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CLH (Clean Harbors) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 74.11 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Clean Harbors Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow?

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow assesses how much of a company’s cash flow from operations is being devoted to capital expenditure. It’s also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not.

Clean Harbors's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-118.94 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $1.61 Mil.

Hence, Clean Harbors's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was 74.11.


Clean Harbors Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Clean Harbors's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow 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.

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Clean Harbors Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Clean Harbors Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.46 0.45 0.55 0.58 0.57

Clean Harbors Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow 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 7.46 0.63 0.41 0.23 74.11

Competitive Comparison of Clean Harbors's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Waste Management subindustry, Clean Harbors's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow 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 Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Clean Harbors's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Clean Harbors's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.


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Clean Harbors Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Clean Harbors's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-441.848) / 777.771
=0.57

Clean Harbors's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-118.943) / 1.605
=74.11

* 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.


Clean Harbors  (NYSE:CLH) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Explanation

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio assesses how much of a company’s Cash Flow from Operations is being devoted to Capital Expenditure. It is a good indicator in terms of how much the company is focused on growth. In general, a high Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio indicates that the company is investing more in physical assets and is focused on growth and expansion. Conversely, lower ratio could indicate that a company has reached maturity and is no longer pursuing aggressive growth.

Moreover, the ratio is also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not. If the ratio is large, then the company tends to be capital intensive. Lower ratio suggests that it’s a capital-light business. The ratio can be combined with ROIC % to identify whether the company is an asset-light business that has a high return on invested capital. This is one question investors commonly ask to see if a company qualifies as a good company.


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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
John R. Welch director 84 SUMMER STREET, WESTON MA 02493
Robert Speights officer: EVP (CHESI) C/O CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, 42 LONGWATER DRIVE, NORWELL MA 02061
Lauren States director 16 WILMONT AVENUE, WHITE PLAINS NY 10605
Eric J. Dugas officer: VP, Corp. Contr and CAO C/O CLEAN HARBORS, INC., 42 LONGWATER DRIVE, NORWELL MA 02061
Alan S Mckim director, officer: Chrmn. of Bd., Pres.and CEO
Brian P Weber officer: EVP (CHESI) 88 PINE STREET, WALPOLE MA 02081
Eric W Gerstenberg officer: Chief Operating Officer 24 MACFARLANE DRIVE, KINGSTON MA 02364
Michael Louis Battles officer: SVP & CAO 45 WILLIAM STREET, WELLESLEY MA 02481
Andrea Robertson director 129 SHELTER ROCK ROAD, STAMFORD CT 06903
John T Preston director C/O MOLTEN METAL TECHNOLOTY INC, 400-2 TOTTEN POND ROAD, WALTHAM MA 02154
Robert W. Harrison officer: EVP, EHS 42 LONGWATER DRIVE, NORWELL MA 02061
George L Curtis officer: Exec. Vice President (CHESI)
Loan Nguyen Mansy officer: President Env Sales & Service C/O HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 300 TICE BOULEVARD, SUITE 290, WOODCLIFF LAKE NJ 07677
Rebecca Underwood officer: President & EVP Facilities 42 LONGWATER DRIVE, NORWELL MA 02061
Sharon M. Gabriel officer: EVP/CIO (CHESI) 42 LONGWATER DRIVE, NORWELL MA 02061