Cleaning Products: Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL), Swisher Hygiene (NASDAQ:SWSH), Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD), Stepan Company (NYSE:SCL)

Posted by on Apr 21, 2014

Shares of Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) have been given a consensus rating of “Buy” by the fourteen brokerages that are covering the company, Stock Ratings Network.com reports. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and nine have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year target price among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $112.14. Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL), shares after opening at $106.79 moved to $108.13 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $107.79. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 2.45 and price to cash ratio as 95.62. Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL), showed a positive weekly performance of 2.64%.

Swisher Hygiene, Inc. (NASDAQ:SWSH), COO Blake Thompson acquired 155,000 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 21st. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $0.48 per share, for a total transaction of $74,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer now directly owns 155,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $74,400. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Swisher Hygiene, Inc. (NASDAQ:SWSH), shares fell 3.27% in last trading session and ended the day on $0.405. Swisher Hygiene, Inc. (NASDAQ:SWSH), return on equity ratio is recorded as -70.50% and its return on assets is -58.50%. Swisher Hygiene, Inc. (NASDAQ:SWSH), yearly performance is -67.83%.

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) will host a conference call to discuss first quarter 2014 results on May 1, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. (ET). Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD), shares moved up 0.14% in last trading session and was closed at $69.18, while trading in range of $ 68.65 – 69.25. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD), year to date (YTD) performance is 4.88%.

Stepan Company (NYSE:SCL), VP Robert John Wood sold 3,000 shares of the stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $65.00, for a total value of $195,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now directly owns 7,618 shares in the company, valued at approximately $495,170. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Stepan Company (NYSE:SCL), weekly performance is -2.09%. On last trading day company shares ended up $61.04. Stepan Company (NYSE:SCL), distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -2.06%. Analysts mean target Price for the company is $64.00.

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