbors currently has a consensus target price of $257.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.15%. Cross Country Healthcare has a consensus target price of $17.93, suggesting a potential upside of 40.30%. Given Cross Country Healthcare's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cross Country Healthcare is more favorable than Clean Harbors.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Clean Harbors
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Cross Country Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Clean Harbors had 10 more articles in the media than Cross Country Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Clean Harbors and 2 mentions for Cross Country Healthcare. Clean Harbors' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Cross Country Healthcare's score of 0.09 indicating that Clean Harbors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Clean Harbors
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cross Country Healthcare
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Clean Harbors has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cross Country Healthcare has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Clean Harbors beats Cross Country Healthcare on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CLH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CLH vs. The Competition

MetricClean HarborsWaste Removal Svcs IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.20B$10.47B$15.06B$20.79B
Dividend YieldN/A1.31%2.75%3.65%
P/E Ratio31.5435.7628.3427.58
Price / Sales2.0777.6850.6770.58
Price / Cash14.9216.8227.0922.27
Price / Book4.773.756.204.66
Net Income$402.30M$228.90M$197.10M$995.72M
7 Day Performance-2.20%0.05%7.47%-0.30%
1 Month Performance0.62%2.35%13.50%4.91%
1 Year Performance0.00%9.69%23.95%11.21%

Clean Harbors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CLH
Clean Harbors
4.5914 of 5 stars
$227.72
-0.5%
$257.67
+13.2%
+0.1%$12.20B$5.89B31.5422,796News Coverage
Positive News
CCRN
Cross Country Healthcare
3.5715 of 5 stars
$12.08
+0.1%
$17.93
+48.4%
-16.1%$396.02M$1.26B-22.798,205News Coverage
VRSK
Verisk Analytics
4.1897 of 5 stars
$305.62
+1.7%
$302.40
-1.1%
+9.1%$42.75B$2.88B44.757,800Positive News
APTV
Aptiv
4.8927 of 5 stars
$70.50
+1.8%
$80.38
+14.0%
-1.0%$15.35B$19.64B11.67141,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ROL
Rollins
3.3157 of 5 stars
$55.74
+0.9%
$60.50
+8.5%
+12.9%$27.01B$3.46B56.3020,265Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
TTEK
Tetra Tech
2.5092 of 5 stars
$37.24
+1.8%
$41.00
+10.1%
-5.5%$9.81B$5.20B54.1330,000Positive News
CWST
Casella Waste Systems
3.7297 of 5 stars
$111.96
+1.2%
$122.67
+9.6%
+1.6%$7.10B$1.56B508.935,100News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ABM
ABM Industries
4.6153 of 5 stars
$49.48
+1.6%
$56.00
+13.2%
-10.9%$3.08B$8.36B39.90117,000News Coverage
Positive News
TISI
Team
1.0936 of 5 stars
$18.03
+0.3%
N/A+87.2%$80.99M$851.33M-1.595,400Trending News
Gap Up
WM
Waste Management
4.9371 of 5 stars
$229.35
+1.5%
$251.29
+9.6%
+1.9%$92.29B$22.92B34.5961,700
RSG
Republic Services
4.3575 of 5 stars
$244.11
+1.2%
$255.21
+4.5%
+18.2%$76.28B$16.18B36.8242,000Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:CLH) was last updated on 7/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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