NYSE:ECL - Ecolab Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Ecolab announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 4th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.47 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $1.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.91%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 16th. This is an increase from Ecolab's previous quarterly dividend of $0.46. View Ecolab's Dividend History.

Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) released its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The basic materials company reported $1.71 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $1.71. The basic materials company earned $3.82 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.89 billion. Ecolab had a return on equity of 20.08% and a net margin of 10.27%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 1.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.53 EPS. View Ecolab's Earnings History.

Ecolab is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 18th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ecolab.

13 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Ecolab's stock. Their forecasts range from $166.00 to $222.00. On average, they expect Ecolab's share price to reach $199.27 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Ecolab.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ecolab in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ecolab.

News articles about ECL stock have been trending very negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ecolab earned a daily sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Ecolab.

Ecolab saw a drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,210,000 shares, a drop of 11.1% from the January 15th total of 3,610,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,110,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.9 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Ecolab's Current Options Chain.

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Ecolab's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.96%), Edgewood Management LLC (2.00%), Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (1.16%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.12%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.04%) and Cantillon Capital Management LLC (0.77%). Company insiders that own Ecolab stock include Alex N Blanco, Angela M Busch, Arthur J Higgins, Bruno Lavandier, Catelan Leanne, Christophe Beck, Daniel J Schmechel, Darrell R Brown, David Maclennan, Douglas M Baker Jr, Elizabeth A Simermeyer, Jeffrey M Ettinger, Jill S Wyant, Larry L Berger, Laurie M Marsh, Leslie S Biller, Michael A Hickey, Roberto Inchaustegui, Thomas W Handley, Timothy P Mulhere, Victoria Reich 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 Jensen Investment Management Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., State Street Corp, FMR LLC, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, State of Tennessee Treasury Department and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Ecolab company stock in the last year include Alex N Blanco, Angela M Busch, Bruno Lavandier, Daniel J Schmechel, Darrell R Brown, Douglas M Baker Jr, Elizabeth A Simermeyer, Jill S Wyant, Larry L Berger, Laurie M Marsh, Leslie S Biller, Roberto Inchaustegui, Thomas W Handley, Timothy P Mulhere and Victoria Reich. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ecolab.

ECL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Renaissance Technologies LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Sarasin & Partners LLP, BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp and Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec. Company insiders that have bought Ecolab stock in the last two years include Catelan Leanne, 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ECL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $207.31.

Ecolab has a market capitalization of $59.76 billion and generates $14.67 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $1.43 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.25 on an earnings per share basis. Ecolab employs 49,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Ecolab.

The official website for Ecolab is http://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]