NASDAQ:ECOLUS Ecology Stock Price, Forecast & News

US Ecology's stock was trading at $33.91 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ECOL stock has increased by 13.9% and is now trading at $38.64.
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3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for US Ecology in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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US Ecology is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 4th 2020.
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US Ecology Inc (NASDAQ:ECOL) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 6th. The business services provider reported ($0.08) EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.05) by $0.03. The business services provider earned $213.92 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $229.50 million. US Ecology had a positive return on equity of 4.11% and a negative net margin of 34.42%.
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US Ecology announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 3rd. Investors of record on Friday, January 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.18 per share on Friday, January 24th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.86%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 16th.
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3 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for US Ecology's shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $70.00. On average, they expect US Ecology's share price to reach $52.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 36.3% from the stock's current price.
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Headlines about ECOL stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. US Ecology earned a news impact score of -3.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.
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US Ecology saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,380,000 shares, an increase of 25.5% from the June 15th total of 1,100,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 299,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.6 days.
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Some companies that are related to US Ecology include Waste Management (WM), Republic Services (RSG), Rollins (ROL), Stericycle (SRCL), Tetra Tech (TTEK), Clean Harbors (CLH), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), ABM Industries (ABM), Covanta (CVA), SP Plus (SP), Heritage-Crystal Clean (HCCI), CECO Environmental (CECE), Team (TISI), Acorn Energy (ACFN) and Metalico (MEA).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other US Ecology investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Chesapeake Energy (CHKAQ), Chesapeake Energy (CHKAQ), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), Ford Motor (F), SandRidge Permian Trust (PER), Amgen (AMGN), Pfizer (PFE), AT&T (T) and Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF).

US Ecology trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ECOL."

US Ecology's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (5.86%), Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC (4.36%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (4.22%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.52%), Clarkston Capital Partners LLC (2.86%) and FMR LLC (1.96%). Company insiders that own US Ecology stock include Daniel Fox, E Renae Conley, Jeffrey R Feeler, Katina Dorton, Simon G Bell, Stephen A Romano and Steven D Welling.
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ECOL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Mutual of America Capital Management LLC, FIL Ltd, GW&K Investment Management LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, and Principal Financial Group Inc..
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ECOL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Clarkston Capital Partners LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Moody Aldrich Partners LLC, Macquarie Group Ltd., Nordea Investment Management AB, HCSF Management LLC, and Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC. Company insiders that have bought US Ecology stock in the last two years include Daniel Fox, E Renae Conley, Jeffrey R Feeler, Katina Dorton, and Stephen A Romano.
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Shares of ECOL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ECOL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $38.64.

US Ecology has a market capitalization of $1.22 billion and generates $685.51 million in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $33.14 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.96 on an earnings per share basis. US Ecology employs 3,800 workers across the globe.

The official website for US Ecology is www.usecology.com.

US Ecology's mailing address is 101 SOUTH. CAPITOL BLVD. SUITE 1000, BOISE ID, 83702. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 208-331-8400 or via email at [email protected]