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Clean Harbors, Inc. (XNYS:CLH) In-Depth Stock/Fundamental/Options Analysis Today

Primary Facts

CLH

Name:

CLEAN HARBORS, INC. (XNYS:CLH)

Sector:

- 109258.00K

Industry:

Waste Management

CEO:

Mr. Alan McKim

Total Employees:

18,300

Our Technological Advancement Rating

Our Rating:

D

Technological advancement compared to industry is -62.05% lower

ANALYSIS OF ALL CRITICAL FACTORS & RISKS RELATED TO THE STOCK & FUNDAMENTAL/LONG-TERM ANALYSIS OF CLEAN HARBORS, INC.(CLH) AS PER DATA ANALYSIS OF LAST 3 YEARS AND COMPARISON WITH COMPETITORS/PEERS, AND WASTE MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY. DATE: 07/09/2022

Primary Targets/Price Insights

Previous Close ($) :

116.78

One Month Price Target:

$117.72

Six Month Price Target :

$122.39

Likely Price in One Year's Time:

Ticker:

$128.01

Likely Trading Range Today Under (Normal Volatility)
 

$116.27

Price Upper limit ($) :

$117.52

Price Lower limit ($) :

Crash Risk Prep/Key Price Levels (High Volatility/Risk)

Price, as per data analysis, isn't likely to fall below:

Today:

$109.32

                                                               This week:

$100.09

                                                        This month :

$83.41

Other Primary facts

Market Cap:

6.29B

Market Cap Classification:

Mid Cap

Number of Shares

IPO Date:

54.10M

Best/Worst Daily Performance (Last 3+ Years)
 

Highest Daily Appreciation:

23.98%

-33.52%

Worst Daily Decline:

Our Options Trading Entry Points

Iron Condor entry points for options expiring in 1 week's time

Low risk (<2%) entry points

Buy Call:

Sell Call:

Buy Put:

Sell Put:

$151.39

$135.39

$82.17

$98.17

Medium risk (<10%) entry points

Buy Call

Sell Call

$130.19

Buy Put:

Sell Put:

$126.77

$103.33

$106.79

These entry points can be used for other strategies, such as butterflies, straddles, etc.

Risk-Adjusted returns (Sharpe Ratio) of

CLH

Sharpe Ratio:

2.90%

Comparison:

CLH, is amongst the top 40% stocks with highest risk-adjusted returns

Sharpe ratio is 20.31% higher than the industry

& ratio is 27.43% higher than the market/S&P 500 average

Average Returns/Yield of

CLH

Daily returns:

0.10%

Weekly returns:

0.50%

Monthly returns:

2.01%

Yearly returns:

15.29%

Comparison of returns:

Average annual returns/yield (last 3 years) is 57.98% above industry average

Classification:

CLH, is amongst the top 20% highest yielding stocks in terms of daily returns

Results of T-Test of Returns:

0.88

Statistical test of Returns:

CLH has not yielded statistically significant higher returns when compared to the market

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Volatility (measured by Standard Deviation)

Daily Volatility:

3.16%

Weekly Volatility:

7.07%

Monthly Volatility:

14.13%

Yearly Volatility:

48.96%

Volitlilty of last five days (Measured by Standard Deviation) 

Average Volatility of this Week:

0.58%

Volatility in last five trading days has been -81.60% below long-term volatility

Value at Risk Analysis (VaR)

Daily VaR:

-6.39%

Weekly VaR:

-14.29%

Monthly VaR:

-28.58%

How Much Can the price of

CLH

Decline in a Recession?

Likely price decline in a recession: 

Base case (decline):

-24%

Worst case (decline):

>85%

This translates to price declining to:

$88.62

This translates to price declining to:

$17.52

Severe Crash Probability

Risk of crash in next 6/12 months: High (50-70%)

What is Value at Risk (VaR)?

