Growth Metrics

Clean Harbors (CLH) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Clean Harbors' Gross Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 30.6% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Gross Margin rose 72.0% year-over-year to 30.6%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 31.28%, up 30.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 31.28%, 30.0% up from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin for Q4 2025 was 30.6% at Clean Harbors, down from 32.33% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 33.76% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 27.86% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 30.93% (2023), against an average of 31.12%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Gross Margin tumbled -278bps in 2022 before it skyrocketed 135bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 29.24% in 2021, then grew by 3bps to 30.25% in 2022, then rose by 3bps to 31.01% in 2023, then decreased by -4bps to 29.88% in 2024, then increased by 2bps to 30.6% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CLH's Gross Margin are 30.6% (Q4 2025), 32.33% (Q3 2025), and 33.32% (Q2 2025).