Ecolab Stock Forecast, Price & News

Ecolab's stock was trading at $186.58 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ECL shares have increased by 12.2% and is now trading at $209.33.
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18 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ecolab in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 11 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Ecolab stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ECL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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8 employees have rated Ecolab CEO Christophe Beck on Glassdoor.com. Christophe Beck has an approval rating of 100% among Ecolab's employees. This puts Christophe Beck in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Ecolab is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 16th 2021.
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Ecolab will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 16th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 27th. The basic materials company reported $1.15 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.12 by $0.03. The basic materials company had revenue of $3.02 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3 billion. Ecolab had a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.14% and a negative net margin of 8.21%. Ecolab's revenue for the quarter was down 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.52 EPS.
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Ecolab announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.48 per share on Friday, January 15th. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 14th. This is a boost from Ecolab's previous quarterly dividend of $0.47.
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Ecolab pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.91%. Ecolab has been increasing its dividend for 36 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Ecolab is 32.99%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Ecolab will have a dividend payout ratio of 36.57% next year. This indicates that Ecolab will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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18 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Ecolab's shares. Their forecasts range from $152.00 to $250.00. On average, they anticipate Ecolab's stock price to reach $201.15 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.9%.
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Ecolab saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,970,000 shares, an increase of 16.5% from the December 15th total of 2,550,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,040,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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Ecolab trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ECL."

Ecolab's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Sarasin & Partners LLP (0.36%), Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA (0.14%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.14%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.13%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.10%) and Ardevora Asset Management LLP (0.10%). Company insiders that own Ecolab stock include Alex N Blanco, Angela M Busch, Arthur J Higgins, Barbara Beck, Bruno Lavandier, Catelan Leanne, Daniel J Schmechel, Darrell R Brown, David Maclennan, Douglas M Baker Jr, Elizabeth A Simermeyer, Jerome Charton, Jill S Wyant, Larry L Berger, Laurie M Marsh, Leslie S Biller, Michael C Mccormick, Roberto Inchaustegui, Thomas W Handley, Timothy P Mulhere and Victoria Reich.
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ECL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sarasin & Partners LLP, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Tandem Investment Advisors Inc., Park National Corp OH, First Hawaiian Bank, Avantax Advisory Services Inc., Strs Ohio, and Autus Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Ecolab company stock in the last year include Angela M Busch, Arthur J Higgins, Barbara Beck, Douglas M Baker Jr, Elizabeth A Simermeyer, Jerome Charton, Jill S Wyant, Laurie M Marsh, Michael C Mccormick, Timothy P Mulhere, and Victoria Reich.
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ECL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., Ardevora Asset Management LLP, Liberty Capital Management Inc., International Assets Investment Management LLC, James Hambro & Partners, Pendal Group Limited, and Riverbridge Partners LLC. Company insiders that have bought Ecolab stock in the last two years include Catelan Leanne, and David Maclennan.
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Shares of ECL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ECL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $209.33.

Ecolab has a market capitalization of $59.75 billion and generates $14.91 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $1.56 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.82 on an earnings per share basis. Ecolab employs 45,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Ecolab is www.ecolab.com.

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]