CLH vs DK vs WCN Stock Comparison

Clean Harbors, Delek US Holdings and Waste Connections Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CLH Clean Harbors Inc
$316.96 +1.2% 1M +29.2% 1Y
Market cap
$16.49B
P/E
37.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.24B
Div. yield
–
Hazardous Waste Industrials
3 wins
DK Delek US Holdings, Inc.
$78.43 +15.6% 1M +109.7% 1Y
Market cap
$4.31B
P/E
19.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.06B
Div. yield
–
Oil Refining Energy
6 wins
WCN Waste Connections, Inc.
$186.62 +19.9% 1M +5.5% 1Y
Market cap
$46.13B
P/E
37.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.94B
Div. yield
–
Solid Waste Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Delek US Holdings leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Delek US Holdings 6, Clean Harbors 3, Waste Connections 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCLHDKWCNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $16.49B $4.31B $46.13B WCN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 37.6x 19.2x 37.2x DK
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 30.8x 4.2x 34.6x DK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.1% +11.4% +6.3% DK
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.0% 1.9% — CLH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.7% 15.0% — DK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.9x 2.5x — CLH
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +29.2% +109.7% +5.5% DK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +23.2%/yr +31.3%/yr +7.3%/yr DK
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.9% 54.9% 25.7% WCN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 70/100 40/100 48/100 CLH

Percentile Scorecard

CLHDKWCN

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCLHDKWCN
Valuation 60 #7 of 16 46 #13 of 23 27 #12 of 16
Growth 62 #6 of 14 78 #5 of 19 77 #4 of 14
Profitability 85 #3 of 14 47 #10 of 18 69 #5 of 14
Financial Health 73 #5 of 16 17 #20 of 24 20 #13 of 16
Shareholder Returns – 12 #16 of 18 –
Overall 70 40 48
  • CLH ranked among 16 companies in Waste Management
  • DK ranked among 25 companies in Refining and Marketing
  • WCN ranked among 16 companies in Waste Management

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCLHDKWCNSPY
1 month +1.2%+15.6%+19.9% -0.8%
3 months +5.1%+21.7%+10.2% +3.5%
6 months +3.1%+93.9%+15.5% +7.0%
Year to date +35.2%+164.4%+6.4% +12.2%
1 year +29.2%+109.7%+5.5% +13.0%
3 years +109.9%+209.9%+45.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year +28.1%+45.8%+13.4% +23.1%
5 years +183.9%+290.4%+42.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year +23.2%+31.3%+7.3% +11.0%
10 years +588.7%+345.6%+271.8% +258.0%
10 years, per year +21.3%+16.1%+14.0% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCLHDKWCNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.9%54.9%25.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.1%51.8%23.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.27-0.36-0.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.052.000.22 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -30.9%-66.9%-25.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.1%-3.9%0.0% -1.8%
52-week high $327.10$81.59$186.62 $779.14
52-week low $201.73$26.68$149.02 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCLHDKWCN
P/E now vs peer median 38.1xmedian 34.0x 21.4xmedian 9.5x 37.2xmedian 34.0x
P/S now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 3.4x 0.4xmedian 0.3x 4.7xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.8xmedian 15.3x 7.3xmedian 7.3x —median 15.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 36.2xmedian 18.5x 7.0xmedian 9.5x 31.8xmedian 18.5x
P/B now vs peer median 5.7xmedian 3.0x 11.4xmedian 1.9x 6.0xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 10.72median 3.42 0.25median 0.35 —median 3.42

