NYSE:ECLEcolab Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ecolab's stock was trading at $186.58 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ECL stock has decreased by 9.2% and is now trading at $169.3250. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ecolab in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 9 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, April 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Ecolab.

Ecolab will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

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

Ecolab declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 27th. Shareholders 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 yield of 1.11%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 16th. View Ecolab's dividend history.

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

15 brokers 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 stock price to reach $190.54 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Ecolab.

News headlines about ECL stock have trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ecolab earned a news sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutEcolab.

Ecolab saw a decrease in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 3,130,000 shares, a decrease 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 stock are sold short. 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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID (0.04%), Bath Savings Trust Co (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Woodstock Corp (0.02%), First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.01%) and Park National Corp OH (0.01%). 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 Woodstock Corp, and Bath Savings Trust Co. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH, Gradient Investments LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Burns J W & Co. Inc. NY, Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID, IBM Retirement Fund, First Financial Bank Trust Division, and Fulton Bank N.A.. 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 $169.33.

Ecolab has a market capitalization of $48.79 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]