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Clean Harbors CLH Operating margin

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17.5%
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7%+0.5pp
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10.1%+0.8pp
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13.4%+3.5pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.5B+1.9%
Gross profit$445.4M+8.6%
Operating income$118.9M+6.6%
Net income$63.2M+7.7%
EPS (diluted)$1.19+9.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$548.0M+12.0%
Total debt$3.0B+0.2%
Total equity$2.8B+7.9%
Total assets$7.6B+4.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$6.3M+292%
CapEx$98.4M-17.1%
Free cash flow-$92.1M+21.3%

Valuation

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Market cap$15.25B+42.9%
Enterprise value$17.75B+34.2%
P/E38.6×+11.3×
P/S2.5×+0.7×

Profitability

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Gross margin31.7%+1.0pp
Net margin6.5%-0.1pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity14.8%-1.2pp
Debt / equity1.1×-0.1×
Current ratio2.3×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Clean Harbors’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Clean Harbors’s 10-Q, filed May 6, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Clean Harbors's operating margin?
Clean Harbors (CLH) reported operating margin of 11.2% in Q1 2026.
How has Clean Harbors's operating margin changed year-over-year?
Clean Harbors's operating margin increased by 1.8% year-over-year, from 11% to 11.2%.
What is the long-term trend for Clean Harbors's operating margin?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Clean Harbors's operating margin has grown at a 5.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 36.1% to 44.1%.
What does operating margin mean?
The profit left from core operations for every dollar of sales, before interest and taxes.
How do you interpret operating margin?
Expanding operating margin shows operating leverage — revenue growing faster than the cost base. Compression points to rising overhead, pricing pressure, or investment ahead of revenue.
How does operating margin compare across companies?
Strong cross-company signal within a sector. Capital-light businesses sustain higher operating margins than capital-intensive ones.