Ecolab Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ecolab in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 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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Ecolab is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 27th 2021.
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Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 16th. The basic materials company reported $1.23 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.25 by $0.02. Ecolab had a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.14% and a negative net margin of 8.21%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.66 EPS.
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Ecolab's stock was trading at $186.58 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ECL shares have increased by 11.4% and is now trading at $207.91.
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Ecolab announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 25th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.48 per share on Thursday, April 15th. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 15th.
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Ecolab pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.92%. 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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17 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Ecolab's stock. Their forecasts range from $152.00 to $250.00. On average, they anticipate Ecolab's stock price to reach $205.38 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.2%.
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8 employees have rated Ecolab CEO Christophe Beck on Glassdoor.com. Christophe Beck has an approval rating of 100% among Ecolab's employees. This puts Christophe Beck in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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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 BlackRock Inc. (6.82%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.93%), Morgan Stanley (1.66%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.33%), Northern Trust Corp (1.11%) and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (0.90%). Company insiders that own Ecolab stock include Alex N Blanco, Angela M Busch, Arthur J Higgins, Barbara Beck, Bruno Lavandier, Catelan Leanne, Darrell R Brown, Douglas M Baker Jr, Elizabeth A Simermeyer, Jerome Charton, Jill S Wyant, Larry L Berger, Laurie M Marsh, Leslie S Biller, Michael C Mccormick, 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 Edgewood Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Mackenzie Financial Corp, Alliancebernstein L.P., Barclays PLC, Cibc World Markets Corp, and Panagora Asset Management 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, FIL Ltd, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Mirova US LLC, Nordea Investment Management AB, Morgan Stanley, and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc..
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One share of ECL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $207.91.

Ecolab has a market capitalization of $59.43 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 45,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Ecolab: 2208331 Alberta ULC, AO Ecolab, Abednego Environmental Services LLC, Abednego Mexico Holdings LLC, Abednego de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., Adam Investment Company Limited, Anios America S.A., Anios Diffusion SAS, Anios Distribution SAS, Anios Manufacturing SAS, Bioquell Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., Bioquell Global Logistics (Ireland) Ltd., Bioquell GmbH, Bioquell Holding SAS, Bioquell Inc., Bioquell Limited, Bioquell SAS, Bioquell Technology (Shenzhen) Ltd., Bioquell Technology Canada Ltd., Bioquell UK Limited, Bioxyquell Limited, CALGON EUROPE LIMITED, CALGON LLC, CHAMPIONX GULF LIMITED, CHAMPIONX PNG LTD, CTI Chemicals Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., Champion Arabia Ltd., Champion ES Holdings Inc., Champion Technologies (Nig) Limited, Champion Technologies B.V., Champion Technologies Del Ecuador CIA LTDA. CHAMPIONTECH, Champion Technologies Do Brasil Servicos E Produtos Quimicos Ltda., Champion Technologies Limited, Champion Technologies Middle East FZCO, Champion Technologies OOO, Champion Technologies Russia and Caspian B.V., Champion Tecnologias C.C.A., ChampionX (RO) Energy Services S.R.L., ChampionX Argentina S.R.L., ChampionX Associate Investment Company Limited, ChampionX Australia Pty Ltd, ChampionX Canada ULC, ChampionX EG Holdings LLC, ChampionX Egypt Holdings Ltd., ChampionX Egypt Ltd., ChampionX Equatorial Guinea S.A.R.L., ChampionX Europe B.V., ChampionX Europe GmbH, ChampionX Gabon Sarl, ChampionX Guyana Inc., ChampionX Holding Inc., ChampionX Holdings 1 ULC, ChampionX Holdings 2 ULC, ChampionX LA Holding B.V., ChampionX LLC, ChampionX Middle East Holdings Inc., ChampionX NL 1 B.V., ChampionX New Zealand, ChampionX Norge AS, ChampionX Oilfield Solutions Ghana Limited, ChampionX Russia Holding B.V., ChampionX SG 2 Pte Ltd., ChampionX SG 3 PTE. LTD., ChampionX SG 4 Pte. Ltd., ChampionX SG Service Pte. Ltd., ChampionX Services OOO, ChampionX Texas Leasing LLC, ChampionX U.S. 3 Inc., ChampionX U.S. 4 LLC, ChampionX U.S. 5 LLC, ChampionX USA Inc., ChampionX Ultrafab ULC, ChampionX de Colombia Ltda., ChampionX-Element JSC, Chamtech L.L.C., Chemical Innovations NL B.V., Chemstaff Inc., Corexit Environmental Solutions LLC, DERYPOL SA, DMD, E&M Bio-Chemicals LLC, ECOLAB NL 10 B.V., ECOLAB PEST FRANCE SAS, Ecolab (Antigua) Ltd., Ecolab (Aruba) N.V., Ecolab (Barbados) Limited, Ecolab (China) Investment Co. Ltd, Ecolab (Fiji) Pty Limited, Ecolab (GZ) Chemicals Limited, Ecolab (Guam) LLC, Ecolab (Holdings) Limited, Ecolab (Proprietary) Limited, Ecolab (Schweiz) GmbH, Ecolab (St. Lucia) Limited, Ecolab (Taicang) Technology Co. Ltd., Ecolab (Trinidad and Tobago )Unlimited, Ecolab (U.K.) Holdings Limited, Ecolab A.E.B.E., Ecolab AB, Ecolab AP Holdings LLC, Ecolab AT 2 GmbH, Ecolab AU2 Pty Ltd, Ecolab ApS, Ecolab Argentina S.R.L., Ecolab Asia Pacific Pte. 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Ecolab was founded in 1923.

The official website for Ecolab is www.ecolab.com.

Ecolab is headquartered at 1 ECOLAB PLACE, SAINT PAUL MN, 55102.

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]