NYSE:ECL - Ecolab 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 decreased by 15.6% and is now trading at $157.48. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ecolab in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Ecolab.

Ecolab is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Ecolab.

Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 18th. The basic materials company reported $1.66 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.70 by $0.04. The basic materials company had revenue of $3.82 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.89 billion. Ecolab had a return on equity of 20.11% and a net margin of 10.46%. The firm's revenue was up 1.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.54 earnings per share. View Ecolab's earnings history.

Ecolab announced 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.19%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 16th. View Ecolab's dividend history.

Ecolab issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, March, 18th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.05-1.13 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.09.

16 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Ecolab's shares. Their forecasts range from $152.00 to $222.00. On average, they anticipate Ecolab's share price to reach $196.54 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Ecolab.

News stories about ECL stock have trended extremely negative on Sunday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ecolab earned a media sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutEcolab.

Ecolab saw a drop in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 3,130,000 shares, a drop of 11.3% from the February 13th total of 3,530,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,250,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.5 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Ecolab's Current Options Chain.

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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 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 Franklin Resources Inc. (1.12%). 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, 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. 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, Bruno Lavandier, 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, Timothy P Mulhere, and Victoria Reich. View insider buying and selling activity for Ecolab.

ECL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Renaissance Technologies LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., AQR Capital Management LLC, and Sarasin & Partners LLP. Company insiders that have bought Ecolab stock in the last two years include Catelan Leanne, and David Maclennan. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $157.48.

Ecolab has a market capitalization of $45.38 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. 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]