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Clean Harbors, Inc. (CLH) 10-Year Financial Performance & Capital Metrics

CLH • • Industrial / General
IndustrialsWaste ManagementHazardous & Special Waste ManagementHazardous Waste Treatment
AboutClean Harbors, Inc. provides environmental and industrial services in North America. The company operates through two segments, Environmental Services and Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions. The Environmental Services segment collects, transports, treats, and disposes hazardous and non-hazardous waste, such as resource recovery, physical treatment, fuel blending, incineration, landfill disposal, wastewater treatment, lab chemicals disposal, and explosives management services; and CleanPack services, including collection, identification, categorization, specialized packaging, transportation, and disposal of laboratory chemicals and household hazardous waste. This segment also provides industrial maintenance and specialty industrial services, and utilizes specialty equipment and resources that performs field services. The Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions segment offers specially designed parts washers; automotive and industrial cleaning products, such as antifreeze, windshield washer fluid, degreasers, glass and floor cleaners, hand cleaners, absorbents, mats, and spill kits; pickup and transportation services for hazardous and non-hazardous containerized waste for recycling or disposal; and vacuum services to remove solids, residual oily water and sludge, and other fluids from customers oil/water separators, sumps, and collection tanks, as well as remove and collect waste fluids found at metal fabricators, auto maintenance providers, and general manufacturers. This segment also manufactures, formulates, packages, distributes, and markets lubricants; and provides containerized waste, vacuum services, used motor oil collection, and contract blending and packaging services. Clean Harbors, Inc. was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Norwell, Massachusetts.Show more
  • Revenue $5.89B +8.9%
  • EBITDA $1.07B +9.5%
  • Net Income $402M +6.5%
  • EPS (Diluted) 7.42 +6.8%
  • Gross Margin 30.97% +0.7%
  • EBITDA Margin 18.19% +0.6%
  • Operating Margin 11.38% +0.5%
  • Net Margin 6.83% -2.2%
  • ROE 16.69% -7.9%
  • ROIC 10.9% -1.3%
  • Debt/Equity 1.18 +6.7%
  • Interest Coverage 4.34 -14.6%
Technical Analysis

Key Insights

Based on financial data analysis

✓Strengths

  • ✓Strong 5Y profit CAGR of 32.7%
  • ✓High quality earnings: Operating CF exceeds net income
  • ✓Strong 5Y sales CAGR of 11.5%
  • ✓Good 3Y average ROE of 19.6%
  • ✓Trading near 52-week high

✗Weaknesses

No significant weaknesses identified

* These insights are generated automatically based on available financial data. Please conduct your own research before making investment decisions.

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Growth Metrics

Revenue CAGR

10Y5.64%
5Y11.54%
3Y15.67%
TTM2.85%

Profit (Net Income) CAGR

10Y-
5Y32.71%
3Y25.56%
TTM-6.8%

EPS CAGR

10Y-
5Y33.65%
3Y25.99%
TTM-6.12%

ROCE

10Y Avg7.72%
5Y Avg10.38%
3Y Avg12.05%
Latest11.54%

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NameMarket CapCurrent PriceP/E RatioRevenue Growth 1YNet MarginROEFCF YieldDebt/Equity
CLHClean Harbors, Inc.14.27B267.0035.988.89%6.51%13.99%2.42%1.18
PESIPerma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc.271.1M14.64-11.01-34.12%-19.14%-20.98%0.08

