GFL vs CLH vs OSK Stock Comparison

GFL Environmental, Clean Harbors and Oshkosh Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GFL GFL Environmental Inc.
$45.52 +8.7% 1M -1.2% 1Y
Market cap
$16.86B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$7.00B
Div. yield
–
Solid Waste Industrials
2 wins
CLH Clean Harbors Inc
$318.70 +1.8% 1M +30.8% 1Y
Market cap
$16.74B
P/E
38.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.24B
Div. yield
–
Hazardous Waste Industrials
4 wins
OSK Oshkosh Corp
$131.73 -2.8% 1M -5.8% 1Y
Market cap
$8.32B
P/E
14.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.61B
Div. yield
–
Heavy Equipment Industrials
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Oshkosh leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Oshkosh 5, Clean Harbors 4, GFL Environmental 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGFLCLHOSKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $16.86B $16.74B $8.32B GFL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -336.6x 38.1x 14.9x OSK
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 74.6x 31.1x 13.2x OSK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.7% +5.1% +2.2% GFL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -0.7% 7.0% 5.2% CLH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.6% 9.7% 11.4% OSK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.0x 1.9x 0.7x OSK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -1.2% +30.8% -5.8% CLH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.0%/yr +22.7%/yr +4.5%/yr CLH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.1% 27.9% 40.4% CLH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 66/100 72/100 OSK

Percentile Scorecard

GFLCLHOSK

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

AxisGFLCLHOSK
Valuation 80 #4 of 16 60 #7 of 16 95 #11 of 203
Growth 31 #10 of 14 54 #7 of 14 59 #78 of 188
Profitability 62 #6 of 14 77 #4 of 14 63 #69 of 187
Financial Health 27 #12 of 16 80 #4 of 16 51 #110 of 222
Shareholder Returns – 57 #4 of 8 91 #14 of 153
Overall 50 66 72
  • GFL ranked among 16 companies in Waste Management
  • CLH ranked among 16 companies in Waste Management
  • OSK ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodGFLCLHOSKSPY
1 month +8.7%+1.8%-2.8% -1.0%
3 months +14.7%+4.9%-15.1% +2.9%
6 months +12.6%+3.1%-12.4% +6.4%
Year to date +6.0%+35.9%+4.9% +11.4%
1 year -1.2%+30.8%-5.8% +13.1%
3 years +55.1%+105.0%+48.4% +79.4%
3 years, per year +15.8%+27.1%+14.1% +21.5%
5 years +10.2%+177.7%+24.7% +67.7%
5 years, per year +2.0%+22.7%+4.5% +10.9%
10 years —+603.7%+146.1% +255.2%
10 years, per year —+21.5%+9.4% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureGFLCLHOSKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.1%27.9%40.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.9%31.1%40.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.240.261.38 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.041.11-0.14 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -42.9%-30.9%-43.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.1%-2.6%-26.0% -2.5%
52-week high $46.51$327.10$177.94 $779.14
52-week low $33.54$201.73$118.59 $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.

MultipleGFLCLHOSK
P/E now vs peer median -335.8xmedian 33.8x 38.3xmedian 33.8x 14.8xmedian 25.9x
P/S now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 3.4x 2.7xmedian 3.4x 0.8xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.4xmedian 15.8x 15.9xmedian 15.8x 8.5xmedian 13.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 6.2xmedian 18.4x 36.4xmedian 18.4x 7.3xmedian 21.1x
P/B now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 3.1x 5.7xmedian 3.1x 1.8xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median -12.11median 4.14 10.77median 4.14 1.15median 1.19

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 monthsGFLCLHOSK
Revenue $7.00B $6.24B $10.61B
Gross profit $1.47B $2.01B $1.69B
Operating income $1.71B $739.29M $797.60M
Net income -$249.50M $439.05M $556.30M
Free cash flow $2.72B $461.72M $1.12B
EPS (diluted) $-0.13 $8.29 $8.87
Cash & equivalents $192.10M $408.36M $403.60M
Total debt $19.12B $2.77B $4.56B
Shares (diluted) 378.69M 52.96M 62.75M
Enterprise value $14.98B $13.75B $6.97B

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
MetricGFLCLHOSK
P/E -335.8x 38.3x 14.8x
P/FCF 6.2x 36.4x 7.3x
P/Operating cash flow 11.2x 18.6x 6.3x
P/S 2.4x 2.7x 0.8x
P/B 2.2x 5.7x 1.8x
P/Tangible book 3.1x 7.7x 2.1x
EV/EBITDA 8.4x 15.9x 8.5x
EV/EBIT 15.4x 25.8x 11.1x
EV/Revenue 3.8x 3.1x 0.8x
EV/FCF 9.7x 41.3x 7.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 17.4x 21.1x 6.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -12.11 10.77 1.15

