Clean Harbors (CLH) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Clean Harbors' (CLH) quarterly Free Cash Flow came in at -$92.1 million in Q1 2026, up 21.3% year-on-year from -$76.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 125.71% quarter-over-quarter from $358.4 million in Q4 2025.

Clean Harbors (CLH) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Clean Harbors has disclosed Free Cash Flow across 18 years of filings, most recently posting -$92.1 million for Q1 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at -$92.1 million, up 21.3% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $858.3 million (up 260.41% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $833.4 million, up 141.19% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow came in at -$92.1 million for Q1 2026 at Clean Harbors, down from $358.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $482.3 million in Q4 2022 to a low of -$117.1 million in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $160.8 million (2022), against an average of $139.1 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow surged 9868.78% in 2023 and plunged 2145.68% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Clean Harbors' Free Cash Flow stood at $482.3 million in 2022, then slumped by 47.0% to $255.6 million in 2023, then plunged by 133.14% to -$84.7 million in 2024, then surged by 523.1% to $358.4 million in 2025, then slumped by 125.71% to -$92.1 million in 2026.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at -$92.1 million (Q1 2026), $358.4 million (Q4 2025), and $474.1 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (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 249.00 Mn
3 Clean Harbors 15.26 Bn 14.59 Bn 445.42 Mn -92.15 Mn
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 148.40 Mn 12.27 Mn
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 -9.42 Mn
8 Waste Management 198.93 Mn 41.93 Mn 2.53 Bn 851.00 Mn
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 184.86 Mn 164.86 Mn -2.88 Mn -4.64 Mn
10 One & one Green Technologies 144.62 Mn 143.66 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -92.15 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 -92.15 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 358.37 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 358.37 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 474.11 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 474.11 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 118.01 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 118.01 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -117.09 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -117.09 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -84.70 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -84.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 223.95 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 223.95 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 216.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 216.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -9.72 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -9.72 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 255.61 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 255.61 Mn