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Clean Harbors (Clean Harbors) Interest Coverage : 4.56 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Clean Harbors Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Clean Harbors's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $147 Mil. Clean Harbors's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-32 Mil. Clean Harbors's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.56. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Clean Harbors's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

CLH' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.22   Med: 2.92   Max: 5.65
Current: 5.08


CLH's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
51.74% of 172 companies
in the Waste Management industry
Industry Median: 5.235 vs CLH: 5.08

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Clean Harbors Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Clean Harbors's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Clean Harbors Interest Coverage Chart

Clean Harbors Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.77 3.28 4.36 5.65 5.08

Clean Harbors Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.14 5.13 5.92 4.74 4.56

Competitive Comparison of Clean Harbors's Interest Coverage

For the Waste Management subindustry, Clean Harbors's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Clean Harbors's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Clean Harbors's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Clean Harbors's Interest Coverage falls into.



Clean Harbors Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Clean Harbors's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Clean Harbors's Interest Expense was $-121 Mil. Its Operating Income was $612 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,423 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*612.439/-120.525
=5.08

Clean Harbors's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Clean Harbors's Interest Expense was $-32 Mil. Its Operating Income was $147 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,423 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*147.293/-32.292
=4.56

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Clean Harbors  (NYSE:CLH) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Clean Harbors (Clean Harbors) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
42 Longwater Drive, Norwell, MA, USA, 02061-9149
Clean Harbors Inc is an environmental and industrial services provider. It provides parts cleaning and related environmental services to commercial, industrial, and automotive customers. Its business segments are Environmental Services and Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions. The company generates the majority of its revenues from the Environmental Services segment.
Executives
Alan S Mckim director, officer: Chrmn. of Bd., Pres.and CEO
Robert W. Harrison officer: EVP, EHS 42 LONGWATER DRIVE, NORWELL MA 02061
Eric W Gerstenberg officer: Chief Operating Officer 24 MACFARLANE DRIVE, KINGSTON MA 02364
Eric J. Dugas officer: VP, Corp. Contr and CAO C/O CLEAN HARBORS, INC., 42 LONGWATER DRIVE, NORWELL MA 02061
Robert Speights officer: EVP (CHESI) C/O CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, 42 LONGWATER DRIVE, NORWELL MA 02061
George L Curtis officer: Exec. Vice President (CHESI)
Rebecca Underwood officer: President & EVP Facilities 42 LONGWATER DRIVE, NORWELL MA 02061
Loan Nguyen Mansy officer: President Env Sales & Service C/O HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 300 TICE BOULEVARD, SUITE 290, WOODCLIFF LAKE NJ 07677
John T Preston director C/O MOLTEN METAL TECHNOLOTY INC, 400-2 TOTTEN POND ROAD, WALTHAM MA 02154
Andrea Robertson director 129 SHELTER ROCK ROAD, STAMFORD CT 06903
Michael Louis Battles officer: SVP & CAO 45 WILLIAM STREET, WELLESLEY MA 02481
Sharon M. Gabriel officer: EVP/CIO (CHESI) 42 LONGWATER DRIVE, NORWELL MA 02061
Brian P Weber officer: EVP (CHESI) 88 PINE STREET, WALPOLE MA 02081
Eugene G Banucci director
Melkeya Mcduffie officer: EVP, Human Resources Officer C/O CLEAN HARBORS INC., 42 LONGWATER DRIVE, NORWELL MA 02061

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