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American Ecology Ranked 63rd on FORTUNE Small Business 100 Fastest Growing Companies
| Source: American Ecology Corporation
BOISE, ID--(Marketwire - June 25, 2008) - American Ecology Corporation (NASDAQ : ECOL ) today
announced that FORTUNE Small Business (FSB) has ranked the Company 63rd on
its annual FSB 100 list of the fastest growing small public companies in
America. The eighth annual list appears in the July/August issue of
FORTUNE Small Business.
Stephen Romano, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We are
pleased to be recognized by FORTUNE for our sustained financial
performance, including an annualized three year total return of 27.1%, that
ranks us among the top small public companies in the United States."
To compile the annual list, FORTUNE Small Business enlisted financial
research firm Zacks to rank public companies with revenues less than $200
million and a stock price of more than $1, based on their percentage growth
in earnings, revenue, and total return to investors over the past three
years. Banks and real estate firms were excluded. To learn more about the
FSB 100, visit http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb100/2008/index.html,
or see the July/August 2008 print edition of Fortune Small Business. To
view information on American Ecology's ranking, visit
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb100/2008/snapshots/63.html.
About American Ecology Corporation
American Ecology Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides
radioactive, PCB, hazardous, and non-hazardous waste services to commercial
and government customers throughout the United States, such as steel mills,
medical and academic institutions, petro-chemical facilities and the
nuclear power industry. Headquartered in Boise, Idaho, the Company is the
oldest radioactive and hazardous waste services company in the United
States.