Clean Harbors, Inc.

CLH Industrials Waste Management

Clean Harbors, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $6.0 billion, up 2.39% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+20.7%
EPS
+77.7%
Free cash flow
+14.4%
Total debt
+3.98%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

279.31 8.93 −3.10%
Market cap
$14.6B
P/E
27.9×
Fwd P/E
29.0×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
3.37
Beneish M
−2.78
Dividend safety
n/a

Clean Harbors, Inc. (CLH) Return on equity

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Clean Harbors, Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 17.9%, up 3.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (14.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.66% (fiscal 2016) to 24.0% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Waste Management industry median of 0.00% and above the Industrials sector median of 3.71%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 14.7% (1.99)
FY2024 16.7% (1.43)
FY2023 18.1% (5.85)
FY2022 24.0% 9.73
FY2021 14.2% 3.91
FY2020 10.3% 2.32
FY2019 8.01% 2.44
FY2018 5.57% (3.30)
FY2017 8.87% 12.53
FY2016 −3.66% (7.40)

Against its own ten years

Low −3.66% High 24.0%
Ten-year median 10.3%
Current reading's percentile 73

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
WM Waste Management, Inc. compare 31.7%
RSG Republic Services, Inc. compare 18.5%
CLH Clean Harbors, Inc. 17.9%
WCN Waste Connections, Inc. compare 14.2%
CWST Casella Waste Systems, Inc. compare 0.36%
OIO ESGL Holdings Limited compare 0.00%
ONT Onterris, Inc. compare −2.32%
GFL GFL Environmental Inc. compare −4.07%
NVRI Enviri Corporation compare −93.3%
Waste Management industry median 0.00%
Industrials sector median 3.71%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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