Clean Harbors Overview
Latest P/E ratio for Clean Harbors: 37.57 — see history and peer comparisons.
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The P/E ratio compares a company's stock price to its earnings per share. A lower P/E ratio may indicate that the stock is undervalued.
Clean Harbors posts a P/E ratio of 37.57. That is above the Energy sector average of 19.64. Comparing that reading with peers and prior periods is usually more useful than looking at the number in isolation.
For Energy stocks, a P/E ratio near 19.64 is typical. Clean Harbors's 37.57 is higher that level. That is roughly 91.3% above the sector mean. Whether that is a warning or an opportunity depends on growth outlook and other fundamentals shown elsewhere on Stockcircle.
Clean Harbors's P/E ratio of 37.57 comes from dividing a price-based measure by a related financial statistic. Changes can come from the stock price moving, the underlying fundamental shifting, or both. Track both the level and the trend — a rising multiple on falling fundamentals is a different story than a rising multiple on rising earnings.
Context for CLH's P/E ratio usually means three checks: (1) trend versus prior periods, (2) level versus peers (average 19.64), and (3) consistency with growth and profitability. This page covers the first two; Clean Harbors's other metric pages and overview cover the third.
Judging Clean Harbors against Energy peers is usually better than using a market-wide rule of thumb. Business models inside Energy are more comparable, which makes gaps in P/E ratio easier to interpret. Start with 37.57 here, then scan peer and history charts to see if the gap is persistent.
