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

Clean Harbors' (CLH) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 30.52% in Q1 2026, up 188.0% year-on-year from 10.6% in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 30.6% in Q4 2025.

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

Clean Harbors has disclosed Gross Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 30.52% for Q1 2026.

  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 30.52%, up 188.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 31.72% (up 96.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 31.28%, up 30.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin came in at 30.52% for Q1 2026 at Clean Harbors, roughly flat from 30.6% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 33.76% in Q2 2022 to a low of 27.86% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 30.88% (2023), against an average of 31.0%.
  • Across the five-year window, Gross Margin tumbled 278 bps in 2022 and surged 188 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Clean Harbors' Gross Margin stood at 30.25% in 2022, then increased by 3 bps to 31.01% in 2023, then dropped by 4 bps to 29.88% in 2024, then grew by 2 bps to 30.6% in 2025, then dropped by 0 bps to 30.52% in 2026.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 30.52% (Q1 2026), 30.6% (Q4 2025), and 32.33% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 GFL Environmental 252.38 Bn 252.50 Bn 218.62 Mn 18.24%
2 Waste Connections 40.24 Bn 40.13 Bn 1.01 Bn 42.58%
3 Clean Harbors 15.26 Bn 14.59 Bn 445.42 Mn 30.52%
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 148.40 Mn 32.45%
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 9.44%
8 Waste Management 198.93 Mn 41.93 Mn 2.53 Bn 40.68%
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 184.86 Mn 164.86 Mn -2.88 Mn -25.89%
10 One & one Green Technologies 144.62 Mn 143.66 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 30.52%
Dec 31, 2025 30.60%
Sep 30, 2025 32.33%
Jun 30, 2025 33.32%
Mar 31, 2025 28.64%
Dec 31, 2024 29.88%
Sep 30, 2024 30.98%
Jun 30, 2024 33.31%
Mar 31, 2024 29.46%
Dec 31, 2023 31.01%
Sep 30, 2023 30.88%
Jun 30, 2023 32.22%
Mar 31, 2023 28.75%
Dec 31, 2022 30.25%
Sep 30, 2022 33.19%
Jun 30, 2022 33.76%
Mar 31, 2022 27.86%
Dec 31, 2021 29.24%
Sep 30, 2021 32.82%
Jun 30, 2021 33.31%