US Ecology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECOL)

Lots of potential share price appreciation potential.

Solid profitable stock, in a growth industry with particular highlights from the disaster in Japan

A nice play associated with uranium demand.

The runnup in the uranium sector has not *at all* been reflected in peripheral uranium plays. The miners are getting lots of love, but the guys who clean up the mess are in the proverbial toilet.

This one is probably my favorite... Small cap, with a dividend, and unloved. It has had a decent recent run (unlike ES), but there is a high ceiling here if nuclear starts getting traction in the US.

Industrial waste management is an untapped gold mine, meeting aggressive climate change targets doesn't just mean reducing CO2 emissions, but also proper and clean disposal of hazardous industrial waste. Long gone are the days when a company could just dump waste in the nearest river or lake, companies now have to pay for disposal!

Revenue was down in '09 and '10, so the stock price has been taking a battering, US Ecology is on sale at the moment, plus there is a nice dividend which will help to compound gains.

(MS) dirty business, lots of room to get bigger, nice dividend.

NMB

Essential service, undervalued.

Company looks fine and undervalued from fundamentals and the business has big growth opportunities in the future.

If you are one to believe that uranium mining companies and the like might do well over the long haul due to a resurgence of pro-nuclear energy policy, then this, I would think, is a good complimentary play.

Mmm...hazardous waste management...

4.4% div, insider buys, good balance sheet (near zero LT debt). EV/EBITDA of 7.7.

greening of America, will have to deal with waste.

This account tracks the less exciting stocks from my watch list - companies that are easy to understand with clean balance sheets and good track records in relatively straight-forward industries.

Priced for success, but over 40% over revenue comes from 1 contract ending late 2009

If there is one thing that is undervalued in the world. It is the trees, the grass, the animals, the oceans, the mountains. How much would a person pay to put a 120 year old behemoth Pin Oak in their front yard? Sure some might pay to remove - while others would nearly kill for it. No ECOL does not put Pin Oaks in front yards. One day people are going to start adding it all up and what will come next? R-E-G-U-L-A-T-I-O-N. Industry isn't going to stop making waste, so waste has to be made into industry.

Scores and 8 out of 12 on Motley Fool Pro Service Capshot report. Only four criteria not met:

1) Industry. It is lumped into "Commercial Services and Supplies. Can't find a problem here as the category is probably very generic. Personally I like the waste service industry as a business, especially toxic and radioactive, as these are highly regulated and require substantial expertise.

2) YOY rev growth. Capshot looks for 14% or more, ECOL is 6%. This does not consider the macroeconomic problems, which will impact this company, as one fellow Fool put it: less mfg = less waste = smaller market for ECOL. This is temporary, economic recovery will solve problem.

3) Gross Margin TTM. Capshot looks for 35% or more; ECOL is 33.8%. Close enough for me.

4) Pretax Margin TTM. Capshot looks for 20%; ECOL is 19.2%. Close enough for me.

So realistically you have a 10 or 11 (if you discount the negative for industry) out of 12 here.

I hold it in my real money portfolio now and thinking of adding at recent prices below $17/share.

Jester

Debt significant enough. Confirming dividend pay to attrackt more capital in the hope not to have to dilute.

PEG = 1.25