For the quarter ended June 2025, Clean Harbors (CLH) reported revenue of $1.55 billion, down 0.2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $2.36, compared to $2.46 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -2.04% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.58 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $2.33, the EPS surprise was +1.29%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Clean Harbors performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenue- Direct Revenues- Environmental Services: $1.35 billion versus $1.34 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +4.2% change.
- Revenue- Direct Revenues- Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions: $197.73 million versus $245.05 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -22.6% change.
- Revenue- Direct Revenues- Corporate Items: $0.09 million compared to the $0.1 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -10.1% year over year.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Environmental Services: $376.19 million compared to the $375.89 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Corporate Items: $-78.27 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $-82.47 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions: $38.31 million versus $38.82 million estimated by three analysts on average.
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Shares of Clean Harbors have returned +3.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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