Clean Harbors (CLH) Return on Equity [ROE] (2010 - 2026)
Clean Harbors' Return on Equity [ROE] was 15.39% in Q2 2026, up 0.83 percentage points from 14.56% a year earlier and up 1.07 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Clean Harbors (CLH) Return on Equity [ROE] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Return on Equity [ROE] at Clean Harbors came in at 14.70%, down 1.99 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Equity [ROE] has now declined for three consecutive years, though with a five-year change of +4.37 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Equity [ROE] was 16.69% in FY2024 (-1.43 pp), 18.12% in FY2023 (-5.84 pp), 23.97% in FY2022 (+9.73 pp) and 14.24% in FY2021 (+3.91 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] since Q4 2024.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Equity [ROE] was higher in 1 of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.11 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Equity [ROE] over five years was Q4 2022 (a gain of 8.25 percentage points); the worst was Q1 2024 (a drop of 6.03 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, CLH's Return on Equity [ROE] in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 14.33% (Q1 2026), 14.16% (Q4 2025) and 14.15% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 95.67 Bn | 94.58 Bn | 2.73 Bn | 28.61% |
| 2 | Republic Services | 74.37 Bn | 73.99 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 18.20% |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 47.08 Bn | 46.71 Bn | 1.08 Bn | 13.27% |
| 4 | Clean Harbors | 16.92 Bn | 13.93 Bn | 608.78 Mn | 15.39% |
| 5 | GFL Environmental | 16.24 Bn | 14.36 Bn | 385.80 Mn | -3.33% |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 6.16 Bn | 5.28 Bn | 178.80 Mn | 0.36% |
| 7 | Onterris | 522.05 Mn | 481.32 Mn | 82.26 Mn | -2.57% |
| 8 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 244.92 Mn | 136.49 Mn | -2.50 Mn | -41.82% |
| 9 | Comstock | 135.32 Mn | 2.29 Mn | -896,073.00 | -40.70% |
| 10 | Deep Isolation Nuclear | 109.57 Mn | 109.57 Mn | 707,000.00 | -58.35% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 15.39% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 14.33% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 14.16% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 14.15% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 14.56% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 15.21% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 15.77% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 16.77% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 16.53% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 16.46% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 17.05% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 16.85% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 19.88% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 22.49% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 21.90% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 21.28% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 18.60% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 14.60% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 13.65% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 13.48% |
API Access
Clean Harbors Return on Equity [ROE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=CLH&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "ticker": "CLH", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=CLH&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();