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You Can Do Better Than Waste Management. Buy Clean Harbors Instead.

When it comes to earnings growth, there's another trash company that's king.

You Can Do Better Than Waste Management. Buy Clean Harbors Instead.

Published September 30, 2026 · Category: Finance

Overview

Waste Management (NYSE: WM) is the big dog among industrial companies that specialize in garbage, when you look at market cap or annual revenue. It has certainly lived up to the hype, as much as any trash company can be hyped -- by delivering a total return of nearly 290% over the past decade.

However, there's a much smaller, more specialized waste management company that's a better bet for investors right now. Clean Harbors (NYSE: CLH), based in Norwell, Massachusetts, focuses on end-to-end hazardous waste management, emergency spill response, industrial cleaning and maintenance, and recycling services.

Details

Here are three reasons Clean Harbors is a better stock than Waste Management right now.

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Source

Originally published at www.fool.com.

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