NORWELL, Mass. (AP) — NORWELL, Mass. (AP) — Clean Harbors Inc. (CLH) on Wednesday reported second-quarter profit of $170.5 million.

On a per-share basis, the Norwell, Massachusetts-based company said it had net income of $3.22.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.74 per share.

The environmental services company posted revenue of $1.74 billion in the period, which also topped Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.62 billion.

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