Profit & Loss

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Sales/Revenue+3.28B2.76B2.94B3.3B3.41B3.14B3.81B5.17B5.41B5.89B
Revenue Growth %-0.04%-0.16%0.07%0.12%0.03%-0.08%0.21%0.36%0.05%0.09%
Cost of Goods Sold+2.36B1.93B2.06B2.31B2.39B2.14B2.61B3.54B3.75B4.07B
COGS % of Revenue0.72%0.7%0.7%0.7%0.7%0.68%0.69%0.69%0.69%0.69%
Gross Profit+918.33M822.37M882.3M994.75M1.02B1.01B1.2B1.62B1.66B1.82B
Gross Margin %0.28%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.32%0.31%0.31%0.31%0.31%
Gross Profit Growth %-0.04%-0.1%0.07%0.13%0.03%-0.02%0.19%0.36%0.02%0.1%
Operating Expenses+730.75M753.21M754.53M812.18M794.91M755.01M847.84M987.93M1.05B1.15B
OpEx % of Revenue0.22%0.27%0.26%0.25%0.23%0.24%0.22%0.19%0.19%0.2%
Selling, General & Admin414.16M422.01M456.65M503.75M484.05M451.04M537.96M627.39M671.16M739.63M
SG&A % of Revenue0.13%0.15%0.16%0.15%0.14%0.14%0.14%0.12%0.12%0.13%
Research & Development0000000000
R&D % of Revenue----------
Other Operating Expenses316.59M331.19M297.88M308.43M310.86M303.97M309.88M360.54M379.43M414.38M
Operating Income+187.58M69.16M127.78M182.57M229.46M251.34M347.89M634.75M612.44M670.23M
Operating Margin %0.06%0.03%0.04%0.06%0.07%0.08%0.09%0.12%0.11%0.11%
Operating Income Growth %0.68%-0.63%0.85%0.43%0.26%0.1%0.38%0.82%-0.04%0.09%
EBITDA+461.77M356.16M416.2M481.2M530.18M544.25M646.02M982.34M978.2M1.07B
EBITDA Margin %0.14%0.13%0.14%0.15%0.16%0.17%0.17%0.19%0.18%0.18%
EBITDA Growth %0.19%-0.23%0.17%0.16%0.1%0.03%0.19%0.52%-0%0.1%
D&A (Non-Cash Add-back)274.19M287M288.42M298.63M300.73M292.92M298.13M347.59M365.76M400.92M
EBIT186.82M93.03M146.39M178.53M231.14M251.13M349.59M650.27M623.8M687.84M
Net Interest Income+-76.55M-83.53M-85.81M-81.09M-78.67M-73.12M-77.66M-107.66M-108.59M-134.96M
Interest Income626K784K1.9M2.96M4.23M3.46M2.22M4.61M11.93M19.44M
Interest Expense77.18M84.31M87.7M84.05M82.9M76.58M79.88M112.27M120.53M154.4M
Other Income/Expense-77.93M-60.45M-69.09M-88.09M-81.22M-76.79M-78.17M-96.75M-109.16M-136.79M
Pretax Income+109.65M8.72M58.69M94.48M148.24M174.55M269.71M538M503.28M533.44M
Pretax Margin %0.03%0%0.02%0.03%0.04%0.06%0.07%0.1%0.09%0.09%
Income Tax+65.54M48.59M-42.05M28.85M50.5M39.71M66.47M126.25M125.42M131.14M
Effective Tax Rate %0.4%-4.57%1.72%0.69%0.66%0.77%0.75%0.77%0.75%0.75%
Net Income+44.1M-39.87M100.74M65.64M97.74M134.84M203.25M411.74M377.86M402.3M
Net Margin %0.01%-0.01%0.03%0.02%0.03%0.04%0.05%0.08%0.07%0.07%
Net Income Growth %2.56%-1.9%3.53%-0.35%0.49%0.38%0.51%1.03%-0.08%0.06%
Net Income (Continuing)44.1M-39.87M100.74M65.64M97.74M134.84M203.25M411.74M377.86M402.3M
Discontinued Operations0000000000
Minority Interest0000000000
EPS (Diluted)+0.76-0.691.761.161.742.423.717.566.957.42
EPS Growth %2.62%-1.91%3.55%-0.34%0.5%0.39%0.53%1.04%-0.08%0.07%
EPS (Basic)0.76-0.691.771.171.752.433.737.596.997.46
Diluted Shares Outstanding58.43M57.53M57.2M56.34M56.13M55.69M54.76M54.49M54.38M54.2M
Basic Shares Outstanding58.32M57.53M57.07M56.15M55.84M55.48M54.51M54.22M54.07M53.9M
Dividend Payout Ratio----------

