US Ecology Inc (NASDAQ:ECOL) Director Daniel Fox bought 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 3rd. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $43.16 per share, with a total value of $43,160.00.
Shares of ECOL opened at $43.16 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.84, a quick ratio of 2.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80. US Ecology Inc has a 12-month low of $40.94 and a 12-month high of $67.24. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $51.49 and a 200 day moving average price of $57.69. The firm has a market capitalization of $986.23 million, a P/E ratio of 28.21 and a beta of 0.70.
US Ecology (NASDAQ:ECOL) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 26th. The business services provider reported $0.38 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.58 by ($0.20). US Ecology had a net margin of 4.83% and a return on equity of 8.75%. The company had revenue of $231.27 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $237.35 million. Equities research analysts predict that US Ecology Inc will post 1.82 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Quadrant Capital Group LLC acquired a new position in US Ecology in the fourth quarter valued at about $32,000. Americana Partners LLC acquired a new position in US Ecology in the fourth quarter valued at about $47,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. acquired a new position in US Ecology in the fourth quarter valued at about $14,478,000. Marshall Wace LLP acquired a new stake in shares of US Ecology during the first quarter worth about $77,000. Finally, CENTRAL TRUST Co acquired a new stake in shares of US Ecology during the fourth quarter worth about $87,000. 98.76% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of US Ecology from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Thursday, January 16th. BidaskClub raised shares of US Ecology from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 25th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on shares of US Ecology from $73.00 to $70.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 28th. TheStreet lowered shares of US Ecology from a “b-” rating to a “c” rating in a report on Thursday, February 27th. Finally, ValuEngine lowered shares of US Ecology from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. The stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $67.00.
US Ecology Company Profile
US Ecology, Inc, through its subsidiaries, provides environmental services to commercial and government entities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It operates through two segments, Environmental Services, and Field & Industrial Services. The Environmental Services segment offers hazardous material management services, including transportation, recycling, treatment, and disposal of hazardous, non-hazardous, and radioactive waste at its landfill, wastewater, deep-well injection, and other treatment facilities.
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