Clean Harbors, Inc.

NYSE:CLH Stock Report

Market Cap: US$15.9b

Clean Harbors Valuation

Is CLH undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of CLH when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: CLH ($301.91) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value ($328.65)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: CLH is trading below future cash flow value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CLH?

Key metric: As CLH is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CLH. This is calculated by dividing CLH's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CLH's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio40.3x
EarningsUS$395.50m
Market CapUS$15.90b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CLH's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CLH vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average30.8x
VLTO Veralto
23.3x8.39%US$22.5b
ROL Rollins
40.7x10.35%US$21.6b
TTEK Tetra Tech
18.2x2.32%US$8.0b
WCN Waste Connections
41x12.68%US$43.6b
CLH Clean Harbors
40.3x11.91%US$15.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CLH is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.3x) compared to the peer average (30.8x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CLH's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Commercial Services Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
KUBR Kuber Resources
3.2xn/aUS$18.91m
COLD.F Cardno
1.4xn/aUS$6.64m
No more companies available in this PE range
CLH 40.3xIndustry Avg. 20.4xNo. of Companies8PE01632486480+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CLH is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.3x) compared to the US Commercial Services industry average (20.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CLH's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CLH PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio40.3x
Fair PE Ratio21.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CLH is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.6x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CLH forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$301.91
US$326.29
+8.07%
4.91%US$350.00US$305.00n/a14
Jul ’27US$290.74
US$325.86
+12.08%
4.82%US$350.00US$304.00n/a14
Jun ’27US$281.00
US$325.86
+15.96%
4.82%US$350.00US$304.00n/a14
May ’27US$311.43
US$318.00
+2.11%
6.39%US$350.00US$280.00n/a13
Apr ’27US$290.04
US$302.85
+4.42%
4.64%US$320.00US$268.00n/a13
Mar ’27US$293.20
US$296.08
+0.98%
7.24%US$320.00US$240.00n/a13
Feb ’27US$259.91
US$266.38
+2.49%
7.48%US$295.00US$230.00n/a13
Jan ’27US$234.48
US$250.12
+6.67%
7.17%US$275.00US$220.00n/a13
Dec ’26US$228.54
US$250.33
+9.54%
7.22%US$275.00US$220.00n/a12
Nov ’26US$210.51
US$255.60
+21.42%
5.84%US$275.00US$230.00n/a10
Oct ’26US$228.08
US$265.20
+16.27%
7.29%US$305.00US$240.00n/a10
Sep ’26US$242.21
US$266.56
+10.05%
7.47%US$305.00US$240.00n/a9
Aug ’26US$234.17
US$263.22
+12.41%
5.75%US$290.00US$240.00n/a9
Jul ’26US$229.55
US$256.18
+11.60%
8.20%US$300.00US$220.00US$290.7412
Jun ’26US$226.79
US$252.51
+11.34%
9.61%US$300.00US$212.15US$281.0012
May ’26US$217.38
US$252.51
+16.16%
9.61%US$300.00US$212.15US$311.4312
Apr ’26US$200.83
US$263.59
+31.25%
7.50%US$300.00US$220.00US$290.0412
Mar ’26US$213.55
US$267.55
+25.29%
5.90%US$300.00US$240.00US$293.2013
Feb ’26US$233.00
US$276.47
+18.66%
6.56%US$325.00US$250.00US$259.9113
Jan ’26US$230.14
US$276.70
+20.23%
6.68%US$325.00US$250.00US$234.4813
Dec ’25US$260.09
US$268.34
+3.17%
4.75%US$290.00US$246.00US$228.5412
Nov ’25US$233.00
US$268.34
+15.17%
4.75%US$290.00US$246.00US$210.5112
Oct ’25US$240.95
US$261.11
+8.37%
3.87%US$275.00US$243.33US$228.0812
Sep ’25US$245.90
US$261.11
+6.19%
3.87%US$275.00US$243.33US$242.2112
Aug ’25US$242.39
US$256.78
+5.94%
6.90%US$275.00US$211.00US$234.1712
Jul ’25US$220.63
US$233.78
+5.96%
4.17%US$245.00US$211.00US$229.5512
US$326.29
Fair Value
7.5% undervalued intrinsic discount
14
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/07/09 21:22
End of Day Share Price 2026/07/09 00:00
Earnings2026/03/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Clean Harbors, Inc. is covered by 28 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David MantheyBaird
William GrippinBarclays
Samuel EnglandBerenberg