Clean Harbors vs Republic Services
CLH and RSG side by side, both in electric, gas, and sanitary services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CLH and RSG compare
Republic Services is the larger company, worth 4.7 times as much as Clean Harbors ($74.7B against $15.9B).
On earnings, Republic Services is cheaper: it trades at 34.6× trailing earnings, against 36.6× for Clean Harbors.
Clean Harbors grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.1% versus 2.9% for Republic Services).
Republic Services keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 11.3% compared with 7.0% at Clean Harbors.
Republic Services pays a dividend yielding 1.0%; Clean Harbors does not pay one.
Republic Services scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 13 for Clean Harbors), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CLH | RSG |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $15.9B | $74.7B |
| Share price | $302.12 | $244.04 |
| Change, 1 year | 38.6% | 15.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 185% | 83.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.71 | 0.37 |
| Employees | 22K | 31K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 | 15 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 6 | 6 |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 36.6× | 34.6× (better) |
| P/S | 2.6× (better) | 3.9× |
| P/B | 5.4× (better) | 6.2× |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.2× (better) | 16.9× |
| P/FCF | 34.5× | 28.2× (better) |
| PEG | – | 2.57 |
| FCF yield | 2.9% | 3.6% (better) |
| Fair value | $206.55 | $181.29 |
| Margin of safety | −46.3% | −34.6% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 5.1% (better) | 2.9% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 13.9% (better) | 9.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 14.1% (better) | 3.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 15.9% (better) | 4.4% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 24.6% (better) | 17.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 32.3% | 49.3% (better) |
| Operating margin | 11.8% | 17.4% (better) |
| Net margin | 7.0% | 11.3% (better) |
| FCF margin | 7.4% | 13.7% (better) |
| Return on equity | 15.6% | 18.2% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 10.9% | 11.3% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.95 (better) | 1.17 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.89 (better) | 2.67 |
| Interest coverage | – | 5.7× |
| Current ratio | 2.13 (better) | 0.64 |
| Altman Z-score | 3.79 (better) | 3.23 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 1.0% |
| Payout ratio | – | 34.8% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 16 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 7.7% |
| Buyback yield | 1.5% | 2.0% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 1.5% | 3.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 93.7% | 59.2% |
| Held by insiders | 5.1% | 38.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$65.0M | $1.6B (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.2% | 2.5% |
Go deeper
- CLH stock overview
- CLH income statement
- CLH valuation and score
- RSG stock overview
- RSG income statement
- RSG valuation and score
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