VaR explained figure

Risk Fundamentals

CLH is a 101.71% riskier investment compared to the market/S&P 500 & is 72.81% riskier than Nasdaq (IXIC)

Risk (measured by volatility) is 18.33% above industry average

Overall, it is amongst the top 50% most risky stocks

Beta Examination of

CLH

Beta in relation to market/S&P 500--1.43

Expected beta in 1 year's time:

0.955

Expected beta in 3 year's time:

1.351

Unlevered (debt free) Beta:

0.638

Beta in relation to Nasdaq (XNAS):

0.918

Beta in relation to all global stocks::

1.041

Beta Comparison & Analysis

Beta of competitors/peers::

1.084

Beta is 31.96% higher than peers

Average Industry Beta: 

1.031

Beta is 38.76% above industry average

Sustainable Growth Rate Analysis

Sustainable growth rate for this stock/firm:

13.92%

Sustainable growth rate is 9.34% above industry average

Alpha provided | Alpha Analysis 

Alpha provided:

0.112

Alpha is 120.71% above industry average alpha yield

Alpha is 713% higher than market/& is unsustainably high

Analysis of Cost of Capital of

CLH

Equity cost of capital:

0.130

Equity cost of capital is 26.81% above industry mean WACC

Unlevered (without debt) cost of capital:  

5.77%

Before-tax cost of debt:

3.15%

After-tax cost of debt:

2.49%

Overall debt rating:

High AA grade (second highest grade)

Weighted average cost of capital (WACC):

2.49%

WACC is 17.33% above industry mean WACC

Key Per-Share Metrics & Analysis

Revenue per share:

$77.01

Revenue growth rate per share of (3Y):

3.97

Annual revenue growth rate is 85.87% above the industry average

EPS:

$4.15

Expected Annual growth rate of  EPS (3Y):

28.46%

Expected future EPS growth rate is 557.38% higher than the Waste Management industry

Free cash flow (FCF) per share:

$2.33

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Debt per share

$48.56

EBITDA per share

$12.86

Valuation Analysis Today of

CLH

P/E Ratio:

20.71

P/E Ratio of Competitors/Peers:

19.2

P/E ratio is 7.86% higher than main peers & is -16.99% lower than the industry

Stock price/value with industry average P/E ratio: $103.54

CLH is 12.79% overvalued if valued using industry average P/E ratio

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P/S (Price to Sales ratio):

1.52

Price to sales ratio is -37.17% below the industry mean

P/B (Price to book value ratio):

3.97

Price to free cash flow: 50.18

Price to free cash flow ratio is -44.33% lower than the industry

Net income growth rate (3Y):

218.94%

Net income growth rate is 253.18% higher than the average industry net income growth rate

Dividend Analysis

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Dividend History:

--$0.00

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In-depth Debt & Leverage Analysis

Debt to equity ratio:

164.88%

Net debt to equity ratio:

147.63%

Debt to assets ratio:

45.88%

Net debt to assets ratio:

41.08%

Debt-to-asset ratio is -25.48% below industry average

Ability to repay debt:

Interest coverage ratio:

8.21

Interest coverage ratio is -22.15% less than industry average

Looking forward:

Debt growth rate:

58.07%

Annual debt growth is 447% higher than industry average debt growth rate

Debt repayment rate in last quarter: 0.30%

Analysis of Key Statistics  

Correlation of price movement with the market:

0.63

Statistical significance of correlation:

CLH has a statistically significant correlation with the market

Average Correlation of  the industry with the market:

0.559

Stock price is 12.70% more correlated with the market, compared to the industry average correlation

R Squared (percentage of price movement explained by movement of the market): 

0.559

Correlation of price movement with Nasdaq (^IXIC):

0.025

Covariance  of price movement with the market:

0.046

Kurtosis 

26.518

Returns have severe fat-tails (leptokurtic), i.e., returns considerably higher or lower than the mean returns are considerably more likely, compared to assets with normally distributed returns

Skewness of returns:

-1.345

Returns are left (negative) skewed; mean returns are lower than median and mode returns

Fundamental Analysis & Dupont Analysis of

CLH

Gross Profit Margin Ratio:

123%

Operating Profit Margin Ratio:

9.22%

Operating profit margin is 59.01% higher than the industry

Net Profit Margin Ratio:

123%

Effective Tax Rate:

24.59%

Effective tax rate is 0.60% higher than the industry

Dupont Method

Net Profit Margin

Return on Equity Ratio (ROE):

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14.24%

Return on equity (ROE) is 22.74% higher than the industry

Financial Leverage

Asset Turnover Ratio (ROA):

