Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC Purchases Shares of 116,399 Ecolab Inc. $ECL

Key Points

• Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC invested approximately $31.36 million in Ecolab Inc., acquiring 116,399 shares during the second quarter.
• Following recent trading activity, Ecolab has set Q3 2025 guidance at $2.020-$2.120 EPS, with analysts expecting an annual EPS of 7.54.
• The company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.65 per share, leading to an annualized yield of 1.0%, payable on October 15th.

Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC bought a new stake in shares of Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL - Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 116,399 shares of the basic materials company's stock, valued at approximately $31,363,000.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Nemes Rush Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of Ecolab by 6.6% during the 1st quarter. Nemes Rush Group LLC now owns 42,899 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $10,876,000 after purchasing an additional 2,651 shares in the last quarter. University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. increased its holdings in shares of Ecolab by 32.4% during the 1st quarter. University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. now owns 14,005 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $3,551,000 after purchasing an additional 3,428 shares in the last quarter. Miracle Mile Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Ecolab by 15.6% in the 1st quarter. Miracle Mile Advisors LLC now owns 5,576 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $1,414,000 after acquiring an additional 754 shares in the last quarter. Mirabaud & Cie SA increased its holdings in Ecolab by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. Mirabaud & Cie SA now owns 5,092 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $1,291,000 after acquiring an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Modern Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Ecolab in the 1st quarter worth $284,000. 74.91% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

ECL has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Baird R W raised shares of Ecolab from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Oppenheimer raised shares of Ecolab to an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. Mizuho boosted their price target on shares of Ecolab from $285.00 to $305.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 15th. Robert W. Baird upped their target price on shares of Ecolab from $300.00 to $306.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, September 5th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets upped their target price on shares of Ecolab from $307.00 to $310.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday, September 8th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Ecolab currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $292.00.

Insider Transactions at Ecolab

In related news, Director Suzanne M. Vautrinot sold 1,354 shares of Ecolab stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $283.16, for a total transaction of $383,398.64. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 11,199 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,171,108.84. This trade represents a 10.79% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Jennifer J. Bradway sold 807 shares of Ecolab stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $279.28, for a total value of $225,378.96. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 4,326 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,208,165.28. This represents a 15.72% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 0.50% of the company's stock.

Ecolab Price Performance

Shares of NYSE ECL traded down $0.52 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $266.58. 225,438 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,307,040. The company has a market cap of $75.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.59, a PEG ratio of 2.73 and a beta of 1.07. Ecolab Inc. has a 1 year low of $221.62 and a 1 year high of $286.04. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $272.30 and its 200 day moving average price is $261.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80, a current ratio of 1.44 and a quick ratio of 1.12.

Ecolab (NYSE:ECL - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The basic materials company reported $1.89 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.90 by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $4.03 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.03 billion. Ecolab had a return on equity of 22.52% and a net margin of 13.59%. Ecolab has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.020-2.120 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.420-7.620 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Ecolab Inc. will post 7.54 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Ecolab Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.65 per share. This represents a $2.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 16th. Ecolab's payout ratio is 34.71%.

Ecolab 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.