NYSE:ECL - Ecolab Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Ecolab announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 5th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.46 per share on Tuesday, January 15th. This represents a $1.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.10%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 17th. This is an increase from Ecolab's previous quarterly dividend of $0.41. View Ecolab's Dividend History.

Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 19th. The basic materials company reported $1.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.54. The basic materials company earned $3.76 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.76 billion. Ecolab had a return on equity of 19.13% and a net margin of 10.99%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.38 EPS. View Ecolab's Earnings History.

Ecolab issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 19th. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.80-6.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $5.93. Ecolab also updated its Q1 guidance to $0.98-1.06 EPS.

14 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Ecolab's shares. Their predictions range from $123.00 to $210.00. On average, they expect Ecolab's stock price to reach $158.0769 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Ecolab.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ecolab in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ecolab.

News headlines about ECL stock have trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ecolab earned a news sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Some companies that are related to Ecolab include Unilever (UN), Unilever (UL), Church & Dwight (CHD), Stepan (SCL) and SYMRISE AG/ADR (SYIEY).

Ecolab's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.76%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.54%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.44%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (1.41%), Northern Trust Corp (1.10%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.06%). Company insiders that own Ecolab stock include Arthur J Higgins, Bruno Lavandier, Carl M Casale, Christophe Beck, Daniel J Schmechel, Darrell R Brown, David Maclennan, Douglas M Baker Jr, Jeffrey M Ettinger, Jerry W Levin, Larry L Berger, Leslie S Biller, Michael A Hickey, Roberto Inchaustegui, Stephen M Taylor, 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 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Fiera Capital Corp, Jensen Investment Management Inc., TD Asset Management Inc., Mairs & Power INC, WMS Partners LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama and Alta Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Ecolab company stock in the last year include Arthur J Higgins, Christophe Beck, Darrell R Brown, Douglas M Baker Jr, Larry L Berger, Leslie S Biller, Michael A Hickey, Roberto Inchaustegui, 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 Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, 1832 Asset Management L.P., BlackRock Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Geode Capital Management LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Ecolab stock in the last two years include Carl M Casale, 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ECL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $167.31.

Ecolab has a market capitalization of $48.33 billion and generates $13.84 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $1.51 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.69 on an earnings per share basis. Ecolab employs 48,000 workers across the globe.

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]