Ecolab Inc. ECL
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At close · Oct 30
After hours · Oct 30, 5:00 PM ET
- YTD
- +15.41%
- 1 year
- +17.85%
- Open
- 301.84
- Prev close
- 300.86
- Mkt cap
- 84.93B
- Vol
- 1.74M
- Avg vol
- 1.36M
- EPS
- 7.35
- P/E
- 41.22
- Div yield
- 0.97%
More statistics
- Low
- 300.71
- High
- 305.71
- Forward P/E
- 32.21
- Beta
- 0.88
- Short ratio
- 4.04
- Inst. own
- 94.30%
- Dividend
- 2.92
- Ex-div date
- Sep 14, 2026
- Earnings
- Feb 9, 2027
- 50-d avg
- 281.53
- 200-d avg
- 275.81
- 1y target
- 330.57
5Y chart
Events in this range
- Dec 13, 2021Dividend: 0.51
- Mar 14, 2022Dividend: 0.51
- Jun 17, 2022Dividend: 0.51
- Sep 19, 2022Dividend: 0.51
- Dec 19, 2022Dividend: 0.53
- Jan 17, 2023Dividend: 0.53
- Mar 20, 2023Dividend: 0.53
- Jun 16, 2023Dividend: 0.53
- Sep 18, 2023Dividend: 0.53
- Dec 18, 2023Dividend: 0.57
- Dec 19, 2023Dividend: 0.57
- Mar 18, 2024Dividend: 0.57
- Jun 18, 2024Dividend: 0.57
- Sep 17, 2024Dividend: 0.57
- Dec 17, 2024Dividend: 0.65
- Mar 18, 2025Dividend: 0.65
- Jun 17, 2025Dividend: 0.65
- Sep 16, 2025Dividend: 0.65
- Oct 28, 2025Earnings: 2.07; estimate 2.07; surprise 0%
- Dec 16, 2025Dividend: 0.73
- Feb 10, 2026Earnings: 2.08; estimate 2.07; surprise 0.48%
- Mar 17, 2026Dividend: 0.73
- Apr 28, 2026Earnings: 1.7; estimate 1.7; surprise 0%
- Jun 16, 2026Dividend: 0.73
- Jul 28, 2026Earnings: 2.09; estimate 2.08; surprise 0.48%
- Jul 30, 2026Rating: Wells Fargo · Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight
- Sep 15, 2026Dividend: 0.73
- Oct 5, 2026Rating: UBS · Buy → Buy
- Oct 27, 2026Earnings: 2.18; estimate 2.18; surprise 0%
- Oct 28, 2026Rating: JP Morgan · Overweight → Overweight
- Oct 28, 2026Rating: Citigroup · Buy → Buy
- Oct 28, 2026Rating: UBS · Buy → Buy
- Oct 29, 2026Rating: Wells Fargo · Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight
Signals (97)
| Name | Date | Ago |
|---|---|---|
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 5, 2026 | 3 weeks ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 5, 2026 | 3 weeks ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Sep 28, 2026 | 1 month ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Sep 28, 2026 | 1 month ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Sep 21, 2026 | 1 month ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Sep 21, 2026 | 1 month ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Sep 14, 2026 | 1 month ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Sep 7, 2026 | 1 month ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jul 27, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jul 20, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jun 22, 2026 | 4 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Jun 22, 2026 | 4 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jun 8, 2026 | 4 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Apr 20, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Apr 6, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Mar 16, 2026 | 7 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Mar 9, 2026 | 7 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Mar 2, 2026 | 8 months ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Feb 16, 2026 | 8 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Jan 12, 2026 | 9 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jan 5, 2026 | 10 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jan 5, 2026 | 10 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Dec 29, 2025 | 10 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Dec 22, 2025 | 10 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Dec 1, 2025 | 11 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Dec 1, 2025 | 11 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Nov 24, 2025 | 11 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Nov 24, 2025 | 11 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 27, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 27, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 13, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 6, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Sep 29, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Sep 15, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Sep 8, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Aug 4, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jul 28, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | May 12, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Apr 28, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Apr 28, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Mar 31, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Mar 24, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Mar 10, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Feb 10, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jan 27, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jan 20, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Dec 16, 2024 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 28, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 21, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 14, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Aug 26, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Aug 19, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jul 29, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Jul 8, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Jun 24, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Jun 10, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Jun 3, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| RSI: Overbought | May 6, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Apr 29, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Apr 22, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Apr 8, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Feb 12, 2024 | 2 years ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Nov 20, 2023 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Nov 6, 2023 | 2 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 30, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Sep 18, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Aug 14, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Aug 14, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | May 29, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | May 22, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Mar 20, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Mar 13, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Feb 13, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Feb 13, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Feb 6, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jan 2, 2023 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Dec 12, 2022 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Nov 7, 2022 | 3 years ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Nov 7, 2022 | 3 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 31, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 31, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 24, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 24, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 10, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Sep 12, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Sep 12, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Sep 5, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Sep 5, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Aug 29, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Aug 22, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Aug 8, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jul 18, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Jun 13, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| RSI: Oversold | May 9, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Apr 25, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Mar 28, 2022 | 4 years ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jan 10, 2022 | 4 years ago |
Key statistics
- Market cap
- 84.91B
- Enterprise value
- 97.44B
- Trailing P/E
- 41.21
- Forward P/E
- 32.21
- PEG ratio
- 2.38
- Price / sales
- 4.89
- Price / book
- 8.15
- EPS (TTM)
- 7.35
- Beta
- 0.88
- Dividend yield
- 0.97%
- Payout ratio
- 38.12%
- Profit margin
- 11.99%
- Revenue (TTM)
- 17.37B
- Revenue growth
- 12.70%
- Free cash flow
- 0
- Total cash
- 722.30M
- Total debt
- 13.77B
- Return on equity
- 20.77%
- Shares outstanding
- 280.33M
- Short % of float
- 1.97%
- 50-day average
- 281.53
- 200-day average
- 275.81
Analyst view
Consensus: strong buy
- Target (low)
- 300.00
- Target (mean)
- 330.57
- Target (high)
- 360.00
- Strong buy6
- Buy15
- Hold3
- Sell0
- Strong sell0
Next earnings
Feb 9, 2027
Expected Feb 9, 2027. Consensus EPS estimate 2.19.
