Today it was reported that the EVP & COO of US Ecology (NASDAQ: ECOL), Simon Bell, exercised options to buy 7,920 ECOL shares at $25.25 a share, for a total transaction value of $200K.
Following this transaction Simon Bell’s holding in the company was increased by 25.39% to a total of $2.92 million. In addition to Simon Bell, 6 other ECOL executives reported Buy trades in the last month.
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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 $1.64B and the company has a P/E ratio of 27.09. Currently, US Ecology has an average volume of 42.91K.
In the last 30 days, insiders have sold $1.68M worth of ECOL shares and purchased $229.8K worth of ECOL shares. The insider sentiment on US Ecology has been negative according to 43 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.