3.96%

Return on assets (ROA) is -2.80% lower than the industry

Financial Leverage:

1.8x

Current Ratio:

1.98

Current ratio is 44.52% above industry average

Cash Conversion Cycle (days):

34.3

Cash conversion cycle is -30.98% below industry average

The remaining useful life of property plant & equipment is: 2.6 years

Stock based compensation to net income ratio:

2.52%

In-depth Efficiency  Analysis

Revenue generated per employee:

227.7K

Each employee generates -26% less revenue than industry average revenue per employee

EBITDA generated per employee: 

38.0K

Each employee generates -37% less EBITDA than industry average revenue per employee

Profit generated per employee: 

12.4K

Each employee generates -42% less net income/profit than industry average revenue per employee

Free cash flow (FCF) generated per employee: 

- 6.0K

Each employee generates -203% less free cash flow than industry average revenue per employee

Assets/Capital per employee

214.2K

Each employee generates -203% less free cash flow than industry average revenue per employee

Research & Development (R&D) Analysis

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Competitors/Peer firms of 

CLH

SIMPSON MANUFACTURING CO., INC. (XNYS:SSD)

GATES INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION PLC (XNYS:GTES)

MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC. (XNYS:MSM)

ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC. (XNYS:AWI)

nVent Electric plc (XNYS:NVT)

Southeast Airport Group (XNYS:ASR)

FTI CONSULTING, INC. (XNYS:FCN)

TRINET GROUP, INC. (XNYS:TNET)

Stantec Inc. (XNYS:STN)

Current Analyst Ratings

Strong buy�8%

Buy�8%

Hold�29%

Sell�0%

Strong sell�0%

Overall analyst sentiment is: Hold

Income Statement

Period:

TTM

Date:

3/31/22

Revenue:

4.17B

Cost of Revenue:

Gross Profit:

R&D Expense

General & Admin Expenses:

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Balance Sheet

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Calendar Year:

Period:

Cash & Cash Equivalents:

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Cash & Short Term Investments:

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Inventory:

Other Current Assets:

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PP&E:

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Long Term Investments: 

Tax Assets: 

Other Non-Current Assets: 

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Other Assets: 

Total Assets: 

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Other Non-Current Liabilities:

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Total Liabilities:

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Retained Earnings:

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss:

Other Total Stockholders' Equity:

Total Stockholders' Equity:

Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity:

Total Investments:

Total Debt:

Net Debt:

2.89B

1.27B

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567.49M

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322.22M

889.71M

1.73M

84.77M

310.27M

695.83M

384.13M

226.83M

300.79M

73.96M

226.83M

Statement of Cash Flow

Date:

Period:

84.30M

Differed Income Tax :

2.23M

Stock Based Compensation :

5.71M

Change in Working Capital :

- 180508.00K

Accounts Receivables:

-

Other Working Capital:

-

Other Non-Cash Items:

4.33M

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities:

- 38629.00K

Investments in PP&E:

- 70308.00K

Net Acquisitions:

5.00M

Purchases of Investments:

- 5002.00K

Sales/Maturities of Investments:

Other Investing Activities:

​Net Cash Used for Investing Activities:

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Cash at End of Period:

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Operating Cash Flow:

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Free Cash Flow (FCF):

3/31/22

2022

Q1

339.58M

75.36M

414.95M

1.02B

264.73M

103.35M

1.81B

2.04B

1.22B

633.45M

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25.81M

3.92B

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5.73B

394.15M

64.64M

42.76M

90.12M

365.23M

914.14M

2.63B

279.21M

3.22B

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4.13B

544.00K

1.22B

- 162163.0K

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March 31, 2022 at 6:00:00 AM

3.78B

1.59B

5.73B

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2.69B

2.4B

10.45M

999.00K

- 58861.00K

- 7969.00K

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- 3694.00K

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- 4417.00K

- 16080.00K

579.00K

- 112991.00K

339.58M

452.58M

- 38629.00K

- 70629.00K

- 109258.00K

Our Proprietary Portfolio Rating

Our Rating:

D

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Price Forecast/Expected Price in Next 5 Years of

CLH

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

$133.20

$146.01

$160.05

$175.44

$192.32

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