CLH Clean Harbors, Inc.
$322.82
Platform & Compounding FCF 50%
Two-stage FCF DCF
Strong · Conviction

Overvalued

Trading 90.8% above fair value

You pay $322.82
Bear $114.71
Fair $169.17
Bull $222.33
Bear $114.71 -64.5% 6% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Fair $169.17 -47.6% 10% stage 1 growth, 11% discount
Bull $222.33 -31.1% 13% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

9.8%
11.0%
3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (10% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 39%
Implied Market Multiple 36.3x
Market is pricing in (growth) 16.9% vs 9.8% base

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above.

Average Target (28 analysts) $353.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 52%

Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 10% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 11%, the base-case intrinsic value is $169.17 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $353.00 (from 28 analysts). Our estimate is 52% below the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.

Key Risks

  • P/E alone misleads — earnings depressed by growth investment
  • Cyclical or commodity businesses may be misclassified as platforms
  • Terminal value dominance suggests sensitivity to long-run assumptions