Balance Sheet

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Total Current Assets+921.2M1.09B1.15B1.2B1.4B1.53B1.74B2.03B2.05B2.43B
Cash & Short-Term Investments184.71M307M357.58M279.36M414.41M570.96M534.3M554.64M550.8M789.83M
Cash Only184.71M307M319.4M226.51M371.99M519.1M452.57M492.6M444.7M687.19M
Short-Term Investments0038.18M52.86M42.42M51.86M81.72M62.03M106.1M102.63M
Accounts Receivable521.94M532.42M564.85M661.75M701.06M667.22M887.7M1.07B1.09B1.18B
Days Sales Outstanding58.1770.5370.0173.1974.9977.4685.1475.7173.6272.97
Inventory149.52M178.43M176.01M199.48M214.74M220.5M250.69M324.99M327.51M384.66M
Days Inventory Outstanding23.1633.6931.1531.5832.8337.6535.0633.4731.9134.53
Other Current Assets18.76M18.91M20.45M18.77M00082.52M82.94M81.74M
Total Non-Current Assets+2.51B2.59B2.55B2.54B2.71B2.61B3.91B4.1B4.33B4.94B
Property, Plant & Equipment1.53B1.61B1.59B1.56B1.75B1.68B2.02B2.15B2.38B2.7B
Fixed Asset Turnover2.14x1.71x1.86x2.11x1.95x1.88x1.88x2.41x2.27x2.18x
Goodwill453.11M465.15M478.52M514.19M525.01M527.02M1.23B1.25B1.29B1.48B
Intangible Assets506.82M498.72M469.13M441.88M419.07M386.62M644.91M620.78M602.8M701.99M
Long-Term Investments0000000000
Other Non-Current Assets17.84M13.35M17.5M18.12M13.56M16.52M15.6M81.8M59.74M65.5M
Total Assets+3.43B3.68B3.71B3.74B4.11B4.13B5.65B6.13B6.38B7.38B
Asset Turnover0.95x0.75x0.79x0.88x0.83x0.76x0.67x0.84x0.85x0.80x
Asset Growth %-0.07%0.07%0.01%0.01%0.1%0.01%0.37%0.08%0.04%0.16%
Total Current Liabilities+517.12M504.67M503.82M602.28M720.1M636.14M925.31M1.02B1.04B1.1B
Accounts Payable241.18M229.53M224.23M276.46M298.38M195.88M359.87M446.63M451.81M487.29M
Days Payables Outstanding37.3543.3539.6843.7745.6133.4450.334644.0243.75
Short-Term Debt20.39M20.02M4M7.54M7.54M7.54M17.54M10M10M15.1M
Deferred Revenue (Current)1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K
Other Current Liabilities35.65M34.64M75.64M100.92M116.61M141.16M176.12M146.35M140.15M155.08M
Current Ratio1.78x2.17x2.29x2.00x1.95x2.40x1.88x1.99x1.98x2.21x
Quick Ratio1.49x1.81x1.94x1.66x1.65x2.05x1.61x1.68x1.66x1.86x
Cash Conversion Cycle43.9760.8861.476162.2181.6669.8763.1861.5163.76
Total Non-Current Liabilities+1.82B2.09B2.01B1.97B2.12B2.15B3.21B3.19B3.1B3.7B
Long-Term Debt1.38B1.63B1.63B1.57B1.55B1.55B2.52B2.41B2.29B2.77B
Capital Lease Obligations0000121.02M114.26M117.99M119.26M131.74M182.88M
Deferred Tax Liabilities267.64M293.42M223.29M233.35M231.34M230.1M314.85M350.39M353.11M363.62M
Other Non-Current Liabilities167.85M166.32M165.72M167.91M212.52M259.83M264.63M302.81M321.26M383.46M
Total Liabilities2.34B2.6B2.52B2.57B2.84B2.79B4.14B4.21B4.14B4.8B
Total Debt+1.4B1.65B1.63B1.57B1.72B1.71B2.7B2.59B2.49B3.04B
Net Debt1.22B1.35B1.31B1.35B1.35B1.19B2.25B2.1B2.05B2.35B
Debt / Equity1.28x1.52x1.37x1.34x1.36x1.27x1.78x1.35x1.11x1.18x
Debt / EBITDA3.04x4.64x3.92x3.27x3.25x3.14x4.18x2.64x2.55x2.84x
Net Debt / EBITDA2.64x3.78x3.15x2.80x2.55x2.18x3.48x2.14x2.09x2.20x
Interest Coverage2.43x0.82x1.46x2.17x2.77x3.28x4.36x5.65x5.08x4.34x
Total Equity+1.1B1.08B1.19B1.17B1.27B1.34B1.51B1.92B2.25B2.57B
Equity Growth %-0.13%-0.01%0.1%-0.02%0.09%0.06%0.13%0.27%0.17%0.15%
Book Value per Share18.7618.8520.7720.7622.6224.0927.6535.2841.3347.48
Total Shareholders' Equity1.1B1.08B1.19B1.17B1.27B1.34B1.51B1.92B2.25B2.57B
Common Stock576K573K565K558K558K548K544K541K539K538K
Retained Earnings612.67M572.79M673.08M737.15M834.89M969.73M1.17B1.58B1.96B2.36B
Treasury Stock0000000000
Accumulated OCI-254.89M-214.33M-172.41M-223.37M-210.05M-211.48M-196.01M-167.18M-175.34M-213.63M
Minority Interest0000000000

