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Are Business Services Stocks Lagging Clean Harbors (CLH) This Year?

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The Business Services group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Has Clean Harbors (CLH - Free Report) been one of those stocks this year? Let's take a closer look at the stock's year-to-date performance to find out.

Clean Harbors is a member of the Business Services sector. This group includes 330 individual stocks and currently holds a Zacks Sector Rank of #11. The Zacks Sector Rank gauges the strength of our 16 individual sector groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups.

The Zacks Rank is a proven system that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions, highlighting a variety of stocks that are displaying the right characteristics to beat the market over the next one to three months. Clean Harbors is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

Over the past three months, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for CLH's full-year earnings has moved 2% higher. This signals that analyst sentiment is improving and the stock's earnings outlook is more positive.

Our latest available data shows that CLH has returned about 51.3% since the start of the calendar year. Meanwhile, stocks in the Business Services group have gained about 9.9% on average. As we can see, Clean Harbors is performing better than its sector in the calendar year.

One other Business Services stock that has outperformed the sector so far this year is Core & Main (CNM - Free Report) . The stock is up 64.4% year-to-date.

The consensus estimate for Core & Main's current year EPS has increased 6.6% over the past three months. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).

To break things down more, Clean Harbors belongs to the Waste Removal Services industry, a group that includes 17 individual companies and currently sits at #86 in the Zacks Industry Rank. On average, this group has gained an average of 8.5% so far this year, meaning that CLH is performing better in terms of year-to-date returns. Core & Main is also part of the same industry.

Investors interested in the Business Services sector may want to keep a close eye on Clean Harbors and Core & Main as they attempt to continue their solid performance.


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