Clean Harbors (CLH) reported $1.43 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 4%. EPS of $1.09 for the same period compares to $1.29 a year ago.

The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.42 billion, representing a surprise of +0.89%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +6.86%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.02.

While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.

Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.

Here is how Clean Harbors performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

Revenue- Direct Revenues- Environmental Services: $1.21 billion versus $1.21 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +3.1% change. Revenue- Direct Revenues- Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions: $222.74 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $194.66 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +9.1%. Revenue- Direct Revenues- Corporate Items: $0.10 million versus $0.10 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -4.9% change. Adjusted EBITDA- Environmental Services: $274.59 million versus $273.41 million estimated by three analysts on average. Adjusted EBITDA- Corporate Items: -$67.99 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of -$66.52 million. Adjusted EBITDA- Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions: $28.25 million versus $22.88 million estimated by three analysts on average.

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Shares of Clean Harbors have returned +6.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.

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