Clean Harbors Financial Ratios
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Clean Harbors ratio analysis
Clean Harbors earned a net margin of 6.5% in FY 2025, down from 6.8% a year earlier. Gross margin was 31.3% compared with a median of 30.7% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 14.2%, meaning Clean Harbors generated 0.14 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 1.01 versus 1.08 the year before, and the current ratio was 2.33. At the end of FY 2025, CLH traded at 33.4 times earnings; across the 9 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 15.1 to 49.0, with a median of 31.2. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Clean Harbors financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 33.44 | 31.24 | 25.11 | 15.10 | 26.89 | 31.45 | 49.01 | 44.17 | 30.80 | — |
| Price / sales | 2.16 | 2.12 | 1.74 | 1.20 | 1.43 | 1.34 | 1.40 | 0.87 | 1.05 | 1.16 |
| Price / book | 4.74 | 4.85 | 4.20 | 3.22 | 3.59 | 3.15 | 3.75 | 2.46 | 2.60 | 2.95 |
| Gross margin | 31.3% | 31.0% | 30.7% | 31.4% | 31.4% | 32.0% | 30.0% | 30.1% | 30.0% | 29.8% |
| Operating margin | 11.2% | 11.4% | 11.3% | 12.3% | 9.1% | 8.0% | 6.7% | 5.5% | 4.3% | 2.5% |
| Net margin | 6.5% | 6.8% | 7.0% | 8.0% | 5.3% | 4.3% | 2.9% | 2.0% | 3.4% | -1.4% |
| Free cash flow margin | 7.3% | 5.9% | 5.8% | 5.4% | 8.0% | 7.5% | 5.8% | 5.4% | 4.0% | 1.5% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 14.2% | 15.6% | 16.8% | 21.4% | 13.4% | 10.1% | 7.7% | 5.6% | 8.5% | -3.7% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 5.1% | 5.5% | 5.9% | 6.7% | 3.6% | 3.3% | 2.4% | 1.8% | 2.7% | -1.1% |
| Debt / equity | 1.01 | 1.08 | 1.02 | 1.26 | 1.67 | 1.16 | 1.23 | 1.34 | 1.37 | 1.51 |
| Current ratio | 2.33 | 2.21 | 1.98 | 1.99 | 1.88 | 2.40 | 1.95 | 2.00 | 2.29 | 2.17 |
| Revenue growth | 2.4% | 8.9% | 4.7% | 35.8% | 21.0% | -7.9% | 3.4% | 12.1% | 6.9% | -15.9% |
| EPS growth | -1.9% | 6.8% | -8.1% | 103.8% | 53.3% | 39.1% | 50.0% | -34.1% | — | -190.8% |