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The Screen · Industrials · Waste Management
Clean Harbors Inc
CLH · the NYSE · USD · Market cap $16.6B · 22,155 employees
Clean Harbors, Inc.
FAIL · Does not pass the screen
315.25 USD
At the last full screen 2026-09-01
Screened 2026-09-01 · the tape above runs as of 17:00 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
The Label · The Season, Not the Day
This name holds its accumulation label.
Clean Harbors Inc holds its Accumulation at $315.25. Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 31 days.
As held on the ledger · 2026-09-01
Phase
Accumulation
Quantitative state
Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 31 days
Price at the screen
$315.25
Valuation
38.17 trailing · 31.72 forward price to earnings
Values screen
FAIL· score 70.0
Beta
0.86
The Workings
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Debt ratio
Test
Figure
Limit
What it means
Status
Business activity
Permissible
Core business clean
Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending.
Pass
Debt load
39.82%
Below 33%
Interest-bearing debt is 39.8% of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows.
Fail
Interest-bearing cash
1.67%
Below 33%
Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 1.7% of assets, under the one-third limit.
Pass
Receivables
24.53%
Below 49%
Money owed to the company is 24.5% of assets, under the 49% limit.
Pass
Revenue purity
0.43%
Below 5%
Only 0.4% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line.
Pass
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-01 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. The price runs 11.1% above the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 15 covering, consensus Buy. The average target sits +15% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Our more conservative model reads it as fully-to-richly valued here, while the Street is more bullish: a quality-at-a-fair-price name rather than a deep-value one.
Price History & Projections
Where it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-09-01 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain Words
Cleanup Business Priced for Faster Growth
Picture every factory spill and oil change across North America eventually needing a truck and a permit. Clean Harbors handles that flow, yet the shares sit 16 percent above our fair value with revenue barely rising 2 percent a year. A 32 times forward earnings multiple on a narrow-moat business that earns a 7 percent profit margin leaves little room for the modest returns on equity the company actually delivers.
We pass for the simple reason that the price already bakes in optimism the numbers do not support. Growth is tepid, the moat is narrow, and the valuation offers no margin of safety despite an ethical screen that clears.
The main risk is that any slowdown in industrial activity quickly hits volumes while the high multiple leaves scant cushion if margins slip. Analysis, not advice.
The risks · The main risks here are ordinary market swings and the chance our fair-value read proves too optimistic.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited
Every Entry, As Written
2026-08-25Markup$320.24+3.1%Entry 5
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved up 3.1% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 11% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 29%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 19%. The street (14 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $326.
2026-07-25Markup · changed$310.58+7.9%Entry 4
The framework has shifted from distribution to markup since the last review. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved up 7.9% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 11% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 29%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 19%. The street (14 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $326.
2026-07-18Distribution$287.78+0.0%Entry 3
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 11% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 29%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 19%. The street (14 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $326.
2026-07-03Distribution$287.78+0.0%Entry 2
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns.
2026-07-02Distribution$287.78Entry 1
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
