Clean Harbors (CLH) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Clean Harbors has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 10.4% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 10.4%, up 4.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 10.4% (up 4.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 10.58%, down 102.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 10.4% for Q1 2026 at Clean Harbors, roughly flat from 10.45% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 12.91% in Q1 2023 to a low of 8.04% in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 10.75% (2024), against an average of 10.94%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed surged 486 bps in 2023 and tumbled 198 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• Clean Harbors' Return on Capital Employed stood at 12.49% in 2022, then decreased by 7 bps to 11.6% in 2023, then retreated by 7 bps to 10.74% in 2024, then declined by 3 bps to 10.45% in 2025, then slipped by 0 bps to 10.4% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 10.4% (Q1 2026), 10.45% (Q4 2025), and 10.15% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.