Zacks Research Predicts Stronger Earnings for Clean Harbors

Clean Harbors, Inc. (NYSE:CLH) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research increased their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Clean Harbors in a research report issued on Wednesday, March 12th. Zacks Research analyst S. Goswami now anticipates that the business services provider will earn $2.29 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $2.23. The consensus estimate for Clean Harbors’ current full-year earnings is $7.89 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Clean Harbors’ FY2025 earnings at $7.42 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.42 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $10.10 EPS.

Clean Harbors (NYSE:CLH) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The business services provider reported $1.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.36 by $0.19. 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.43 billion. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 6.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.82 earnings per share.

Several other brokerages have also recently weighed in on CLH. Oppenheimer decreased their price target on Clean Harbors from $256.00 to $254.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on shares of Clean Harbors from $290.00 to $285.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 20th. Truist Financial cut their price target on shares of Clean Harbors from $280.00 to $270.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 20th. Robert W. Baird decreased their price target on shares of Clean Harbors from $285.00 to $272.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 20th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $268.00 price objective on shares of Clean Harbors in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $270.56.

Clean Harbors Stock Performance

Shares of CLH opened at $193.11 on Friday. Clean Harbors has a 52-week low of $186.54 and a 52-week high of $267.11. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $223.92 and its 200 day simple moving average is $238.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.08, a quick ratio of 1.76 and a current ratio of 2.21. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.03 and a beta of 1.22.

Institutional Trading of Clean Harbors

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Kapitalo Investimentos Ltda bought a new position in shares of Clean Harbors in the fourth quarter worth approximately $32,000. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ grew its holdings in Clean Harbors by 2,650.0% in the 4th quarter. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ now owns 165 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $38,000 after acquiring an additional 159 shares during the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP grew its holdings in Clean Harbors by 130.4% in the 4th quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 182 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $44,000 after acquiring an additional 103 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. increased its position in shares of Clean Harbors by 10,250.0% in the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 207 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $48,000 after acquiring an additional 205 shares during the period. Finally, Prospera Private Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Clean Harbors during the third quarter valued at about $56,000. Institutional investors own 90.43% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Robert Speights sold 2,725 shares of Clean Harbors stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $190.44, for a total value of $518,949.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 40,008 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,619,123.52. The trade was a 6.38 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Lauren States sold 308 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $239.04, for a total value of $73,624.32. Following the sale, the director now owns 12,226 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,922,503.04. This represents a 2.46 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 3,649 shares of company stock valued at $738,519. Corporate insiders own 5.90% of the company’s stock.

Clean Harbors Company Profile

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.