Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) Updates Q3 2025 Earnings Guidance

Key Points

• Ecolab has updated its Q3 2025 earnings guidance, providing an earnings per share estimate of 2.020-2.120, slightly below the consensus estimate of 2.065.
• The company reported a quarterly dividend of $0.65 per share, yielding approximately 0.96% annually, with a payout ratio of 35.33%.
• Citigroup raised Ecolab’s target price from $285.00 to $325.00, while Mizuho increased theirs to $305.00, indicating analysts are generally positive about the stock's performance.

Ecolab (NYSE:ECL - Get Free Report) issued an update on its third quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.020-2.120 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.065. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Ecolab also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 7.420-7.620 EPS.

Ecolab Stock Performance

NYSE ECL traded down $0.96 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $260.80. The company had a trading volume of 858,978 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,332,002. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a current ratio of 1.44. Ecolab has a 1-year low of $221.62 and a 1-year high of $274.17. The company has a market cap of $73.97 billion, a PE ratio of 34.82, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 1.03. The business has a 50 day moving average of $266.76 and a 200-day moving average of $256.28.

Ecolab (NYSE:ECL - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 29th. The basic materials company reported $1.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.90 by ($0.01). Ecolab had a net margin of 13.59% and a return on equity of 22.52%. The company had revenue of $4.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.03 billion. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Ecolab will post 7.54 EPS for the current year.

Ecolab Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 17th were paid a dividend of $0.65 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, June 17th. This represents a $2.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.0%. Ecolab's dividend payout ratio is 34.71%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ECL has been the subject of several recent research reports. Seaport Res Ptn upgraded shares of Ecolab from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Monday, April 21st. Baird R W raised shares of Ecolab from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Wednesday. Citigroup cut their price target on shares of Ecolab from $320.00 to $315.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday. Robert W. Baird raised shares of Ecolab from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and increased their price target for the stock from $273.00 to $300.00 in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus cut their price target on shares of Ecolab from $307.00 to $303.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twelve have given a buy rating and four have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Ecolab has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $290.71.

Insider Buying and Selling at Ecolab

In other Ecolab news, Director David Maclennan acquired 500 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 7th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $251.75 per share, with a total value of $125,875.00. Following the purchase, the director directly owned 19,465 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,900,313.75. This trade represents a 2.64% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. 0.04% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Ecolab

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Ecolab stock. Brighton Jones LLC raised its stake in Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL - Free Report) by 164.7% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 3,700 shares of the basic materials company's stock after purchasing an additional 2,302 shares during the quarter. Brighton Jones LLC's holdings in Ecolab were worth $867,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. 74.91% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Ecolab Company Profile

Ecolab Inc provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Global Industrial; Global Institutional & Specialty; and Global Healthcare & Life Sciences. The Global Industrial segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions to manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, metals and mining, power generation, pulp and paper, commercial laundry, petroleum, refining, and petrochemical industries.