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Profile - American Ecology Corp. (ECOL)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
805 W. Idaho, Suite 200
Boise, ID 83702
Phone: (208) 331-8400
Fax: (208) 331-7900
Email: chenson@americanecology.com
Employees (last reported count): 300
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 ·Industry: Waste Management Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 85%
·Institutional: 5% (33% of float)
(16 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 2,000  shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
American Ecology Corporation (AEC) provides radioactive and hazardous materials management services to commercial and government entities, such as nuclear power plants, medical and academic institutions, and petro-chemical facilities. The Company's principal wholly owned subsidiaries are U.S. Ecology, Inc., Texas Ecologists, Inc., American Ecology Recycle Center, Inc., American Ecology Environmental Services Corporation, Nuclear Equipment Services Center, Inc. and Envirosafe Services of Idaho, Inc. AEC's two market-focused business segments are the Chemical Services and the Low-Level Radioactive Waste (LLRW) Services segments.
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Financial Summary
American Ecology and its subsidiaries provide processing, packaging, transportation, remediation and disposal services for generators of hazardous waste and low level radioactive waste. For the six months ended 6/01, revenues rose 34% to $26.6 million. Net income applicable to Com. decreased 17% to $1.6 million. Revenues reflect increases in the chemical services segment. Earnings were offset by higher interest costs.
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Officers
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Jack Lemley, 66
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$235K--  
James Baumgardner, 38
CFO, Sr. VP
173K--  
Zaki Naser, 59
Exec. VP and Operations Mang.
180K$24K
L. Gary Davis, 47
VP, Controller
--  --  
Stephen Romano, 46
VP- Corp. Devel.
115K--  
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 -- ECOLAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 22-Dec-2000
$1.75 
Recent Price$2.06 
52-Week High
on 4-Oct-2000
$3.50 
Beta0.01 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)8,500 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)6,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-32.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-8.8%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$28.3M
Shares Outstanding13.7M
Float2.10M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 16-July-1992
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$2.01 
Earnings (ttm)$0.23 
Earnings (mrq)$0.01 
Sales (ttm)$2.95 
Cash (mrq)$0.06 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.02 
Price/Earnings (ttm)8.96 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.70 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$48.8M
EBITDA (ttm)$6.54M
Income available to common (ttm)$3.76M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)8.5%
Operating Margin (ttm)6.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)5.86%
Return on Equity (ttm)14.55%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.25 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.64 
Total Cash (mrq)$773.0K
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short6,000 
Percent of Float0.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
8,000 
Short Ratio0.43 
Daily Volume14.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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