Clean Harbors FY2025 EPS Estimate Lifted by Zacks Research

Clean Harbors, Inc. (NYSE:CLH) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research lifted their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Clean Harbors in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, May 21st. Zacks Research analyst S. Goswami now anticipates that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $7.43 for the year, up from their previous estimate of $7.42. The consensus estimate for Clean Harbors’ current full-year earnings is $7.89 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Clean Harbors’ Q1 2026 earnings at $1.42 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $2.67 EPS.

Clean Harbors (NYSE:CLH) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The business services provider reported $1.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.02 by $0.07. Clean Harbors had a return on equity of 16.33% and a net margin of 6.83%. The firm had revenue of $1.43 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.44 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.29 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Oppenheimer lowered their price target on Clean Harbors from $256.00 to $254.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 20th. UBS Group lowered their price target on Clean Harbors from $240.00 to $205.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday, April 11th. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their price target on Clean Harbors from $250.00 to $220.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 19th. BMO Capital Markets lowered their price target on Clean Harbors from $284.00 to $270.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 20th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC lowered their target price on Clean Harbors from $268.00 to $255.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Clean Harbors has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $257.67.

Clean Harbors Stock Down 0.5%

Shares of NYSE CLH opened at $226.65 on Friday. Clean Harbors has a 12-month low of $178.29 and a 12-month high of $267.11. The company has a market cap of $12.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.55 and a beta of 1.19. The company has a current ratio of 2.21, a quick ratio of 1.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.08. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $209.86 and a 200 day moving average price of $225.18.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Lauren States sold 836 shares of Clean Harbors stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $226.17, for a total transaction of $189,078.12. Following the sale, the director now owns 11,871 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,684,864.07. The trade was a 6.58% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Eric J. Dugas purchased 1,050 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 10th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $191.38 per share, for a total transaction of $200,949.00. Following the acquisition, the chief financial officer now owns 24,238 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,638,668.44. The trade was a 4.53% increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Insiders own 5.60% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in CLH. Hopwood Financial Services Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Clean Harbors during the first quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Kapitalo Investimentos Ltda acquired a new position in Clean Harbors in the fourth quarter worth approximately $32,000. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ grew its position in Clean Harbors by 2,650.0% in the fourth quarter. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ now owns 165 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 159 shares during the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP grew its position in Clean Harbors by 130.4% in the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 182 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $44,000 after buying an additional 103 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Assetmark Inc. grew its position in Clean Harbors by 10,250.0% in the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 207 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $48,000 after buying an additional 205 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.43% of the company’s stock.

About Clean Harbors

Clean Harbors, Inc provides environmental and industrial services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Environmental Services and Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions. The Environmental Services segment collects, transports, treats, and disposes hazardous and non-hazardous waste, such as resource recovery, physical treatment, fuel blending, incineration, landfill disposal, wastewater treatment, lab chemicals disposal, and explosives management services; and offers CleanPack services, including collection, identification, categorization, specialized packaging, transportation, and disposal of laboratory chemicals and household hazardous waste.