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGFLCLHOSK
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.7% 5.1% 2.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.8% 5.3% 5.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 16.5% 10.2% -10.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 12.3% 6.5% 7.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 1.4% 13.5% -16.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -3.8% 4.5% 8.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -107.0% 14.1% -14.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 8.6% 2.6% 11.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -101.4% 15.9% -11.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 27.7% 3.6% 12.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 13.9% 19.9% 60.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -8.3% 7.3% 57.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 7.7% 20.0% 99.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -2.6% 12.0% 49.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGFLCLHOSK
Gross margin 20.9% 32.3% 15.9%
EBITDA margin 44.5% 19.2% 9.8%
Operating margin 24.4% 11.8% 7.5%
Pretax margin -3.8% 9.6% 6.5%
Net margin -0.7% 7.0% 5.2%
FCF margin 38.9% 7.4% 10.6%
Operating cash flow margin 21.6% 14.5% 12.3%
Return on equity -3.3% 15.4% 12.4%
Return on assets -1.2% 5.7% 5.6%
Return on invested capital 7.6% 9.7% 11.4%
Return on capital employed 8.9% 11.3% 11.5%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.8x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -6.1x 2.1x 2.3x
Stock comp / revenue 2.0% 0.7% 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGFLCLHOSK
Debt / assets 44.6% 35.4% 11.0%
Debt / equity 1.3x 0.9x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.0x 1.9x 0.7x
Debt / FCF 3.5x 6.0x 1.0x
Liabilities / assets 65.0% 62.6% 55.0%
Equity / assets 35.0% 37.4% 45.0%
Interest coverage 3.0x – 6.6x
Current ratio 0.8x 2.1x 1.7x
Quick ratio 0.6x 1.7x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.4x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 1.27 3.90 3.17

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGFLCLHOSK
Dividend yield 0.2% – 1.7%
Net buyback yield – 1.4% 4.3%
Shareholder yield 0.2% 1.4% 6.0%
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.

ConsensusGFLCLHOSK
Forward P/E 74.6xFY2026 31.1xFY2026 13.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.61FY2026 $10.26FY2026 $10.00FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +10.9%FY2026 +40.9%FY2026 -7.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +23.0% +4.8% +46.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.02BFY2026 $6.27BFY2026 $10.70BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +25.0%FY2026 +4.0%FY2026 +2.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +22.5% +15.5% +5.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGFLCLHOSK
Held by institutions 74.8% 93.5% 100.0%
Institutions holding 323 658 598
Change in shares held, QoQ +10.3% 0.0% +5.1%
Institutions buying 185 306 309
Institutions selling 101 246 188
Buyers to sellers 1.83 1.24 1.64

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.

GFLCLHOSK
GFL 1.00 0.31 0.13
CLH 0.31 1.00 0.26
OSK 0.13 0.26 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GFL, CLH and OSK?

GFL Environmental (GFL) is the largest by market capitalisation: GFL Environmental (GFL) $16.86B, Clean Harbors (CLH) $16.74B, Oshkosh (OSK) $8.32B.

Which stock is cheaper, GFL, CLH and OSK?

Oshkosh (OSK) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (GFL Environmental (GFL) -336.6x, Clean Harbors (CLH) 38.1x, Oshkosh (OSK) 14.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Oshkosh (OSK) is cheapest (GFL Environmental (GFL) 74.6x, Clean Harbors (CLH) 31.1x, Oshkosh (OSK) 13.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

GFL Environmental (GFL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: GFL Environmental (GFL) +9.7%, Clean Harbors (CLH) +5.1%, Oshkosh (OSK) +2.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Clean Harbors (CLH) has the highest net margin (GFL Environmental (GFL) -0.7%, Clean Harbors (CLH) 7.0%, Oshkosh (OSK) 5.2%). On return on invested capital, Oshkosh (OSK) leads (GFL Environmental (GFL) 7.6%, Clean Harbors (CLH) 9.7%, Oshkosh (OSK) 11.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Clean Harbors (CLH) returned the most: GFL Environmental (GFL) -1.2%, Clean Harbors (CLH) +30.8%, Oshkosh (OSK) -5.8%. Over five years, Clean Harbors (CLH) compounded fastest (GFL Environmental (GFL) +2.0%/yr, Clean Harbors (CLH) +22.7%/yr, Oshkosh (OSK) +4.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Clean Harbors (CLH) has been the steadiest (GFL Environmental (GFL) 29.1%, Clean Harbors (CLH) 27.9%, Oshkosh (OSK) 40.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GFL, CLH and OSK?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Oshkosh (OSK) leads on 5. 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.