Ecolab Stock Forecast, Price & News

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 shares have increased by 6.7% and is now trading at $199.16.
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17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ecolab in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 13 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Ecolab is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 3rd 2020.
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Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 28th. The basic materials company reported $0.65 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.85 by $0.20. The basic materials company earned $2.69 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.58 billion. Ecolab had a negative net margin of 6.17% and a positive return on equity of 18.80%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 28.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.42 earnings per share.
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Ecolab announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.47 per share on Thursday, October 15th. This represents a $1.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.94%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, September 14th.
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17 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Ecolab's stock. Their forecasts range from $152.00 to $230.00. On average, they anticipate Ecolab's stock price to reach $188.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.4%.
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Ecolab saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,520,000 shares, an increase of 8.6% from the August 15th total of 3,240,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,360,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.6 days. Currently, 1.2% of the company's stock are sold short.
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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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.67%), BlackRock Inc. (6.79%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.50%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.12%), Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt (1.08%) and FMR LLC (0.92%). Company insiders that own Ecolab stock include Alex N Blanco, Angela M Busch, Arthur J Higgins, 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 Vanguard Group Inc., C WorldWide Group Holding A S, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Mar Vista Investment Partners LLC, Toronto Dominion Bank, Bank of America Corp DE, Barclays PLC, and Cibc World Markets Corp. Company insiders that have sold Ecolab company stock in the last year include Angela M Busch, Arthur J Higgins, Douglas M Baker Jr, Jerome Charton, Jill S Wyant, Laurie M Marsh, Michael C Mccormick, Timothy P Mulhere, and Victoria Reich.
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ECL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nordea Investment Management AB, BlackRock Inc., UBS Group AG, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, WCM Investment Management LLC, FMR LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, and Veracity Capital 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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ECL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $199.16.

Ecolab has a market capitalization of $56.84 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 50,200 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]