Clean Harbors (CLH) 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.

Is CLH or CCRN more profitable?

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 Harbors	6.58%	15.47%	5.38%
Cross Country Healthcare	-1.41%	2.56%	1.84%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CLH or CCRN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Clean Harbors	$5.89B	2.07	$402.30M	$7.22	31.54
Cross Country Healthcare	$1.34B	0.31	-$14.56M	-$0.53	-24.11

Do analysts rate CLH or CCRN?

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

Does the media prefer CLH or CCRN?

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

Which has more risk & volatility, CLH or CCRN?

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.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CLH or CCRN?

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.