All Weather Stocks - Ecolab Suits Growth and Income Investors

Ecolab (ECL), a cleaning, sanitizing, food safety and infection control products and services company, has consistently traded well above its 10-year moving average (based on monthly closes). From June 1990 through June 2009, ECL was up 1,830.20 percent, a 16.86 percent annualized rate of return.

Ecolab has a long history of increasing its quarterly dividend. Since June 1990, ECL has increased its quarterly dividend from $0.02036 to $0.14, a 578.62 percent increase (10.60 percent annualized rate of return).

Its current dividend yield is 1.50 percent.

The combination of a persistent upside stock prices and increasing dividends makes ECL an excellent candidate for a long-term growth or income portfolio.

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I (RAH) do not own ECL.

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Posted July 5, 2009.

All Weather Stocks - Ecolab Suits Growth and Income Investors

All Weather Stocks - Ecolab Suits Growth and Income Investors