Shares of US Ecology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECOL) have earned a consensus rating of “Buy” from the seven research firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation and five have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month price target among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $50.00.
Separately, BidaskClub raised US Ecology from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday.
Shares of ECOL opened at $36.20 on Friday. US Ecology has a 1 year low of $24.94 and a 1 year high of $58.36. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 2.38 and a quick ratio of 2.38. The company has a market capitalization of $1.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -3.77 and a beta of 1.20. The business has a 50-day moving average of $34.37 and a 200-day moving average of $34.58.
US Ecology (NASDAQ:ECOL) last released its earnings results on Thursday, November 5th. The business services provider reported $0.25 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.12 by $0.13. US Ecology had a positive return on equity of 2.55% and a negative net margin of 32.51%. The business had revenue of $238.10 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $237.85 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.75 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 42.2% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that US Ecology will post 0.43 EPS for the current year.
A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of ECOL. Horan Capital Advisors LLC. bought a new stake in shares of US Ecology in the third quarter valued at $33,000. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of US Ecology in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $36,000. Marshall Wace LLP purchased a new stake in shares of US Ecology in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $77,000. Paradigm Asset Management Co. LLC purchased a new stake in shares of US Ecology in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $56,000. Finally, Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. boosted its position in shares of US Ecology by 33.5% during the 2nd quarter. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. now owns 2,750 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $93,000 after purchasing an additional 690 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 80.61% of the company’s stock.
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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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