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Ecolab Inc. (ECL:NYSE)

LAST $45.64 USD
CHANGE TODAY +0.35 0.77%
VOLUME 757.4K
As of 4:05 PM 11/23/09 All times are local (Market data by Reuters is delayed by at least 15 minutes).

Snapshot of Ecolab Inc. (ECL)

OPEN
$45.44
PREVIOUS CLOSE
$45.29
DAY HIGH
$46.09
DAY LOW
$45.38
52 WEEK HIGH
09/18/09 - $47.88
52 WEEK LOW
03/6/09 - $29.27
MARKET CAP
10.8B
AVERAGE VOLUME 3 mo
1.1M
DILUTED EPS TTM
$1.49
SHARES OUTSTANDING
237.6M
EX-DATE
09/11/09
P/E TTM
30.7x
DIVIDEND
$0.56
DIVIDEND YIELD
1.23%
K = Thousands  M = Millions  B = Billions

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ECL Details

Ecolab Inc. develops and markets products and services for the hospitality, foodservice, healthcare, and light industrial markets in the United States and internationally. It offers cleaning and sanitizing products and programs, as well as pest elimination, maintenance, and repair services primarily to hotels and restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, quick service (fast-food and convenience store) units, grocery stores, commercial and institutional laundries, light industry, dairy plants and farms, food and beverage processors, and the vehicle wash industry. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota.

26,568 Employees
Founded in 1923

ECL Top Compensated Officers

Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Office...
Age: 50
Total Annual Compensation: $1.0M
Chief Financial Officer
Age: 54
Total Annual Compensation: $475.0K
President of Institutional North American Sec...
Age: 53
Total Annual Compensation: $425.0K
President of North American Industrial & Serv...
Age: 55
Total Annual Compensation: $400.0K
Secretary and General Counsel
Age: 61
Total Annual Compensation: $375.0K
Compensation as of Fiscal Year 2008.

Key developments for Ecolab Inc. (ECL)

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Ecolab Inc. Appoints Victoria J. Reich to the Board

The Board of Directors of Ecolab Inc. announced that it has appointed Victoria J. Reich to the board. Ms. Reich is the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Stationers Inc. Prior to joining United Stationers in 2007, Ms. Reich served in international operating and financial management roles with Brunswick Corporation and General Electric Company. Reich's appointment increases the size of Ecolab's Board to 12 from 11 members.

Coverall Health Forges Strategic Alliance with Ecolab Inc

Coverall Health-Based Cleaning System announced a strategic alliance agreement with Ecolab Inc. The agreement comes at a critical time, as businesses take steps to protect against the H1N1 virus and other germ-related illnesses. Coverall conducted extensive evaluation and testing of numerous products and determined that Ecolab's products met or exceeded all of Coverall's stringent standards and systems. In addition to cleaning compounds, Coverall will exclusively offer Ecolab's comprehensive hand hygiene system to its franchisees, as well as specify the new Ecolab product line for its Touch-Free restroom cleaning protocol. Adding Ecolab's offerings to the Coverall selection of cleaning products now gives Coverall the ability to meet any of their franchisees' cleaning chemistry needs.

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Price/Earnings 28.7x
Price/Sales 1.9x
Price/Book 5.5x
Price/Cash Flow 28.4x
TEV/Sales 1.7x

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ECL transactions

Type
Date
Target
Bankruptcy
October 23, 2009
Max & Ermas Restaurants Inc.
Merger/Acquisition
October 14, 2009
ISS A/S, Pest Elimination Business in UK
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