CLEAN HARBORS, INC vs Waste Connections, Inc., two Waste Management stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CLH and WCN diverge most: on current ratio, CLH reads 2.34 and WCN reads 0.66; on revenue growth, CLH reads +2.0% and WCN reads +5.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CLH price has a different growth bar priced in than WCN (+21.9% implied for CLH vs +13.1% for WCN); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What CLH's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CLH | WCN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $312.82 | $167.38 |
| Market cap | $16.6B | $42.5B |
| Sector | Waste Management | Waste Management |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +21.9% | +13.1% |
| P/E | 42.4 | 40.3 |
| P/B | 5.97 | 5.36 |
| P/S | 2.74 | 4.35 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.1 | 17.6 |
| Revenue growth | +2.0% | +5.7% |
| Operating margin | 8.2% | 17.1% |
| Net margin | 6.5% | 10.9% |
| Return on equity | 14.3% | 13.4% |
| Return on assets | 5.2% | 5.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.2% | 7.4% |
| FCF yield | 2.8% | 2.9% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.8% |
| Debt / equity | 1.00 | 1.18 |
| Current ratio | 2.34 | 0.66 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.60 | 2.74 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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