Today, a Director at US Ecology (NASDAQ: ECOL), Katina Dorton, bought shares of ECOL for $29.82K.
Following Katina Dorton’s last ECOL Buy transaction on August 25, 2017, the stock climbed by 27.7%. This recent transaction increases Katina Dorton’s holding in the company by 6.9% to a total of $461K.
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Based on US Ecology’s latest earnings report for the quarter ending June 30, the company posted quarterly revenue of $137 million and quarterly net profit of $13.22 million. In comparison, last year the company earned revenue of $126 million and had a net profit of $5.05 million. ECOL’s market cap is $1.63B and the company has a P/E ratio of 26.55. Currently, US Ecology has an average volume of 81.45K.
In the last 30 days, insiders have sold $1.68M worth of ECOL shares and purchased $29.82K worth of ECOL shares. The insider sentiment on US Ecology has been negative according to 40 insider trades in the past three months. This sentiment is lower than the average sentiment of company insiders in this sector.
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US Ecology, Inc.engages in the provision of industrial waste management and recycling services to commercial and government entities, including refineries and chemical production facilities, manufacturers, electric utilities, steel mills, medical and academic institutions, and waste brokers.
