NYSE:ECLEcolab Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ecolab's stock was trading at $186.58 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ECL stock has increased by 1.5% and is now trading at $189.31.
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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) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 28th. The basic materials company reported $0.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.85 by $0.20. The basic materials company had revenue of $2.69 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.58 billion. Ecolab had a positive return on equity of 18.80% and a negative net margin of 6.17%. The firm's revenue was down 28.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.42 earnings per share.
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Ecolab declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 7th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.47 per share on Wednesday, July 15th. This represents a $1.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 15th.
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17 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Ecolab's shares. Their forecasts range from $152.00 to $230.00. On average, they anticipate Ecolab's stock price to reach $189.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.0% from the stock's current price.
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Media stories about ECL stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ecolab earned a news impact score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.
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Ecolab saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 14,550,000 shares, a decrease of 15.6% from the June 15th total of 17,230,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,220,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.4 days. Currently, 5.1% of the company's 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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt (1.08%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (0.77%), UBS Group AG (0.39%), Sarasin & Partners LLP (0.38%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.36%) and Comgest Global Investors S.A.S. (0.21%). 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, Jerome Charton, Jill S Wyant, Larry L Berger, Laurie M Marsh, Leslie S Biller, Michael A Hickey, 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 Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Robecosam AG, Comgest Global Investors S.A.S., Mcdonald Capital Investors Inc. CA, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., ProShare Advisors LLC, Huntington National Bank, and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank. Company insiders that have sold Ecolab company stock in the last year include Angela M Busch, Arthur J Higgins, Darrell R Brown, 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including UBS Group AG, Veracity Capital LLC, Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc., ZWJ Investment Counsel Inc., Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., Great Valley Advisor Group Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and First Trust Advisors LP. 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 $189.31.

Ecolab has a market capitalization of $54.75 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 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]