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Profile - Ecolab, Inc. (NYSE:ECL)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
Ecolab Center, 370 N Wabasha St.
St. Paul, MN 55102
Phone: (651) 293-2233
Fax: (651) 293-2471
Email: ecolab@ecolab.com
Employees (last reported count): 14,250
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 ·Industry: Personal & Household Products
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 29%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 6 insider sells; 300.0K shares
  (0.8% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 55% (78% of float)
(661 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 224.0K shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Ecolab, Inc. is engaged in the development and marketing of products and services for the hospitality, institutional and industrial markets. The Company provides cleaning, sanitizing, pest elimination, maintenance and repair products, systems and services, primarily to hotels and restaurants, foodservice, healthcare and educational facilities, quick-service (fast-food and other convenience store) units, grocery stores, commercial and institutional laundries, light industry, dairy plants and farms, food and beverage processors, pharmaceutical and cosmetics facilities and the vehicle wash industry. It has three operating segments: the United States Cleaning & Sanitizing segment, the United States Other Services segment and the International Cleaning & Sanitizing segment.
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Financial Summary
Ecolab, Inc. is a global developer and marketer of premium cleaning, sanitizing, pest elimination, maintenance and repair products and services for the hospitality, institutional, and industrial markets. For the six months ended 6/30/01, sales rose 7% to $1.18 billion. Net income rose 2% to $92.6 million. Revenues reflect acquisitions, new products and new customers. Earnings were partially offset by increased S/G/A expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Allan Schuman, 66
Chairman, CEO
$2.6M$5.0M
B. Deschamps, 49
Pres, COO
--  --  
L.White Matthews, lll, 55
CFO, Exec. VP, Director
720K--  
P. D'Almada, 53
Exec. VP, Global Accounts
--  --  
Richard Marcantonio, 51
Exec. VP, Industrail and Service Sectors
642K--  
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:ECLAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 26-Sep-2000
$33.25 
Recent Price$40.08 
52-Week High
on 28-Dec-2000
$45.688
Beta0.71 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)272.3K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)285.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+3.6%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+39.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$5.13B
Shares Outstanding127.9M
Float90.8M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.52 
Dividend Yield1.30%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 16-Jan-1998
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$6.39 
Earnings (ttm)$1.61 
Earnings (mrq)$0.37 
Sales (ttm)$17.95 
Cash (mrq)$0.42 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)6.27 
Price/Earnings (ttm)24.89 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.23 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$2.34B
EBITDA (ttm)$506.5M
Income available to common (ttm)$210.1M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)8.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)14.9%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)11.12%
Return on Equity (ttm)27.19%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.24 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.47 
Total Cash (mrq)$53.1M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.42M
Percent of Float1.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1.27M
Short Ratio5.00 
Daily Volume284.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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