US Ecology Stock News

US stocks remained higher on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones surging more than 250 points. Midway through trading Wednesday, the Dow traded up 0.75% to 35,727.47 while the NASDAQ rose 1.40% to 14,393.73. The S&P also rose, gaining, 1.09% to 4,570.71. Check out this: Executives Buy Around $64M Of 3 Stocks Leading and Lagging Sectors Materials shares jumped by 1.8% on Wednesday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Standard Lithium Ltd. (NYSE: SLI ), up 10% and Ferroglobe PLC (NASDAQ: GSM ) up 12%. In trading on Wednesday, consumer staples shares rose by just 0.1%. Top Headline U.S. crude-oil inventories dropped 4.8 million barrels last week, the Energy Information Administration said. However, analysts were expecting for a rise of 0.369 million barrels for the week. Equities Trading UP US Ecology, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECOL ) shares shot up 69% to $47.48 after Republic Services reported it will buy the company at $48 per share in cash. Shares of Tritium DCFC Limited (NASDAQ: DCFC ) got a boost, shooting 69% to $16.12.

Republic Services agreed to pay $48 a share, or about $1.5 billion, for US Ecology, bringing together two major environmental-services companies.

US stocks opened on strong note on Wednesday, while the Nasdaq Composite surging more than 1% this morning. Following the market opening Wednesday, the Dow traded up 0.77% to 35,736.30 while the NASDAQ rose 1.08% to 14,348.25. The S&P also rose, gaining, 1.06% to 4,569.28. Check out this: Executives Buy Around $64M Of 3 Stocks Leading and Lagging Sectors Materials shares jumped by 1.7% on Wednesday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Standard Lithium Ltd. (NYSE: SLI ), up 9% and FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC ) up 6%. In trading on Wednesday, consumer staples shares rose by just 0.2%. Top Headline CVS Health Corporation (NYSE: CVS ) posted better-than-expected results for its fourth quarter. CVS Health posted quarterly earnings of $1.98 per share, beating analysts’ estimates of $1.83 per share. The company’s quarterly sales came in at $76.60 billion, versus market expectations of $75.55 billion. CVS Health confirmed its FY22 GAAP EPS of $7.04 - $7.24 and adjusted EPS of $8.10 - $8.30, compared to the consensus of $8.28.

Waste management provider Republic Services will pay about $2.2 billion for environmental solutions company US Ecology.

Shares of US Ecology Inc. undefined soared 67.3% in premarket trading Wednesday, after the provider of environmental services announced an agreement to be

Republic Services (RSG) confirmed it agreed to buy US Ecology (ECOL) for $48/share in cash, or a total value of about $2.2B, including debt

Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) has agreed to acquire  US Ecology Inc (NASDAQ: ECOL) for $48 per share in cash, representing a total value of ~$2.2 billion, including net debt of ~$0.7 billion

US Ecology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECOL)s share price dropped 4.1% during mid-day trading on Friday . The stock traded as low as $30.54 and last traded at $30.83. Approximately 1,523 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 99% from the average daily volume of 157,554 shares. The stock had previously closed at $32.16. ECOL has []

Comerica Bank cut its holdings in US Ecology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECOL) by 7.3% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 29,595 shares of the business services providers stock after selling 2,336 shares during the quarter. Comerica Banks holdings in US Ecology were worth $1,045,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. []

Equities research analysts predict that US Ecology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECOL) will post $247.70 million in sales for the current quarter, according to Zacks. Two analysts have provided estimates for US Ecologys earnings, with the lowest sales estimate coming in at $243.40 million and the highest estimate coming in at $252.00 million. US Ecology reported sales of []

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of US Ecology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECOL) by 45.9% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 58,496 shares of the business services providers stock after buying an additional 18,406 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.s holdings in US Ecology were worth $2,194,000 as []

California State Teachers Retirement System cut its holdings in US Ecology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECOL) by 8.8% during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 43,411 shares of the business services providers stock after selling 4,173 shares during the period. California State Teachers Retirement System owned []

US Ecology (NASDAQ:ECOL) updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Friday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.220-$0.410 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.340. The company issued revenue guidance of $960 million-$990 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $963.05 million. Shares of []

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans grew its holdings in US Ecology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECOL) by 1,887.1% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 514,179 shares of the business services providers stock after purchasing an additional 488,303 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial []