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CLH (Clean Harbors) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.56 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Clean Harbors Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Clean Harbors's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $86 Mil. Clean Harbors's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $2,953 Mil. Clean Harbors's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $1,187 Mil. Clean Harbors's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 2.56.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Clean Harbors's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

CLH' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.52   Med: 3.27   Max: 4.3
Current: 2.78

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Clean Harbors was 4.30. The lowest was 2.52. And the median was 3.27.

CLH's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
55.32% of 188 companies
in the Waste Management industry
Industry Median: 3.26 vs CLH: 2.78

Clean Harbors Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Clean Harbors's Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Clean Harbors Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.24 3.14 4.17 2.60 2.52

Clean Harbors Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Debt-to-EBITDA 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 2.49 2.47 3.37 2.35 2.56

Competitive Comparison of Clean Harbors's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Waste Management subindustry, Clean Harbors's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Clean Harbors's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Clean Harbors's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Clean Harbors Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Clean Harbors's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(66.43 + 2423.46) / 989.565
=2.52

Clean Harbors's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(85.641 + 2952.699) / 1186.508
=2.56

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2024) EBITDA data.


Clean Harbors  (NYSE:CLH) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Clean Harbors Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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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
Brian P Weber officer: EVP (CHESI) 88 PINE STREET, WALPOLE MA 02081
Lauren States director 16 WILMONT AVENUE, WHITE PLAINS NY 10605
Eric W Gerstenberg officer: Chief Operating Officer 24 MACFARLANE DRIVE, KINGSTON MA 02364
Robert Speights officer: EVP (CHESI) C/O CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, 42 LONGWATER DRIVE, NORWELL MA 02061
Michael Louis Battles officer: SVP & CAO 45 WILLIAM STREET, WELLESLEY MA 02481
Andrea Robertson director 129 SHELTER ROCK ROAD, STAMFORD CT 06903
Alan S Mckim director, officer: Chrmn. of Bd., Pres.and CEO
Eric J. Dugas officer: VP, Corp. Contr and CAO C/O CLEAN HARBORS, INC., 42 LONGWATER DRIVE, NORWELL MA 02061
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)
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
Sharon M. Gabriel officer: EVP/CIO (CHESI) 42 LONGWATER DRIVE, NORWELL MA 02061
Eugene G Banucci director