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US Ecology (US Ecology) Net-Net Working Capital : $-31.02 (As of Mar. 2022)


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What is US Ecology Net-Net Working Capital?

In calculating the Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Benjamin Graham assumed that a company's accounts receivable is only worth 75% its value, its inventory is only worth 50% of its value, but its liabilities have to be paid in full. In addition, Graham believed that preferred stock belongs on the liability side of the balance sheet, not as part of capital and surplus. This is a conservative way of estimating the company's value.

US Ecology's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was $-31.02.

The industry rank for US Ecology's Net-Net Working Capital or its related term are showing as below:

ECOL's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Waste Management industry.
Industry Median: 9.21
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

US Ecology Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for US Ecology's Net-Net Working Capital 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 Net-Net Working Capital Chart

US Ecology Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -17.32 -21.22 -32.78 -32.23 -31.20

US Ecology Quarterly Data
Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22
Net-Net Working Capital 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 -31.30 -31.25 -31.17 -31.20 -31.02

Competitive Comparison of US Ecology's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Waste Management subindustry, US Ecology's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital 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 Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, US Ecology's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where US Ecology's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital falls into.



US Ecology Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

US Ecology's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Dec. 2021 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(67.487+0.75 * 183.747+0.5 * 0-1181.074
-0-0)/31.27
=-31.20

US Ecology's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Mar. 2022 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(74.186+0.75 * 186.906+0.5 * 0-1187.435
-0-0)/31.371
=-31.02

* 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.

In calculating the Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Benjamin Graham assumed that a company's accounts receivable is only worth 75% its value, its inventory is only worth 50% of its value, but its liabilities have to be paid in full.

In addition, Graham believed that preferred stock belongs on the liability side of the balance sheet, not as part of capital and surplus. In "Security Analysis", preferred stock is dubbed "an imperfect creditorship position" that is best placed on the balance sheet alongside funded debt.

This is a conservative way of estimating the company's value.


US Ecology  (NAS:ECOL) Net-Net Working Capital Explanation

One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham's strategy produced similar results.

Benjamin Graham looked for companies whose market values were less than two-thirds of their net-net value. They are collected under our Net-Net screener.


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US Ecology (US Ecology) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
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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