NYSE:ECL - Ecolab Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ecolab's stock was trading at $186.58 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ECL shares have decreased by 15.5% and is now trading at $157.59. 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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 18th. The basic materials company reported $1.66 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.70 by $0.04. The basic materials company had revenue of $3.82 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.89 billion. Ecolab had a net margin of 10.46% and a return on equity of 20.11%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 1.7% on a year-over-year basis. 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. Investors 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 1.19%. 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 EPS estimate of $1.09.

16 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Ecolab's shares. Their forecasts range from $152.00 to $222.00. On average, they anticipate Ecolab's share price to reach $193.85 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 23.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Ecolab.

Press coverage about ECL stock has been trending somewhat negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, 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 coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutEcolab.

Ecolab saw a decline in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 3,130,000 shares, a decline 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. Approximately 1.1% of the company's stock 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."

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One share of ECL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $157.59.

Ecolab has a market capitalization of $45.41 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]