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US Ecology (US Ecology) PB Ratio : 2.38 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is US Ecology PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-26), US Ecology's share price is $47.99. US Ecology's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was $20.12. Hence, US Ecology's PB Ratio of today is 2.38.

The historical rank and industry rank for US Ecology's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

ECOL' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.31   Med: 3.55   Max: 5.48
Current: 2.38

During the past 13 years, US Ecology's highest PB Ratio was 5.48. The lowest was 1.31. And the median was 3.55.

ECOL's PB Ratio is not ranked
in the Waste Management industry.
Industry Median: 1.49 vs ECOL: 2.38

During the past 12 months, US Ecology's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 3.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 11.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 14.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of US Ecology was 127.90% per year. The lowest was -51.60% per year. And the median was 8.80% per year.

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US Ecology PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for US Ecology's PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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US Ecology PB Ratio Chart

US Ecology Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.44 3.86 1.80 1.90 1.60

US Ecology Quarterly Data
Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.14 1.94 1.65 1.60 2.38

Competitive Comparison of US Ecology's PB Ratio

For the Waste Management subindustry, US Ecology's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


US Ecology's PB Ratio Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, US Ecology's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where US Ecology's PB Ratio falls into.



US Ecology PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

US Ecology's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Mar. 2022)
=47.99/20.122
=2.38

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


US Ecology  (NAS:ECOL) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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US Ecology (US Ecology) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
101 S. Capitol Boulevard, Suite 1000, Boise, ID, USA, 83702
US Ecology Inc operates as an environmental service provider to commercial and government entities. The company's operating segments include Waste Solutions, Field Services, and Energy Waste. Waste Solutions provides a broad range of specialty material management services including transportation, recycling, treatment and disposal of hazardous, non-hazardous and radioactive waste; Field Services, provides specialty field services and total waste management solutions to commercial and industrial facilities and to government entities, and Energy Waste provides energy-related services and waste disposal services predominately to upstream energy customers.
Executives
Simon G Bell officer: EVP & COO 300 E. MALLARD SUITE 300 BOISE ID 83706
Mack L Hogans director WEYERHAEUSER CO, P O B 9777, FEDERAL WAY WA 98063
E Renae Conley director 414 SILVER AVE SW MS 1275, ALBUQUERQUE NM 87102-3289
Burke Richard L. Jr. director 90 FORT WADE ROAD, PONTE VEDRA FL 32081
Katina Dorton director US ECOLOGY, INC., 251 E. FRONT ST., SUITE 400, BOISE ID 83702
Stephen A Romano director
Jeffrey R Feeler director, officer: President & CEO 300 E. MALLARD DR. SUITE 300 BOISE ID 83706
Daniel Fox director 300 E. MALLARD DR., SUITE 300 BOISE ID 83706
John T. Sahlberg director C/O BOISE CASCADE, L.L.C., 1111 WEST JEFFERSON STREET, SUITE 300, BOISE ID 83702-5389
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Jfl-ses Partners, Llc 10 percent owner 110 EAST 59TH STREET, 27TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10022
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Jfl-nrc-ses Partners, Llc 10 percent owner 110 EAST 59TH STREET, 27TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10022

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