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCLHDKWCN
Revenue $6.24B $12.06B $9.94B
Gross profit $2.01B $858.50M –
Operating income $739.29M $583.40M $1.76B
Net income $439.05M $270.70M $1.13B
Free cash flow $461.72M $683.90M –
EPS (diluted) $8.29 $3.59 –
Cash & equivalents $408.36M $628.60M $95.69M
Total debt $2.77B $3.19B –
Shares (diluted) 52.96M 62.49M 253.86M
Enterprise value $13.50B $1.80B $46.13B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCLHDKWCN
P/E 38.1x 21.4x 37.2x
P/FCF 36.2x 7.0x 31.8x
P/Operating cash flow 18.5x 3.8x 18.6x
P/S 2.7x 0.4x 4.7x
P/B 5.7x 11.4x 6.0x
P/Tangible book 7.7x 215.4x 8.0x
EV/EBITDA 15.8x 7.3x –
EV/EBIT 25.7x 12.6x –
EV/Revenue 3.0x 0.6x 4.7x
EV/FCF 41.1x 10.8x –
EV/Operating cash flow 21.0x 5.8x 18.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 10.72 0.25 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCLHDKWCN
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.1% 11.4% 6.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.3% -12.0% 8.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 10.2% 616.2% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.5% 11.6% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 13.5% 185.2% 61.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 4.5% 66.7% 10.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 14.1% 135.2% 82.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 2.6% 109.0% 10.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 15.9% 128.2% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) 3.6% 84.4% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 19.9% 697.8% 4.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.3% 56.9% 6.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 20.0% 182.1% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.0% 94.0% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCLHDKWCN
Gross margin 32.3% 7.1% –
EBITDA margin 19.2% 8.3% –
Operating margin 11.8% 4.8% –
Pretax margin 9.6% 2.6% –
Net margin 7.0% 1.9% –
FCF margin 7.4% 5.7% –
Operating cash flow margin 14.5% 10.6% 25.4%
Return on equity 15.4% 77.6% 14.3%
Return on assets 5.7% 3.7% 5.3%
Return on invested capital 9.7% 15.0% –
Return on capital employed 11.3% 14.1% –
Asset turnover 0.8x 1.6x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.1x 4.7x 2.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% 0.7% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCLHDKWCN
Debt / assets 35.4% 42.2% –
Debt / equity 0.9x 7.5x –
Net debt / EBITDA 1.9x 2.5x –
Debt / FCF 6.0x 4.7x –
Liabilities / assets 62.6% 94.4% 63.3%
Equity / assets 37.4% 5.6% 36.7%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 2.1x 0.8x 0.7x
Quick ratio 1.7x 0.4x –
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.2x –
Altman Z-score 3.89 2.06 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCLHDKWCN
Dividend yield – 1.3% 0.8%
Net buyback yield 1.4% – –
Shareholder yield 1.4% 1.3% 0.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCLHDKWCN
Forward P/E 30.8xFY2026 4.2xFY2026 34.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.29FY2026 $18.63FY2026 $5.40FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +41.3%FY2026 +182.3%FY2026 +5.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +5.3% -42.7% +18.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.28BFY2026 $15.33BFY2026 $10.30BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.1%FY2026 +43.0%FY2026 +10.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +15.7% -11.3% 0.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCLHDKWCN
Held by institutions 93.5% 100.0% 85.2%
Institutions holding 658 296 829
Change in shares held, QoQ 0.0% +0.5% +1.3%
Institutions buying 306 166 410
Institutions selling 246 92 303
Buyers to sellers 1.24 1.80 1.35

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CLHDKWCN
CLH 1.00 0.08 0.41
DK 0.08 1.00 -0.03
WCN 0.41 -0.03 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CLH, DK and WCN?

Waste Connections (WCN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Clean Harbors (CLH) $16.49B, Delek US Holdings (DK) $4.31B, Waste Connections (WCN) $46.13B.

Which stock is cheaper, CLH, DK and WCN?

Delek US Holdings (DK) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Clean Harbors (CLH) 37.6x, Delek US Holdings (DK) 19.2x, Waste Connections (WCN) 37.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Delek US Holdings (DK) is cheapest (Clean Harbors (CLH) 30.8x, Delek US Holdings (DK) 4.2x, Waste Connections (WCN) 34.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Delek US Holdings (DK) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Clean Harbors (CLH) +5.1%, Delek US Holdings (DK) +11.4%, Waste Connections (WCN) +6.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Clean Harbors (CLH) has the highest net margin (Clean Harbors (CLH) 7.0%, Delek US Holdings (DK) 1.9%). On return on invested capital, Delek US Holdings (DK) leads (Clean Harbors (CLH) 9.7%, Delek US Holdings (DK) 15.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Delek US Holdings (DK) returned the most: Clean Harbors (CLH) +29.2%, Delek US Holdings (DK) +109.7%, Waste Connections (WCN) +5.5%. Over five years, Delek US Holdings (DK) compounded fastest (Clean Harbors (CLH) +23.2%/yr, Delek US Holdings (DK) +31.3%/yr, Waste Connections (WCN) +7.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Waste Connections (WCN) has been the steadiest (Clean Harbors (CLH) 27.9%, Delek US Holdings (DK) 54.9%, Waste Connections (WCN) 25.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CLH, DK and WCN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Delek US Holdings (DK) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.