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Ecolab Inc. (ECL)On Apr 5: 52.01   0.00 (0.00%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:12.10B
Enterprise Value (Apr 6, 2011)3:12.62B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):23.32
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:18.19
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.57
Price/Sales (ttm):1.99
Price/Book (mrq):5.68
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.07
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:10.86
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Dec 31, 2010
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):8.71%
Operating Margin (ttm):13.37%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):10.29%
Return on Equity (ttm):25.64%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):6.09B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):26.09
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):0.70%
Gross Profit (ttm):3.08B
EBITDA (ttm):1.16B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):530.30M
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.23
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):13.40%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):242.30M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.04
Total Debt (mrq):845.60M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):39.64
Current Ratio (mrq):1.41
Book Value Per Share (mrq):9.16
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):950.40M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):615.04M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.70
52-Week Change3:16.35%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:12.04%
52-Week High (Oct 15, 2010)3:52.46
52-Week Low (Apr 8, 2010)3:44.33
50-Day Moving Average3:48.97
200-Day Moving Average3:49.62
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:1,656,360
Avg Vol (10 day)3:1,451,700
Shares Outstanding5:232.66M
Float:230.80M
% Held by Insiders6:0.26%
% Held by Institutions6:82.20%
Shares Short (as of Feb 28, 2011)3:3.48M
Short Ratio (as of Feb 28, 2011)3:1.90
Short % of Float (as of Feb 28, 2011)3:1.50%
Shares Short (prior month)3:2.93M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.70
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.40%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.66
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.30%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:N/A
Payout Ratio4:29.00%
Dividend Date3:Apr 14, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Mar 4, 2011
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 Dec 31, 2010)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Dec 31, 2010)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Dec 31, 2010)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2010)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson
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 Data provided by Computershare

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