NYSE:ECL - Ecolab Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Ecolab announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 19th will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share on Monday, July 16th. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.13%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 18th. View Ecolab's Dividend History.

Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The basic materials company reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.89 by $0.02. The basic materials company earned $3.47 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.38 billion. Ecolab had a return on equity of 19.01% and a net margin of 10.62%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.80 EPS. View Ecolab's Earnings History.

Ecolab is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Ecolab.

Ecolab issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.30-5.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.35. Ecolab also updated its Q2 guidance to $1.23-1.29 EPS.

17 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Ecolab's shares. Their predictions range from $117.00 to $160.00. On average, they anticipate Ecolab's share price to reach $143.4667 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Ecolab.

Some companies that are related to Ecolab include Procter & Gamble (PG), Unilever (UN), UNILEVER N.V. Common Stock (UL), Church & Dwight (CHD) and Stepan (SCL).

Media stories about ECL stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Ecolab earned a coverage optimism score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the basic materials company an impact score of 47.14 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Ecolab's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.55%), Edgewood Management LLC (1.91%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.26%), C WorldWide Group Holding A S (1.19%), Northern Trust Corp (1.08%) and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. (0.98%). Company insiders that own Ecolab stock include Bruno Lavandier, Carl M Casale, Christophe Beck, Daniel J Schmechel, David Maclennan, Douglas M Baker Jr, Jeffrey M Ettinger, Jerry W Levin, Larry L Berger, Michael A Hickey, Roberto Inchaustegui, Stephen M Taylor, Thomas W Handley 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 Wells Fargo & Company MN, C WorldWide Group Holding A S, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Swiss National Bank, Atlantic Trust Group LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Select Equity Group L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Ecolab company stock in the last year include Bruno Lavandier, Daniel J Schmechel, Douglas M Baker Jr, Larry L Berger, Michael A Hickey, Roberto Inchaustegui and Thomas W Handley. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ecolab.

ECL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Aristotle Capital Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Edgewood Management LLC, Summit Trail Advisors LLC and Handelsbanken Fonder AB. 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 $144.59.

Ecolab has a market capitalization of $42.29 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 48,400 workers across the globe.

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]