Cash Flow

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Cash from Operations+396.38M259.62M285.7M373.21M413.19M430.6M546M626.21M734.55M777.77M
Operating CF Margin %0.12%0.09%0.1%0.11%0.12%0.14%0.14%0.12%0.14%0.13%
Operating CF Growth %0.33%-0.35%0.1%0.31%0.11%0.04%0.27%0.15%0.17%0.06%
Net Income44.1M-39.87M100.74M65.64M97.74M134.84M203.25M411.74M377.86M402.3M
Depreciation & Amortization274.19M287M288.42M298.63M300.73M292.92M298.13M347.59M365.76M400.92M
Stock-Based Compensation8.55M10.48M13.15M16.79M17.82M18.5M18.84M26.84M20.7M27.98M
Deferred Taxes1.85M16.35M-83.33M19.09M8.01M-9.75M1.48M17.55M12.69M18.44M
Other Non-Cash Items20.3M14.44M-9.04M28.5M-133K26.81M12M10.44M1.36M6.35M
Working Capital Changes47.39M-28.78M-24.23M-55.43M-10.96M-32.72M12.3M-187.96M-43.82M-78.22M
Change in Receivables55.27M-15.01M-33.76M-79.56M-33.27M22.42M-96.55M-201.09M2.45M-28.82M
Change in Inventory14.06M-16.08M-5M-26.96M-15.87M-7.93M-31.69M-74.55M-4.31M-49.59M
Change in Payables-16.3M-3.5M-10.68M46.91M7.15M-80.33M108.4M74.46M-27.43M12.33M
Cash from Investing+-350.64M-361.78M-203.27M-349.66M-217.86M-199.46M-1.51B-388.94M-575.05M-903.67M
Capital Expenditures-257.2M-219.38M-167.01M-193.34M-216.32M-196.26M-241.86M-345.06M-422.3M-432.24M
CapEx % of Revenue0.08%0.08%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.07%0.08%0.07%
Acquisitions----------
Investments----------
Other Investing899K17.99M5.51M10.76M7.75M7.59M18.31M6.81M7M-508K
Cash from Financing+-90.18M220.24M-72.76M-111M-53.42M-88.95M898.25M-187.31M-208.89M377.03M
Debt Issued (Net)----------
Equity Issued (Net)----------
Dividends Paid0000000000
Share Repurchases----------
Other Financing-16.32M-8.2M-14.76M-3.13M-13.84M73K-26.35M-8.66M-11.08M-21.18M
Net Change in Cash----------
Free Cash Flow+133.89M37.41M117.07M175.18M192.96M232.31M300.29M279.19M309.6M345.53M
FCF Margin %0.04%0.01%0.04%0.05%0.06%0.07%0.08%0.05%0.06%0.06%
FCF Growth %3.03%-0.72%2.13%0.5%0.1%0.2%0.29%-0.07%0.11%0.12%
FCF per Share2.290.652.053.113.444.175.485.125.696.38
FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income)8.99x-6.51x2.84x5.69x4.23x3.19x2.69x1.52x1.94x1.93x
Interest Paid73.93M88.67M93.17M89.17M60.85M72.53M73.44M105.64M114.56M153.06M
Taxes Paid52.97M29.25M18.68M20.04M27.04M53.12M65.19M78.53M132.31M130.61M

