Clean Harbors vs Waste Management
CLH and WM 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 WM compare
Waste Management is the larger company, worth 5.9 times as much as Clean Harbors ($93.3B against $15.9B).
On earnings, Waste Management is cheaper: it trades at 33.1× trailing earnings, against 36.6× for Clean Harbors.
Waste Management keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 11.1% compared with 7.0% at Clean Harbors.
Waste Management pays a dividend yielding 1.6%; Clean Harbors does not pay one.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CLH | WM |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $15.9B | $93.3B |
| Share price | $302.12 | $233.45 |
| Change, 1 year | 38.6% | 18.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 185% | 46.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.71 | 0.29 |
| Employees | 22K | 61K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 | 13 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 36.6× | 33.1× (better) |
| P/S | 2.6× (better) | 3.6× |
| P/B | 5.4× (better) | 9.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.2× (better) | 15.4× |
| P/FCF | 34.5× | 26.1× (better) |
| PEG | – | 4.40 |
| FCF yield | 2.9% | 3.8% (better) |
| Fair value | $206.55 | $189.16 |
| Margin of safety | −46.3% | −23.4% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 5.1% | – |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 13.9% (better) | 10.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 14.1% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 15.9% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 24.6% (better) | 13.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 32.3% | 40.9% (better) |
| Operating margin | 11.8% | 17.6% (better) |
| Net margin | 7.0% | 11.1% (better) |
| FCF margin | 7.4% | 13.9% (better) |
| Return on equity | 15.6% | 29.8% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 10.9% (better) | 10.8% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.95 (better) | 2.35 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.89 (better) | 3.03 |
| Current ratio | 2.13 (better) | 0.91 |
| Altman Z-score | 3.79 (better) | 2.93 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 1.6% |
| Payout ratio | – | 50.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 16 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 8.6% |
| Buyback yield | 1.5% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 1.5% | 1.6% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 93.7% | 83.3% |
| Held by insiders | 5.1% | 0.23% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$65.0M | −$23.8M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.2% | 2.0% |
Go deeper
- CLH stock overview
- CLH income statement
- CLH valuation and score
- WM stock overview
- WM income statement
- WM valuation and score
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