Ecolab Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ecolab in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Ecolab stock.
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Ecolab saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,470,000 shares, an increase of 20.5% from the July 15th total of 2,050,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,120,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.2 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Ecolab is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 26th 2021.
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Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 27th. The basic materials company reported $1.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.18 by $0.04. The basic materials company had revenue of $3.16 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.11 billion. Ecolab had a net margin of 8.66% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 20.14%. Ecolab's revenue was up 17.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.65 earnings per share.
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Ecolab's stock was trading at $186.58 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ECL stock has increased by 19.8% and is now trading at $223.57.
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Ecolab announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 5th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 14th will be given a dividend of $0.48 per share on Friday, October 15th. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 13th.
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Ecolab pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.86%. The dividend payout ratio of Ecolab is 47.76%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Ecolab will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.32% next year. This indicates that Ecolab will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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13 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Ecolab's shares. Their forecasts range from $195.00 to $260.00. On average, they expect Ecolab's stock price to reach $233.89 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.6% from the stock's current price.
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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.

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

Ecolab's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.52%), BlackRock Inc. (6.13%), State Street Corp (4.10%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.90%), Royal Bank of Canada (1.70%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.50%). Company insiders that own Ecolab stock include Angela M Busch, Arthur J Higgins, Barbara Beck, Catelan Leanne, Douglas M Baker Jr, Elizabeth A Simermeyer, Jerome Charton, Jill S Wyant, Laurie M Marsh, Michael C Mccormick, Scott D Kirkland, 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 Morgan Stanley, BlackRock Inc., C WorldWide Group Holding A S, Sarasin & Partners LLP, APG Asset Management N.V., Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., and Principal Financial Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Ecolab company stock in the last year include Barbara Beck, Douglas M Baker Jr, Elizabeth A Simermeyer, Jill S Wyant, Laurie M Marsh, Michael C Mccormick, Scott D Kirkland, and Timothy P Mulhere.
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ECL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Amundi, Millennium Management LLC, Impax Asset Management Group plc, State Street Corp, Royal Bank of Canada, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, and BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA.
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One share of ECL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $223.57.

Ecolab has a market capitalization of $63.96 billion and generates $11.79 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $-1,205,100,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $4.02 on an earnings per share basis.

Ecolab employs 44,000 workers across the globe.

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DE C.V., CID Lines R&D NV, CID Lines Sp. z o. o., CORPAK MedSystems, Cascade Water Services, Champion Technologies, Chamtech L.L.C., Chemlawn, Chemstaff Inc., Chemstar Corporation, Cirlam BVBA, Copal Holding NV, Copal Invest NV, DERYPOL SA, DMD, E&M Bio-Chemicals LLC, ECOLAB NL 10 B.V., ECOLAB PEST FRANCE SAS, Ecolab (Antigua) Ltd., Ecolab (Aruba) N.V., Ecolab (Barbados) Limited, Ecolab (China) Investment Co. Ltd, Ecolab (Fiji) Pty Limited, Ecolab (GZ) Chemicals Limited, Ecolab (Guam) LLC, Ecolab (Proprietary) Limited, Ecolab (Schweiz) GmbH, Ecolab (St. Lucia) Limited, Ecolab (Taicang) Technology Co. Ltd., Ecolab (Trinidad and Tobago) Unlimited, Ecolab (U.K.) Holdings Limited, Ecolab A.E.B.E., Ecolab AB, Ecolab AP Holdings LLC, Ecolab AT 2 GmbH, Ecolab AU2 Pty Ltd, Ecolab Acquisition LLC, Ecolab ApS, Ecolab Argentina S.R.L., Ecolab Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., Ecolab B.V., Ecolab B.V.B.A./S.P.R.L., Ecolab Bahrain S.P.C., Ecolab CDN 2 Co., Ecolab CDN 4 ULC, Ecolab CH 1 GmbH, Ecolab CH 2 GmbH, Ecolab CH 3 GmbH, Ecolab CH 5 GmbH, Ecolab CH 6 GmbH, Ecolab Chemicals Limited, Ecolab Co., Ecolab Colombia S. A., Ecolab DE 1 GmbH, Ecolab Deutschland GmbH, Ecolab EOOD, Ecolab East Africa (Kenya) Limited, Ecolab East Africa (Tanzania) Limited, Ecolab East Africa (Uganda) Limited, Ecolab Ecuador Cia. Ltda., Ecolab Engineering GmbH, Ecolab Europe GmbH, Ecolab Export GmbH, Ecolab FR 1 SAS, Ecolab FR 4 SAS, Ecolab Finance Company Designated Activity Company, Ecolab Food Safety & Hygiene Solutions Private Limited, Ecolab G.K., Ecolab Global Business Services LLC, Ecolab GmbH, Ecolab Gulf FZE, Ecolab HK 1 Limited, Ecolab HK 2 Limited, Ecolab Hispano-Portuguesa S.L., Ecolab Holding Italy S.r.l., Ecolab Holdings (Europe) LLC, Ecolab Holdings Inc., Ecolab Holdings Mexico S. de R. L. de C. 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Ecolab was founded in 1923.

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

Ecolab is headquartered at 1 ECOLAB PLACE, SAINT PAUL MN, 55102.

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