U.S. Ecology: Dividend Investing in Smallcaps

Today’s entry in the best dividend stocks series is a small cap player that is serving up a nice yield. The company participates in the trash industry and has been a favorite of mine for awhile. I profiled this company last spring and in November of last year as well. The company is US Ecology (ECOL). US Ecology is a small cap waste management company with a market cap of $314 million dollars. The company has been disposing of radioactive and hazardous waste for 60 years. US Ecology specializes in handling cleanups of disasters like the nuclear reactor problems occurring from the Japanese tsunami. US Ecology is headquartered in Idaho and has been around since 1952. Everyone knows that the waste management industry is dominated by companies like Waste Management (WM) and Republic Services (RSG). US Ecology does not directly compete against these companies in the residential and commercial market.... Read more