NYSE:ECL - Ecolab Stock Price, Price Target & More

Ecolab trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ECL."

Ecolab announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.41 per share on Monday, July 16th. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.18%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 18th. View Ecolab's Dividend History.

Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The basic materials company reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.89 by $0.02. The basic materials company had revenue of $3.47 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.38 billion. Ecolab had a net margin of 10.62% and a return on equity of 19.01%. Ecolab's revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.80 earnings per share. View Ecolab's Earnings History.

Ecolab is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Ecolab.

Ecolab issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.30-5.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.35. Ecolab also updated its Q2 guidance to $1.23-1.29 EPS.

17 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Ecolab's shares. Their forecasts range from $117.00 to $160.00. On average, they expect Ecolab's share price to reach $143.4667 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Ecolab.

Some companies that are related to Ecolab include Procter & Gamble (PG), Unilever (UN), UNILEVER N.V. Common Stock (UL), Church & Dwight (CHD) and Stepan (SCL).

Media coverage about ECL stock has been trending somewhat positive on Monday, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Ecolab earned a media sentiment score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the basic materials company an impact score of 46.29 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

Ecolab's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.55%), Edgewood Management LLC (1.91%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.26%), C WorldWide Group Holding A S (1.19%), Northern Trust Corp (1.08%) and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. (0.98%). Company insiders that own Ecolab stock include Bruno Lavandier, Carl M Casale, Christophe Beck, Daniel J Schmechel, David Maclennan, Douglas M Baker Jr, Jeffrey M Ettinger, Jerry W Levin, Larry L Berger, Michael A Hickey, Roberto Inchaustegui, Stephen M Taylor, Thomas W Handley and William H Gates III. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Ecolab.

ECL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wells Fargo & Company MN, C WorldWide Group Holding A S, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Swiss National Bank, Atlantic Trust Group LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Select Equity Group L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Ecolab company stock in the last year include Bruno Lavandier, Daniel J Schmechel, Douglas M Baker Jr, Larry L Berger, Michael A Hickey, Roberto Inchaustegui and Thomas W Handley. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ecolab.

ECL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Aristotle Capital Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Edgewood Management LLC, Summit Trail Advisors LLC and Handelsbanken Fonder AB. Company insiders that have bought Ecolab stock in the last two years include Carl M Casale, David Maclennan, Jeffrey M Ettinger and William H Gates III. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ecolab.

Shares of ECL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ECL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $138.87.

Ecolab has a market capitalization of $40.07 billion and generates $13.84 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $1.51 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.69 on an earnings per share basis. Ecolab employs 48,400 workers across the globe.

Ecolab's mailing address is 1 ECOLAB PLACE, SAINT PAUL MN, 55102. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 1-800-232-6522 or via email at [email protected]