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Ecolab Inc (ECL)At 4:01PM ET: 34.03  Up 0.30 (0.89%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):8.77B
Enterprise Value (10-Jan-05)³:9.32B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):28.96
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:25.59
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:2.34
Price/Sales (ttm):2.14
Price/Book (mrq):5.91
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:2.29
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:12.15
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Sep-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):7.54%
Operating Margin (ttm):12.91%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):9.18%
Return on Equity (ttm):22.76%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):4.07B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):15.589
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:10.50%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:1.92B
EBITDA (ttm):766.60M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):306.68M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.175
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:32.20%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):72.10M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.28
Total Debt (mrq)²:694.69M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.472
Current Ratio (mrq):1.308
Book Value Per Share (mrq):5.711
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:547.09M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:295.13M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.616
52-Week Change:25.76%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):18.94%
52-Week High (17-Nov-04):35.59
52-Week Low (29-Jan-04):26.12
50-Day Moving Average:34.59
200-Day Moving Average:31.37
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):672,909
Average Volume (10 day):564,000
Shares Outstanding:257.71M
Float:212.70M
% Held by Insiders:17.46%
% Held by Institutions:54.33%
Shares Short (as of 8-Dec-04):4.86M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Dec-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Dec-04):7.894
Short % of Float (as of 8-Dec-04):2.29%
Shares Short (prior month):5.35M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:0.35
Dividend Yield:1.04%
Dividend Date:18-Jan-05
Ex-Dividend Date:17-Dec-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:2:1
Last Split Date:09-Jun-03
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mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Sep-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Sep-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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