Financials — quick view
Earnings
| Report date | Quarter ending | EPS estimate | EPS reported | Surprise | Surprise % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2027 | Dec 30, 2026 | 2.19 | — | — | — |
| Oct 27, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | 2.18 | 2.18 | 0.00 | 0.00% |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | 2.08 | 2.09 | +0.01 | +0.48% |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | 1.70 | 1.70 | 0.00 | 0.00% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 | 2.07 | 2.08 | +0.01 | +0.48% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 0.00 | 0.00% |
Upgrades / downgrades
| Date | Firm | Action | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | Wells Fargo | main | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight |
| Oct 28, 2026 | UBS | main | Buy | Buy |
| Oct 28, 2026 | Citigroup | main | Buy | Buy |
| Oct 28, 2026 | JP Morgan | main | Overweight | Overweight |
| Oct 5, 2026 | UBS | main | Buy | Buy |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Wells Fargo | main | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight |
About Ecolab Inc.
Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Global Water, Global Institutional & Specialty, Global Pest Elimination, and Global Life Sciences. The Global Water segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions to manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, primary metals and mining, power generation, global refining, petrochemical, pulp and paper industries. The Global Institutional & Specialty segment provides cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, healthcare, hospitality, lodging, government, education and retail industries. The Global Pest Elimination segment provides pest elimination services to detect, prevent, and eliminate pests comprising rodents and insects in full-service and quick-service restaurants, food and beverage processors, hotels, grocery operations, and other commercial segments, including education, life sciences, and healthcare. The Global Life Sciences segment provides cleaning and contamination control solutions to pharmaceutical and personal care manufacturers. It offers its products under the Ecolab, Kay, Purolite, and Bioquell brand names. The company sells its products through field sales and corporate account personnel, distributors, and dealers. Ecolab Inc. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- Country
- United States
- Website
- ecolab.com
News
- Financial Contrast: Lsb Industries (NYSE:LXU) and Ecolab (NYSE:ECL)
- Wells Fargo Maintains Equal-Weight on Ecolab, Raises Price Target to $315
- Citigroup Maintains Buy on Ecolab, Raises Price Target to $345
- JP Morgan Maintains Overweight on Ecolab, Raises Price Target to $310
- Ecolab: I Don't Believe AI Growth Alone Can Sustain This Valuation
- Ecolab: 3 Key Takeaways for Long-Term Investors
- Ecolab Q3 Earnings Call Highlights
- Ecolab Inc. (ECL) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
- Ecolab Q3 Earnings In-Line With Estimates, Revenues Increase Y/Y
- Ecolab Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
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Insider holders
| Insider | Relation | Latest transaction | Date | Shares held |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BECK CHRISTOPHE | Chief Executive Officer | Sale | Aug 17, 2026 | 74,687 |
| BROWN DARRELL R | Officer | Conversion of Exercise of derivative security | Jun 8, 2026 | 32,733 |
| GATES WILLIAM HENRY III | Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security | Sale | Nov 21, 2024 | 0 |
| HIGGINS ARTHUR J | Director | Stock Award(Grant) | Mar 30, 2025 | 26,865 |
| KIRKLAND SCOTT D. | Chief Financial Officer | Conversion of Exercise of derivative security | Jul 29, 2026 | 19,001 |
| LARSON MICHAEL J | Director | Stock Award(Grant) | Jun 29, 2026 | 19,166 |
Institution ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackrock Inc. | 8.22% | 23,051,363 | 6.98B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 5.90% | 16,537,270 | 5.01B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 5.22% | 14,619,468 | 4.43B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| State Street Corporation | 4.20% | 11,770,714 | 3.57B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | 2.79% | 7,827,291 | 2.37B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 2.25% | 6,300,975 | 1.91B | Jun 29, 2026 |
Fund ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | 2.87% | 8,041,124 | 2.44B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund | 2.34% | 6,562,710 | 1.99B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 1.20% | 3,361,573 | 1.02B | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Fidelity Concord Street Trust-Fidelity 500 Index Fund | 1.17% | 3,287,986 | 995.90M | Aug 30, 2026 |
| SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST-State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | 1.11% | 3,115,917 | 943.78M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Growth Index Fund | 1.03% | 2,881,625 | 872.82M | Jun 29, 2026 |