US Ecology (NASDAQ:ECOL) is scheduled to be issuing its quarterly earnings data after the market closes on Thursday, November 5th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.12 per share for the quarter. Parties interested in participating in the company’s conference call can do so using this link.
US Ecology (NASDAQ:ECOL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The business services provider reported ($0.08) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.05) by ($0.03). The company had revenue of $213.92 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $229.50 million. US Ecology had a negative net margin of 34.42% and a positive return on equity of 4.11%. On average, analysts expect US Ecology to post $1 EPS for the current fiscal year and $1 EPS for the next fiscal year.
Shares of US Ecology stock opened at $30.36 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.27, a current ratio of 2.48 and a quick ratio of 2.48. The firm has a market cap of $956.64 million, a P/E ratio of -3.29 and a beta of 1.07. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $33.79 and a 200 day simple moving average of $33.93. US Ecology has a fifty-two week low of $24.94 and a fifty-two week high of $67.06.
ECOL has been the subject of a number of research reports. BMO Capital Markets raised their price target on shares of US Ecology from $37.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a report on Monday, August 10th. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of US Ecology from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $42.00 price target for the company in a report on Monday, August 10th. UBS Group lowered their price target on shares of US Ecology from $50.00 to $48.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, August 10th. ValuEngine raised shares of US Ecology from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 2nd. Finally, BidaskClub raised shares of US Ecology from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, July 24th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. The stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $50.00.
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In other US Ecology news, Director E Renae Conley bought 2,650 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 13th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $37.75 per share, with a total value of $100,037.50. Following the acquisition, the director now owns 5,750 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $217,062.50. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 1.20% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
About US Ecology
US Ecology, Inc, through its subsidiaries, provides environmental services to commercial and government entities in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Mexico, internationally. It operates through two segments, Environmental Services, and Field & Industrial Services. The Environmental Services segment offers specialty material management services, including transportation, recycling, treatment, and disposal of hazardous, non-hazardous, E&P, and radioactive waste at its landfill, wastewater, deep-well injection, and other treatment facilities.
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