CLH vs MPC vs MPLX Stock Comparison

Clean Harbors, Marathon Petroleum and Mplx Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CLH Clean Harbors Inc
$313.03 0.0% 1M +29.2% 1Y
Market cap
$16.53B
P/E
37.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.24B
Div. yield
–
Hazardous Waste Industrials
1 win
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corp
$435.81 +10.8% 1M +122.1% 1Y
Market cap
$122.39B
P/E
14.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$156.18B
Div. yield
0.92%
Oil Refining Energy
7 wins
MPLX Mplx Lp
$58.09 +2.3% 1M +14.3% 1Y
Market cap
$58.90B
P/E
12.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.22B
Div. yield
7.43%
Oil and Gas Pipelines Energy
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Marathon Petroleum leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Marathon Petroleum 7, Mplx 4, Clean Harbors 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCLHMPCMPLXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $16.53B $122.39B $58.90B MPC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 37.6x 14.7x 12.5x MPLX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 30.4x 6.4x 14.2x MPC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.1% +15.9% +8.7% MPC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.0% 5.5% 35.8% MPLX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.7% 19.7% 14.6% MPC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.9x 1.5x 3.4x MPC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.92% 7.43% MPLX
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +29.2% +122.1% +14.3% MPC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +22.8%/yr +45.6%/yr +13.8%/yr MPC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.9% 36.9% 17.1% MPLX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 66/100 59/100 59/100 CLH

Percentile Scorecard

CLHMPCMPLX

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

AxisCLHMPCMPLX
Valuation 53 #8 of 16 32 #16 of 23 41 #21 of 35
Growth 54 #7 of 14 67 #7 of 19 27 #25 of 34
Profitability 85 #3 of 14 94 #2 of 18 94 #3 of 34
Financial Health 73 #5 of 16 57 #11 of 24 62 #14 of 35
Shareholder Returns – 47 #10 of 18 70 #10 of 31
Overall 66 59 59
  • CLH ranked among 16 companies in Waste Management
  • MPC ranked among 25 companies in Refining and Marketing
  • MPLX ranked among 35 companies in Oil and Gas Midstream

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCLHMPCMPLXSPY
1 month 0.0%+10.8%+2.3% -0.2%
3 months +3.0%+42.4%-1.9% +3.9%
6 months +2.2%+87.4%+5.5% +8.2%
Year to date +33.5%+168.0%+8.8% +12.9%
1 year +29.2%+122.1%+14.3% +12.3%
3 years +107.3%+198.5%+62.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year +27.5%+44.0%+17.6% +23.3%
5 years +178.6%+553.7%+90.5% +67.9%
5 years, per year +22.8%+45.6%+13.8% +10.9%
10 years +582.7%+918.0%+72.4% +261.1%
10 years, per year +21.2%+26.1%+5.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCLHMPCMPLXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.9%36.9%17.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.0%36.5%17.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.26-0.27-0.05 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.053.310.84 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -30.9%-45.9%-20.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.3%-10.2%-3.9% -1.2%
52-week high $327.10$485.05$60.43 $779.14
52-week low $201.73$162.63$50.29 $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.

MultipleCLHMPCMPLX
P/E now vs peer median 37.6xmedian 33.2x 14.7xmedian 9.2x 12.5xmedian 20.9x
P/S now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 3.3x 0.8xmedian 0.3x 4.5xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.6xmedian 14.5x 8.5xmedian 7.0x 11.4xmedian 11.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 35.8xmedian 16.4x 9.5xmedian 8.9x 17.7xmedian 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median 5.6xmedian 3.0x 4.8xmedian 1.8x 4.1xmedian 2.6x
PEG now vs peer median 10.58median 2.81 -14.33median 0.34 2.39median 1.95

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 monthsCLHMPCMPLX
Revenue $6.24B $156.18B $13.22B
Gross profit $2.01B $21.79B $11.61B
Operating income $739.29M $14.13B $5.88B
Net income $439.05M $10.31B $4.77B
Free cash flow $461.72M $12.90B $3.34B
EPS (diluted) $8.29 $29.50 $4.66
Cash & equivalents $408.36M $7.77B $1.03B
Total debt $2.77B $33.26B $26.01B
Shares (diluted) 52.96M 290.00M 1.02B
Enterprise value $13.54B $112.78B $52.46B

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
MetricCLHMPCMPLX
P/E 37.6x 14.7x 12.5x
P/FCF 35.8x 9.5x 17.7x
P/Operating cash flow 18.3x 7.1x 9.9x
P/S 2.6x 0.8x 4.5x
P/B 5.6x 4.8x 4.1x
P/Tangible book 7.6x 5.3x 4.6x
EV/EBITDA 15.6x 8.5x 11.4x
EV/EBIT 25.4x 10.5x 14.3x
EV/Revenue 3.0x 0.9x 6.3x
EV/FCF 40.7x 11.5x 25.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 20.8x 8.6x 14.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 10.58 -14.33 2.39

