Question 1

Which is bigger, CLH or DUK?

Accepted Answer

Duke Energy Corporation is the larger company — market cap $94.6B vs $16.9B for Clean Harbors, Inc.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CLH or DUK?

Accepted Answer

DUK keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 15.8% vs 7.0% for CLH.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CLH or DUK?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, DUK trades at a lower P/E — 18.0 vs 38.5 for CLH. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which is the better stock — CLH or DUK?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, CLH leads 6 of 10 comparable metrics and DUK leads 4. StockCV rates CLH “Solid” and DUK “Strained”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	CLH	DUK
Price	$320.06	$121.35
Market cap	$16.9B	$94.6B
Revenue (TTM)	$6.24B	$33.3B
Revenue growth	+5.3%	+3.9%
Net margin	7.0%	15.8%
Free cash flow	$462M	-$4.27B
Net cash (debt)	($2.64B)	($82.5B)
1-year price return	+37.9%	-4.7%
P/E	38.5	18.0
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	7%	95%
Dividend yield	—	3.58%
Return on equity	16%	10%
Altman Z-score	3.94	0.56
CV checks passed	8 of 10	8 of 10
Employees	22,591	26,441

Clean Harbors, Inc vs Duke Energy Corporation