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Ecolab Inc. (ECL)

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65.41 Down 1.20(1.80%) 4:02PM EDT|After Hours: 65.41 0.00 (0.00%) 4:37PM EDT - Nasdaq Real Time Price

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:19.11B
Enterprise Value (Jul 24, 2012)3:25.37B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):40.25
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2013)1:18.37
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.51
Price/Sales (ttm):2.41
Price/Book (mrq):3.39
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:3.14
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:17.01
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 30
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Mar 31, 2012
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):5.17%
Operating Margin (ttm):12.48%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):5.71%
Return on Equity (ttm):10.31%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):8.09B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):32.14
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):85.10%
Gross Profit (ttm):3.32B
EBITDA (ttm)6:1.49B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):418.60M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.63
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-46.90%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):354.00M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.21
Total Debt (mrq):6.26B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):107.80
Current Ratio (mrq):1.13
Book Value Per Share (mrq):19.64
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):739.90M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):-198.24M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.65
52-Week Change3:30.92%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:1.39%
52-Week High (Jul 3, 2012)3:68.96
52-Week Low (Aug 9, 2011)3:43.81
50-Day Moving Average3:66.81
200-Day Moving Average3:63.00
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:1,505,410
Avg Vol (10 day)3:1,223,770
Shares Outstanding5:292.18M
Float:262.30M
% Held by Insiders1:11.02%
% Held by Institutions1:77.30%
Shares Short (as of Jun 29, 2012)3:3.60M
Short Ratio (as of Jun 29, 2012)3:2.00
Short % of Float (as of Jun 29, 2012)3:1.40%
Shares Short (prior month)3:4.80M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.80
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.20%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.78
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.20%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.40%
Payout Ratio4:45.00%
Dividend Date3:Jul 15, 2012
Ex-Dividend Date4:Jun 15, 2012
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, 2012)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Mar 31, 2012)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Mar 31, 2012)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2011)
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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