XML Financial LLC Purchases 250 Shares of Clean Harbors, Inc. (NYSE:CLH)

XML Financial LLC boosted its holdings in Clean Harbors, Inc. (NYSE:CLH) by 20.3% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 1,480 shares of the business services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 250 shares during the quarter. XML Financial LLC’s holdings in Clean Harbors were worth $341,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its stake in shares of Clean Harbors by 3.0% in the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 3,451,751 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $834,323,000 after buying an additional 100,394 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC lifted its position in Clean Harbors by 12.0% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,747,215 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $422,319,000 after acquiring an additional 187,140 shares in the last quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC lifted its position in Clean Harbors by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 1,598,915 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $386,477,000 after acquiring an additional 7,948 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its stake in Clean Harbors by 1.5% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,510,363 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $365,070,000 after purchasing an additional 21,662 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Clearbridge Investments LLC increased its holdings in Clean Harbors by 30.6% during the 2nd quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC now owns 1,058,415 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $239,361,000 after purchasing an additional 248,240 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.43% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Clean Harbors news, Director Lauren States sold 308 shares of Clean Harbors stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $239.04, for a total transaction of $73,624.32. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 12,226 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,922,503.04. The trade was a 2.46 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider Robert Speights sold 610 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $240.14, for a total value of $146,485.40. Following the sale, the insider now owns 39,160 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,403,882.40. This represents a 1.53 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 8,446 shares of company stock valued at $2,112,800. Company insiders own 5.90% of the company’s stock.

Clean Harbors Price Performance

Clean Harbors stock opened at $243.45 on Thursday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $241.44 and its 200 day simple moving average is $241.58. Clean Harbors, Inc. has a 12 month low of $167.28 and a 12 month high of $267.11. The company has a market cap of $13.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.70 and a beta of 1.24. The company has a current ratio of 2.10, a quick ratio of 1.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.10.

Clean Harbors (NYSE:CLH) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 30th. The business services provider reported $2.12 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.15 by ($0.03). The firm had revenue of $1.53 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.51 billion. Clean Harbors had a return on equity of 17.51% and a net margin of 7.19%. The company’s revenue was up 12.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.68 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Clean Harbors, Inc. will post 7.21 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently issued reports on CLH. TD Cowen began coverage on Clean Harbors in a research report on Friday, December 6th. They set a “buy” rating and a $325.00 target price on the stock. Robert W. Baird cut their price objective on shares of Clean Harbors from $300.00 to $285.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on shares of Clean Harbors from $270.00 to $290.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. Oppenheimer boosted their price target on shares of Clean Harbors from $255.00 to $256.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, January 13th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $268.00 price objective on shares of Clean Harbors in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $269.44.

Clean Harbors Profile

Clean Harbors, Inc provides environmental and industrial services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Environmental Services and Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions. The Environmental Services segment collects, transports, treats, and disposes hazardous and non-hazardous waste, such as resource recovery, physical treatment, fuel blending, incineration, landfill disposal, wastewater treatment, lab chemicals disposal, and explosives management services; and offers CleanPack services, including collection, identification, categorization, specialized packaging, transportation, and disposal of laboratory chemicals and household hazardous waste.