Clean Harbors (CLH) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Clean Harbors' (CLH) quarterly FCF Margin came in at 6.31% in Q1 2026, up 186.0% year-on-year from 2.21% in Q1 2025, and down 126.42% quarter-over-quarter from 23.9% in Q4 2025.

Clean Harbors (CLH) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Clean Harbors has disclosed FCF Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 6.31% for Q1 2026.

  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 6.31%, up 186.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 14.17% (up 1016.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 13.82%, up 795.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin came in at 6.31% for Q1 2026 at Clean Harbors, down from 23.9% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 37.73% in Q4 2022 to a low of 8.18% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 11.86% (2022), against an average of 9.71%.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Margin tumbled 2502 bps in 2024 and soared 2981 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Clean Harbors' FCF Margin stood at 37.73% in 2022, then slumped by 49 bps to 19.1% in 2023, then plunged by 131 bps to 5.92% in 2024, then surged by 504 bps to 23.9% in 2025, then plunged by 126 bps to 6.31% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 6.31% (Q1 2026), 23.9% (Q4 2025), and 30.6% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 GFL Environmental 252.38 Bn 252.50 Bn 218.62 Mn -
2 Waste Connections 40.24 Bn 40.13 Bn 1.01 Bn 10.50%
3 Clean Harbors 15.26 Bn 14.59 Bn 445.42 Mn -6.31%
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 148.40 Mn 2.68%
5 Enviri 1.71 Bn 1.63 Bn - -
6 Onterris 613.85 Mn 602.80 Mn - -
7 American Battery Technology 425.23 Mn 386.75 Mn 737,749.00 -120.60%
8 Waste Management 198.93 Mn 41.93 Mn 2.53 Bn 13.67%
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 184.86 Mn 164.86 Mn -2.88 Mn -41.73%
10 One & one Green Technologies 144.62 Mn 143.66 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -6.31%
Dec 31, 2025 23.90%
Sep 30, 2025 30.60%
Jun 30, 2025 7.61%
Mar 31, 2025 -8.18%
Dec 31, 2024 -5.92%
Sep 30, 2024 14.64%
Jun 30, 2024 13.91%
Mar 31, 2024 -0.71%
Dec 31, 2023 19.10%
Sep 30, 2023 15.92%
Jun 30, 2023 14.93%
Mar 31, 2023 0.04%
Dec 31, 2022 37.73%
Sep 30, 2022 0.16%
Jun 30, 2022 11.86%
Mar 31, 2022 -4.28%
Dec 31, 2021 15.19%
Sep 30, 2021 10.51%
Jun 30, 2021 17.13%