Q2 EPS Estimates for Clean Harbors Boosted by Zacks Research

Clean Harbors, Inc. (NYSE:CLH) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Clean Harbors in a report released on Wednesday, November 20th. Zacks Research analyst S. Goswami now anticipates that the business services provider will earn $2.56 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $2.50. The consensus estimate for Clean Harbors’ current full-year earnings is $7.29 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Clean Harbors’ Q3 2025 earnings at $2.23 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.33 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.33 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.97 EPS.

Clean Harbors (NYSE:CLH) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 30th. The business services provider reported $2.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.15 by ($0.03). The firm had revenue of $1.53 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.51 billion. Clean Harbors had a net margin of 7.19% and a return on equity of 17.51%. Clean Harbors’s revenue was up 12.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.68 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Oppenheimer boosted their target price on Clean Harbors from $252.00 to $270.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, October 21st. Robert W. Baird reduced their price objective on shares of Clean Harbors from $300.00 to $285.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. Needham & Company LLC dropped their target price on shares of Clean Harbors from $274.00 to $268.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. Truist Financial lifted their target price on shares of Clean Harbors from $260.00 to $280.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $275.00 price target (up from $240.00) on shares of Clean Harbors in a research note on Thursday, August 1st. One 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’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Clean Harbors has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $254.33.

Clean Harbors Stock Up 1.0 %

Shares of NYSE:CLH opened at $252.50 on Friday. Clean Harbors has a 1 year low of $158.42 and a 1 year high of $267.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.10, a current ratio of 2.10 and a quick ratio of 1.76. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $249.86 and its 200 day moving average is $235.09. The company has a market cap of $13.61 billion, a PE ratio of 32.88 and a beta of 1.20.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Michael Louis Battles sold 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $245.74, for a total transaction of $2,457,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 77,136 shares in the company, valued at $18,955,400.64. This trade represents a 11.48 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Robert Speights sold 610 shares of Clean Harbors stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $240.14, for a total value of $146,485.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 39,160 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,403,882.40. This represents a 1.53 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 17,586 shares of company stock valued at $4,351,841 over the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 5.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Clean Harbors

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in CLH. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its position in Clean Harbors by 3.0% in the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 3,451,751 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $834,323,000 after acquiring an additional 100,394 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC raised its stake in shares of Clean Harbors by 12.0% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,747,215 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $422,319,000 after purchasing an additional 187,140 shares during the last quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC lifted its holdings in shares of Clean Harbors by 0.5% during the third quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 1,598,915 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $386,477,000 after purchasing an additional 7,948 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of Clean Harbors by 1.5% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,510,363 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $365,070,000 after buying an additional 21,662 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Clearbridge Investments LLC increased its holdings in Clean Harbors by 30.6% in the 2nd quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC now owns 1,058,415 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $239,361,000 after buying an additional 248,240 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.43% 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.