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Clean Harbors CLH Ratios & Valuation

TTM Q1 '26TTM Q4 '25TTM Q3 '25TTM Q2 '25TTM Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin124.9%+0.6pp123.9%-0.5pp123.6%-0.5pp123.7%+0.3pp124.2%+0.9pp
Operating margin44.3%-1.3pp44.1%-1.7pp44.3%-1.4pp45.1%0.0pp45.6%-0.2pp
Net margin26%-1.6pp26.1%-1.8pp26.4%-1.6pp27.1%-0.5pp27.6%-0.6pp
EBITDA margin73.9%+0.9pp73.3%+0.2pp73%-0.1pp73%+0.9pp73.1%+0.5pp
Free cash flow margin29.1%+8.3pp27.2%+7.8pp25.7%+6.5pp22.9%+2.5pp20.7%-1.5pp
Returns
Return on equity59.1%-8.6pp60.3%-8.8pp62.3%-8.3pp65.3%-5.6pp67.6%-7.2pp
Return on assets21.1%-2.4pp21.2%-2.5pp21.9%-2.0pp22.8%-0.8pp23.4%-1.0pp
Return on invested capital38.8%-2.9pp39.1%-2.7pp40.1%-1.9pp41.2%-0.5pp41.8%-1.2pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover3.2×-0.2×3.3×-0.1×3.3×-0.1×3.4×-0.1×3.4×-0.1×
Inventory turnover44×-1.5×44.1×-1.3×44.6×-0.9×45.3×-0.9×45.5×-1.7×
Liquidity
Current ratio9.6×+0.8×9.6×+1.1×9.5×+1.2×9.1×+1.0×8.8×+0.7×
Quick ratio8.2×+0.8×8.1×+1.0×+1.1×7.7×+0.9×7.4×+0.6×
Cash ratio2.6×+0.6×2.5×+0.7×2.4×+0.8×2.2×+0.7×+0.6×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity4.5×-0.4×4.6×-0.4×4.6×-0.3×4.8×-0.1×4.9×+0.1×
Debt-to-assets1.6×-0.1×1.7×-0.1×1.7×0.0×1.7×0.0×1.7×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA8.7×-0.9×8.9×-1.1×-0.7×9.3×-0.4×9.6×+0.2×
Per Share
Book value per share$205.62+10.1%$200.86+10.5%$197.23+12.3%$192.18+13.6%$186.74+14.6%
Valuation
Market capitalization$52.62B+9.1%$48.06B-0.9%$47.94B+5.3%$48.52B+16.8%$48.25B+26.2%
Enterprise value$62.25B+6.5%$57.75B-1.8%$57.72B+4.0%$58.57B+14.5%$58.47B+23.1%
Price / earnings134.9×+14.6×123.6×+1.6×122.4×+6.2×121.7×+11.7×120.3×+19.5×
Price / sales8.8×+0.5×-0.5×8.1×-0.1×8.2×+0.7×8.3×+1.2×
Price / book19.1×0.0×17.8×-1.9×18×-1.0×18.7×+0.7×19.1×+1.8×
EV / EBITDA56.1×+1.0×52.7×-3.7×53.3×-1.0×54.4×+2.7×55.1×+6.6×
EV / sales10.4×+0.3×9.7×-0.6×9.7×-0.2×9.9×+0.6×10.1×+1.3×
Free cash flow yield13.3%+3.2pp13.5%+4.4pp12.8%+3.1pp11.2%+0.2pp10.1%-2.6pp
Earnings yield11.9%-1.4pp13%-0.1pp13.1%-0.8pp13.2%-1.5pp13.3%-2.7pp

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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.