Clean Harbors, Inc. Reveals Drop In Q4 Profit, But Beats Estimates

(RTTNews) - Clean Harbors, Inc. (CLH) reported a profit for fourth quarter that decreased from the same period last year but beat the Street estimates.

The company's bottom line came in at $83.97 million, or $1.55 per share. This compares with $98.35 million, or $1.81 per share, last year.

Analysts on average had expected the company to earn $1.36 per share. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.

The company's revenue for the period rose 7.0% to $1.431 billion from $1.338 billion last year.

Clean Harbors, Inc. earnings at a glance (GAAP) :

-Earnings: $83.97 Mln. vs. $98.35 Mln. last year. -EPS: $1.55 vs. $1.81 last year. -Revenue: $1.431 Bln vs. $1.338 Bln last year.