Key Ratios

Metric2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Return on Equity (ROE)3.74%-3.66%8.87%5.57%8.01%10.33%14.24%23.96%18.12%16.69%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)5.97%2.19%3.89%5.46%6.7%7.32%8.29%12.23%11.05%10.9%
Gross Margin28.04%29.85%29.96%30.14%30.02%32.01%31.42%31.41%30.74%30.97%
Net Margin1.35%-1.45%3.42%1.99%2.86%4.29%5.34%7.97%6.99%6.83%
Debt / Equity1.28x1.52x1.37x1.34x1.36x1.27x1.78x1.35x1.11x1.18x
Interest Coverage2.43x0.82x1.46x2.17x2.77x3.28x4.36x5.65x5.08x4.34x
FCF Conversion8.99x-6.51x2.84x5.69x4.23x3.19x2.69x1.52x1.94x1.93x
Revenue Growth-3.72%-15.87%6.89%12.07%3.39%-7.86%21.04%35.76%4.69%8.89%

Revenue by Segment

2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Technical Services1.14B---1.12B1.06B1.21B1.5B1.56B1.73B
Technical Services Growth------5.12%13.82%23.61%4.59%10.85%
Industrial Services And Other-----480.62M706.3M1.31B1.42B1.38B
Industrial Services And Other Growth------46.96%85.70%8.22%-2.92%
Safetly-Kleen Environmental Services----851.52M809.24M805.49M962.7M1.1B1.18B
Safetly-Kleen Environmental Services Growth------4.97%-0.46%19.52%14.47%7.43%
Field and Emergency Response----340.91M461.04M466.38M575.3M609.91M895.12M
Field and Emergency Response Growth-----35.24%1.16%23.35%6.02%46.76%
Safety-Kleen Oil------617.77M821.76M713.97M699.49M
Safety-Kleen Oil Growth-------33.02%-13.12%-2.03%
Kleen Performance Products----467.17M330.49M----
Kleen Performance Products Growth------29.26%----
Industrial Services----514.39M-----
Industrial Services Growth----------
Oil, Gas and Lodging Services----118.16M-----
Oil, Gas and Lodging Services Growth----------
Service---2.71B------
Service Growth----------
Product---591.06M------
Product Growth----------
Safety-Kleen-1.11B1.09B-------
Safety-Kleen Growth---2.06%-------
Oil, Gas, and Lodging-116.69M119.6M-------
Oil, Gas, and Lodging Growth--2.49%-------
Industrial and Field Services923.6M---------
Industrial and Field Services Growth----------
Environmental Services634.86M---------
Environmental Services Growth----------
Oil Refining and Recycling306.82M---------
Oil Refining and Recycling Growth----------
Oil and Gas Field Services181.78M---------
Oil and Gas Field Services Growth----------
Lodging91.71M---------
Lodging Growth----------
Segment Reconciling Items-2.72M---------
Segment Reconciling Items Growth----------

Revenue by Geography

2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
UNITED STATES---2.72B2.94B2.74B3.32B4.58B4.87B5.35B
UNITED STATES Growth----8.05%-6.84%21.37%37.63%6.40%9.92%
CANADA695M538M552.1M578.49M471.36M404.54M480.61M590.44M539.97M537.53M
CANADA Growth--22.59%2.62%4.78%-18.52%-14.18%18.80%22.85%-8.55%-0.45%
United States and Puerto Rico2.58B2.21B2.39B-------
United States and Puerto Rico Growth--14.08%8.07%-------

Frequently Asked Questions

Valuation & Price

Clean Harbors, Inc. (CLH) has a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 36.0x. This suggests investors expect higher future growth.

Growth & Financials

Clean Harbors, Inc. (CLH) reported $5.96B in revenue for fiscal year 2024. This represents a 200% increase from $1.98B in 2011.

Clean Harbors, Inc. (CLH) grew revenue by 8.9% over the past year. This is steady growth.

Yes, Clean Harbors, Inc. (CLH) is profitable, generating $388.4M in net income for fiscal year 2024 (6.8% net margin).

Dividend & Returns

Clean Harbors, Inc. (CLH) has a return on equity (ROE) of 16.7%. This is reasonable for most industries.

Clean Harbors, Inc. (CLH) generated $442.9M in free cash flow for fiscal year 2024. Positive FCF indicates the company can fund dividends, buybacks, or reinvestment.

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