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Clean Harbors CLH Ratios & Valuation

FY'25FY'24FY'23FY'22
Profitability
Gross margin123.9%-0.5pp124.4%+0.4pp124%-0.2pp124.2%-4.1pp
Operating margin44.1%-1.7pp45.8%-1.3pp47.1%+3.3pp43.8%+7.7pp
Net margin26.1%-1.8pp27.8%-1.8pp29.6%+2.0pp27.7%+6.5pp
EBITDA margin73.3%+0.2pp73.1%-0.5pp73.6%+1.6pp72%+1.7pp
Free cash flow margin27.2%+7.8pp19.4%-4.7pp24.1%+9.0pp15.1%-23.2pp
Returns
Return on equity60.3%-8.8pp69.1%-12.8pp81.9%-0.1pp82%+28.7pp
Return on assets21.2%-2.5pp23.7%-2.4pp26.1%+1.2pp24.9%+8.3pp
Return on invested capital39.1%-2.7pp41.8%-3.6pp45.5%-0.4pp45.9%+10.7pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover3.3×-0.1×3.4×-0.1×3.5×-0.1×3.6×+0.4×
Inventory turnover44.1×-1.3×45.4×-3.0×48.4×-2.0×50.3×-20.4×
Liquidity
Current ratio9.6×+1.1×8.5×+0.4×8.1×+0.1×7.9×-1.1×
Quick ratio8.1×+1.0×7.1×+0.4×6.7×0.0×6.7×-1.1×
Cash ratio2.5×+0.7×1.8×+0.4×1.4×-0.3×1.6×-1.3×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity4.6×-0.4×+0.2×4.8×-1.3×6.1×+0.7×
Debt-to-assets1.7×-0.1×1.7×+0.1×1.6×-0.2×1.8×+0.1×
Net debt / EBITDA8.9×-1.1×9.9×+0.9×-1.9×10.9×+1.6×
Per Share
Book value per share$200.86+10.5%$181.75+16.0%$156.64+20.8%$129.66+24.0%
Valuation
Market capitalization$48.06B-0.9%$48.49B+38.2%$35.09B+53.1%$22.92B+10.6%
Enterprise value$57.75B-1.8%$58.83B+33.8%$43.96B+37.1%$32.06B+21.4%
Price / earnings123.6×+1.6×122.1×+32.7×89.4×+16.6×72.8×-42.3×
Price / sales-0.5×8.5×+1.9×6.6×+1.7×4.9×-1.2×
Price / book17.8×-1.9×19.7×+3.2×16.4×+3.4×13×-1.4×
EV / EBITDA52.7×-3.7×56.4×+11.7×44.7×+6.6×38.1×-5.7×
EV / sales9.7×-0.6×10.3×+2.1×8.2×+1.4×6.8×-0.9×
Free cash flow yield13.5%+4.4pp9.1%-5.7pp14.8%+2.3pp12.5%-12.9pp
Earnings yield13%-0.1pp13.1%-5.1pp18.3%-5.0pp23.3%+9.3pp

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Questions, answered.

What are Clean Harbors's profit margins?
Clean Harbors (CLH) runs a 31.7% gross margin and a 11.2% operating margin, with a 6.5% net margin.
Where do Clean Harbors's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Clean Harbors's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.