Clean Harbors Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Feb 29, 2012
Clean Harbors Inc. (CLH, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2011-12-31.

Clean Harbors has a market cap of $3.69 billion; its shares were traded at around $67.16 with a P/E ratio of 30.6 and P/S ratio of 1.9. Clean Harbors had an annual average earning growth of 15.4% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Clean Harbors the business predictability rank of 3.5-star.

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Field Services revenues decreased 32.7%, or $148.5 million, in the year ended December 31, 2011 from the comparable period in 2010. Field Services performed emergency response work related to the Yellowstone River oil spill in Montana during the year ended December 31, 2011 and in the Gulf of Mexico and Michigan during the year ended December 31, 2010 which accounted for $43.6 million and $253.0 million, respectively, of our third party revenues. Excluding those oil spill project revenues, Field Services revenues increased for the year ended December 31, 2011 from the comparable period in 2010 primarily due to our polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCB”) business ($11.3 million), our large remedial project business ($6.9

Corporate Items cost of revenues increased $3.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, as compared to the comparable period in 2010 primarily due to increased health insurance related costs ($1.1 million), salary and labor expenses ($1.0 million), fuel and vehicle expenses ($0.7 million) and travel costs ($0.4 million), offset partially by a reduction in insurance costs ($1.5 million).

Field Services revenues increased 151.0%, or $273.2 million, in the year ended December 31, 2010 from the comparable period in 2009. Field Services participated in oil spill response efforts in both the Gulf of Mexico and Michigan during the year ended December 31, 2010 which accounted for $253.0 million of our third party revenues. Excluding those oil spill projects, Field Services revenues also increased for the year ended December 31, 2010 from the comparable period in 2009 primarily due to recording 12 full months of revenues, compared to five months of revenues in the prior year, for Field Service business that was formerly Eveready ($3.8 million), increases in our PCB business ($5.0 million), increases in large remedial project business ($4.3 million), increases in our oil recycling business due to increased pricing and volumes ($3.4 million), and the strengthening of the Canadian dollar ($1.2 million).

Corporate Items cost of revenues increased $1.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, as compared to the comparable period in 2009 primarily due to increased labor costs ($2.5 million), insurance costs ($1.4 million) and fuel, building repairs and other costs ($0.2 million), offset by a reduction in health insurance related costs ($3.1 million).

At December 31, 2011, cash and cash equivalents totaled $260.7 million, compared to $302.2 million at December 31, 2010. At December 31, 2011, cash and cash equivalents held by foreign subsidiaries totaled $41.1 million and were readily convertible into other foreign currencies including U.S. dollars. At December 31, 2011, the cash and cash equivalent balances for our U.S. operations was $219.7 million, and our U.S. operations had net operating cash flows from operations of $72.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. Additionally, we have available a $250.0 million revolving credit facility of which $167.4 million was available to borrow at December 31, 2011. Based on the above and on our current plans, we believe that our U.S. operations have adequate financial resources to satisfy their liquidity needs without being required to repatriate earnings from foreign subsidiaries. Accordingly, although repatriation to the U.S. of foreign earnings would generally be subject to U.S. income taxation, net of any available foreign tax credits, we have not recorded any deferred tax liability related to such repatriation since we intend to permanently reinvest foreign earnings outside the U.S.

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