NYSE:ECL - Ecolab Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Ecolab declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.47 per share on Wednesday, April 15th. This represents a $1.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.04%. View Ecolab's Dividend History.

Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 18th. The basic materials company reported $1.66 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.70 by $0.04. The basic materials company earned $3.82 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.89 billion. Ecolab had a return on equity of 20.11% and a net margin of 10.46%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 1.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.54 earnings per share. View Ecolab's Earnings History.

Ecolab is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ecolab.

Ecolab updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 18th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $6.33-6.53 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $6.49.

16 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Ecolab's stock. Their forecasts range from $181.00 to $222.00. On average, they anticipate Ecolab's share price to reach $203.77 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ecolab.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ecolab in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 11 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ecolab.

News stories about ECL stock have been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ecolab earned a daily sentiment score of 2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned 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 company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Ecolab.

Ecolab saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 3,620,000 shares, an increase of 12.8% from the January 30th total of 3,210,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,090,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.3 days. Approximately 1.3% of the company's stock are sold short. View Ecolab's Current Options Chain.

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Ecolab's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.96%), Edgewood Management LLC (2.00%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.27%), Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (1.16%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.12%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.04%). Company insiders that own Ecolab stock include Alex N Blanco, Angela M Busch, Arthur J Higgins, Bruno Lavandier, Catelan Leanne, Christophe Beck, Daniel J Schmechel, Darrell R Brown, David Maclennan, Douglas M Baker Jr, Elizabeth A Simermeyer, Jeffrey M Ettinger, 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, 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 Capital Research Global Investors, Jensen Investment Management Inc., 1832 Asset Management L.P., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, State Street Corp, FMR LLC and GW Henssler & Associates Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Ecolab company stock in the last year include Alex N Blanco, Angela M Busch, Bruno Lavandier, Daniel J Schmechel, Darrell R Brown, Douglas M Baker Jr, Elizabeth A Simermeyer, 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. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ecolab.

ECL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Renaissance Technologies LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., AQR Capital Management LLC, Sarasin & Partners LLP and BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp. Company insiders that have bought Ecolab stock in the last two years include Catelan Leanne, 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ECL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $180.45.

Ecolab has a market capitalization of $52.01 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 49,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Ecolab.

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]