Clean Harbors (CLH) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $3.93
- Estimate
- $3.22
- Surprise
- +22.1%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $1.87B
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.9 → 5.9/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Clean Harbors (CLH) beat the $3.22 estimate with adjusted EPS of $3.93 — a large 22.1% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Sell (5.9/10) to Hold at 5.9/10 after the report.
Coverage in the report window
- Oppenheimer Adjusts Price Target on Clean Harbors to $362 From $361 — fiscal.ai, 2026-10-29
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CLH Hold at 6.4/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +22.1% surprise compares with a +12.0% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-02-24.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Positive news sentiment (+0.89)
What argues against it
- Thin upside margin: 6.2%
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
- Leverage penalty (D/E 1.0): -0.5
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $309.33
- Price target
- $328.56
- Stop
- $294.27
- Upside to target
- +6.2%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.2:1
At 31.0× trailing and 30.9× forward earnings, consensus estimates imply little change in earnings power.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-30 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
CLH at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Waste Management
- Market cap
- $16.31B
- P/E (fwd)
- 30.9
- P/E (ttm)
- 31.0
- 52-week range
- $201.34–$335.94
- Off 52-week high
- 7.9%
- RSI (14)
- 36
- Volume vs avg
- 1.47×
- Score today
- 6.4/10