profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Clean Harbors
$293.81-0.01% today
+43.8% in 1 year
1-year low $201.731-year high $326.34
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $39.63 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Clean Harbors sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $5.17 billion in 2022 to $6.03 billion in 2025, with $391 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Clean Harbors handed back 57% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $250M
Free cash flow 2025$438M
Bought back its own shares$250M
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$826M vs. $3.0B
Clean Harbors vs. similar companies
Clean Harbors grows the fastest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clean Harbors | 39.6× · Expensive | ||
 Waste Management | 35.8× · Expensive | ||
 Republic Services | 36.0× · Expensive | ||
 Waste Connections | 45.1× · Expensive | ||
 Veolia Environnement SA | 21.0× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Clean Harbors's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,144 | 3,806 | 5,167 | 5,409 | 5,890 | 6,031 | |
| 1,006 | 1,196 | 1,623 | 1,663 | 1,824 | 1,886 | |
| 251 | 348 | 635 | 612 | 670 | 673 | |
| 544 | 646 | 998 | 990 | 1,089 | 1,143 | |
| 135 | 203 | 412 | 378 | 402 | 391 | |
| 2.42 | 3.71 | 7.56 | 6.95 | 7.42 | 7.28 | |
| 32.0% | 31.4% | 31.4% | 30.7% | 31.0% | 31.3% | |
| 8.0% | 9.1% | 12.3% | 11.3% | 11.4% | 11.2% | |
| 4.3% | 5.3% | 8.0% | 7.0% | 6.8% | 6.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 4,132 | 5,654 | 6,130 | 6,383 | 7,377 | 7,624 |
| Cash | 519 | 453 | 493 | 445 | 687 | 826 |
| Total debt | 1,708 | 2,700 | 2,594 | 2,490 | 3,041 | 3,036 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 4,207 | 4,135 | 4,804 | 4,878 |
| 1,342 | 1,514 | 1,922 | 2,248 | 2,574 | 2,746 | |
| 56 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | |
| 6.5% | 6.5% | 11.4% | 10.4% | 9.7% | 9.5% | |
| 10.1% | 13.4% | 21.4% | 16.8% | 15.6% | 14.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 431 | 546 | 626 | 735 | 778 | 867 | |
| 196 | 242 | 347 | 425 | 442 | 429 | |
| 234 | 304 | 279 | 310 | 336 | 438 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 75 | 54 | 50 | 51 | 55 | 250 | |
| 19 | 19 | 27 | 21 | 28 | 33 |
Valuation
- 39.6×
- 34.8×
- 1.61
- 5.7×
- 2.6×
- 35.4×
- 15.5×
- 2.8%
- 2.5%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 31.3%
- 11.2%
- 6.5%
- 18.9%
- 7.6%
- 7.1%
- 14.4%
- 5.2%
- 10.5%
- –
Growth
- +13.9%
- +24.6%
- +27.9%
- –
- −0.6%
Financial health
- 2.2×
- 1.10
- 40.3%
- 7.6×
- 2.34
- 1.99
- 0.80
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 49%of 979
Top 37%of 984
Bottom 18%of 866
Top 21%of 983
Bottom 40%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $299.33
- Range
- $248.00 – $350.00
- 9 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | 1.19 | 1.15 | +3.5% |
| Feb 18, 2026 | 1.62 | 1.60 | +1.3% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 2.21 | 2.37 | −6.8% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 2.36 | 2.33 | +1.3% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 1.09 | 1.02 | +6.9% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | 1.55 | 1.36 | +14.0% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | 2.12 | 2.18 | −2.8% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 2.46 | 2.23 | +10.3% |
News
Energy Earnings Scorecard: Strong Q3 results drive clean sweep across major playersSeeking Alpha · Nov 7, 2026Alerian MLP ETF vs. iShares Global Clean Energy ETF: Alerian MLP ETF vs. iShares Global Clean Energy ETF: Oil Prices Are Rising, but Which Energy ETF Offers More Upside?Yahoo Finance · Nov 2, 2026Earnings Scorecard: Energy stocks wrap up strong week with near-clean sweep on resultsSeeking Alpha · Oct 31, 2026Ultra Clean expects 2027 WFE spending above $200B as it targets ~$4B capacity in Q1Seeking Alpha · Oct 28, 2026Clean Air Metals announces C$150,000 flow-through financingSeeking Alpha · Oct 7, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
47No pass
Benjamin Graham
37No pass
Philip Fisher
54No pass
Peter Lynch
63Pass
Joel Greenblatt
13No pass
Charlie Munger
34No pass
Terry Smith
42No pass
Questions about Clean Harbors
Is Clean Harbors a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Clean Harbors AI analysis
What does Clean Harbors do?
Clean Harbors, Inc. provides environmental and industrial services in North America. The company operates through two segments, Environmental Services and Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions. It is in Waste Management, based in Norwell, MA, United States, with 22,155 employees.
Does Clean Harbors pay a dividend?
No. Clean Harbors does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $250 million to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is Clean Harbors stock halal?
Yes. Clean Harbors passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 20% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Clean Harbors stock done over the past year?
Up 43.8% over the past twelve months, to $293.81. It traded between $201.73 and $326.34 and is 10.0% below its high.
Who are Clean Harbors's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Waste Management, Republic Services, Waste Connections and Veolia Environnement SA. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Clean Harbors's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.