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 (WHO). Since then, ECL stock has increased by 16.9% and is now trading at $218.09.
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18 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ecolab in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 11 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Ecolab stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ECL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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538 employees have rated Ecolab CEO Thomas Greco on Glassdoor.com. Thomas Greco has an approval rating of 63% among Ecolab's employees. This puts Thomas Greco in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Ecolab is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 16th 2021.
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Ecolab will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 16th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 27th. The basic materials company reported $1.15 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.12 by $0.03. The basic materials company had revenue of $3.02 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3 billion. Ecolab had a negative net margin of 8.21% and a positive return on equity of 18.14%. The firm's revenue was down 6.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.52 EPS.
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Ecolab announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.48 per share on Friday, January 15th. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.88%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 14th. This is a boost from Ecolab's previous quarterly dividend of $0.47.
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Ecolab pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.91%. Ecolab has been increasing its dividend for 36 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Ecolab is 32.99%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Ecolab will have a dividend payout ratio of 36.57% next year. This indicates that Ecolab will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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18 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Ecolab's stock. Their forecasts range from $152.00 to $250.00. On average, they expect Ecolab's share price to reach $201.15 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.8%.
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Ecolab saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,970,000 shares, an increase of 16.5% from the December 15th total of 2,550,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,040,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.9 days. Currently, 1.1% of the company's shares 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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sarasin & Partners LLP (0.36%), Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA (0.14%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.14%), Ardevora Asset Management LLP (0.10%), Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL (0.07%) and Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc. (0.05%). Company insiders that own Ecolab stock include Alex N Blanco, Angela M Busch, Arthur J Higgins, Barbara Beck, 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 Sarasin & Partners LLP, Tandem Investment Advisors Inc., Park National Corp OH, First Hawaiian Bank, Autus Asset Management LLC, Bright Rock Capital Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and Boenning & Scattergood Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Ecolab company stock in the last year include Angela M Busch, Arthur J Higgins, Barbara Beck, Douglas M Baker Jr, Elizabeth A Simermeyer, 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 DNB Asset Management AS, Ardevora Asset Management LLP, James Hambro & Partners, Bath Savings Trust Co, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Enterprise Bank & Trust Co, Capital Investment Services of America Inc., and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. 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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ECL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $218.09.

Ecolab has a market capitalization of $62.25 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]