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCLHMPCMPLX
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.1% 15.9% 8.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.3% -0.6% 4.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 10.2% 71.5% 9.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.5% -5.4% 2.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 13.5% 163.0% 11.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 4.5% -9.1% 4.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 14.1% 174.5% 9.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 2.6% -10.4% 4.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 15.9% 324.1% 10.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 3.6% -1.0% 5.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 19.9% 164.9% -1.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.3% 4.8% 5.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 20.0% 253.7% -32.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.0% 1.0% -6.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCLHMPCMPLX
Gross margin 32.3% 14.0% 87.8%
EBITDA margin 19.2% 11.2% 55.4%
Operating margin 11.8% 9.0% 44.4%
Pretax margin 9.6% 8.2% 36.1%
Net margin 7.0% 5.5% 35.8%
FCF margin 7.4% 8.3% 25.2%
Operating cash flow margin 14.5% 11.0% 45.2%
Return on equity 15.4% 42.0% 33.4%
Return on assets 5.7% 11.3% 11.1%
Return on invested capital 9.7% 19.7% 14.6%
Return on capital employed 11.3% 22.1% 14.8%
Asset turnover 0.8x 1.7x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.1x 1.7x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCLHMPCMPLX
Debt / assets 35.4% 35.3% 60.5%
Debt / equity 0.9x 1.3x 1.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.9x 1.5x 3.4x
Debt / FCF 6.0x 2.6x 7.8x
Liabilities / assets 62.6% 72.7% 66.8%
Equity / assets 37.4% 27.3% 33.2%
Interest coverage – 10.4x 5.3x
Current ratio 2.1x 1.3x 0.9x
Quick ratio 1.7x 0.9x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.3x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 3.86 3.97 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCLHMPCMPLX
Dividend yield – 0.9% 7.4%
Net buyback yield 1.4% 4.0% 0.5%
Shareholder yield 1.4% 4.9% 7.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 11.3% 89.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 9.0% 127.5%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 2.8% 12.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -3.4% 11.8%

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.

ConsensusCLHMPCMPLX
Forward P/E 30.4xFY2026 6.4xFY2026 14.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.29FY2026 $68.44FY2026 $4.10FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +41.3%FY2026 +539.6%FY2026 -14.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +5.3% -13.2% +13.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.28BFY2026 $192.95BFY2026 $13.68BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.1%FY2026 +42.7%FY2026 +5.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +15.7% -9.3% -4.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCLHMPCMPLX
Held by institutions 93.5% 75.7% 18.8%
Institutions holding 658 1,931 625
Change in shares held, QoQ 0.0% -0.3% -3.3%
Institutions buying 306 856 301
Institutions selling 246 699 144
Buyers to sellers 1.24 1.22 2.09

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.

CLHMPCMPLX
CLH 1.00 0.11 0.04
MPC 0.11 1.00 0.11
MPLX 0.04 0.11 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CLH, MPC and MPLX?

Marathon Petroleum (MPC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Clean Harbors (CLH) $16.53B, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) $122.39B, Mplx (MPLX) $58.90B.

Which stock is cheaper, CLH, MPC and MPLX?

Mplx (MPLX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Clean Harbors (CLH) 37.6x, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 14.7x, Mplx (MPLX) 12.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) is cheapest (Clean Harbors (CLH) 30.4x, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 6.4x, Mplx (MPLX) 14.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Marathon Petroleum (MPC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Clean Harbors (CLH) +5.1%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) +15.9%, Mplx (MPLX) +8.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Mplx (MPLX) has the highest net margin (Clean Harbors (CLH) 7.0%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 5.5%, Mplx (MPLX) 35.8%). On return on invested capital, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) leads (Clean Harbors (CLH) 9.7%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 19.7%, Mplx (MPLX) 14.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Marathon Petroleum (MPC) returned the most: Clean Harbors (CLH) +29.2%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) +122.1%, Mplx (MPLX) +14.3%. Over five years, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) compounded fastest (Clean Harbors (CLH) +22.8%/yr, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) +45.6%/yr, Mplx (MPLX) +13.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Mplx (MPLX) has the highest dividend yield: Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 0.92%, Mplx (MPLX) 7.43%. Clean Harbors (CLH) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Mplx (MPLX) has been the steadiest (Clean Harbors (CLH) 27.9%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 36.9%, Mplx (MPLX) 17.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CLH, MPC and MPLX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) leads on 7. 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.