NYSE:ECLEcolab Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 (WHO). Since then, ECL stock has increased by 5.2% and is now trading at $196.22.
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16 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 2 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) released its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 28th. The basic materials company reported $0.65 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.85 by $0.20. The basic materials company earned $2.69 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 for the quarter was down 28.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.42 EPS.
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Ecolab declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.47 per share on Thursday, October 15th. This represents a $1.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 14th.
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16 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Ecolab's stock. Their forecasts range from $152.00 to $230.00. On average, they expect Ecolab's share price to reach $187.67 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.4%.
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News stories about ECL stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ecolab earned a news impact score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.
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Ecolab saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,620,000 shares, an increase of 12.8% from the January 15th total of 3,210,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,090,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.3 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the company 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt (1.08%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (0.77%), C WorldWide Group Holding A S (0.75%), UBS Group AG (0.39%), Sarasin & Partners LLP (0.38%) and Swiss National Bank (0.37%). Company insiders that own Ecolab stock include Alex N Blanco, Angela M Busch, Arthur J Higgins, 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 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 C WorldWide Group Holding A S, Toronto Dominion Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Robecosam AG, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Comgest Global Investors S.A.S., Mcdonald Capital Investors Inc. CA, and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. 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, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Veracity Capital LLC, Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc., ZWJ Investment Counsel Inc., Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., Great Valley Advisor Group Inc., and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. 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 $196.22.

Ecolab has a market capitalization of $56.00 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]