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Ecolab Inc. (ECL)

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86.78 Down 0.09(0.10%) 4:03PM EDT|After Hours : 86.84 Up 0.06 (0.07%) 4:11PM EDT

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:25.69B
Enterprise Value (May 10, 2013)3:31.12B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):32.06
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2014)1:20.91
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.63
Price/Sales (ttm):2.16
Price/Book (mrq):4.17
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.62
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:13.64
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 30
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Mar 31, 2013
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):6.84%
Operating Margin (ttm):13.10%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):5.71%
Return on Equity (ttm):13.59%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):11.90B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):40.55
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):2.20%
Gross Profit (ttm):5.36B
EBITDA (ttm)6:2.28B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):813.50M
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.71
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):221.10%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):824.30M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):2.79
Total Debt (mrq):6.23B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):100.03
Current Ratio (mrq):1.72
Book Value Per Share (mrq):20.82
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.28B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):845.71M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.58
52-Week Change3:34.11%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:20.19%
52-Week High (May 9, 2013)3:87.18
52-Week Low (Jun 4, 2012)3:61.45
50-Day Moving Average3:82.13
200-Day Moving Average3:75.40
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:1,105,700
Avg Vol (10 day)3:1,150,680
Shares Outstanding5:296.01M
Float:266.80M
% Held by Insiders1:9.61%
% Held by Institutions1:77.60%
Shares Short (as of Apr 15, 2013)3:3.04M
Short Ratio (as of Apr 15, 2013)3:2.90
Short % of Float (as of Apr 15, 2013)3:1.20%
Shares Short (prior month)3:3.09M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.92
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.10%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.86
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.10%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.40%
Payout Ratio4:32.00%
Dividend Date3:Jul 14, 2013
Ex-Dividend Date4:Jun 14, 2013
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:Jun 9, 2003

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Mar 31, 2013)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Mar 31, 2013)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Mar 31, 2013)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2012)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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