Ecolab (ECL) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Q: What analysts cover Ecolab?

Ecolab has been rated by research analysts at Citigroup , Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft , Jefferies Financial Group , Oppenheimer , Royal Bank Of Canada , UBS Group , Weiss Ratings , Wells Fargo & Company , and Zacks Research in the past 90 days.

$268.73 +5.59 (+2.13%)

Closing price 07/24/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

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$267.25 -1.48 (-0.55%)

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Ecolab - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Moderate Buy

Based on 21 Analyst Ratings

Sell
1

Hold
3

Buy
17

Based on 21 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Ecolab in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy." Out of the 21 analysts, 1 has given a sell rating, 3 have given a hold rating, 16 have given a buy rating, and 1 has given a strong buy rating for ECL.

Consensus Price Target

$324.06
20.59% Upside

According to the 21 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Ecolab, the average price target is $324.06. The highest price target for ECL is $345.00, while the lowest price target for ECL is $275.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 20.59% from the current price of $268.73.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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ECL Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 7/26/25 to 7/26/26	1 Month Ago 6/26/25 to 6/26/26	3 Months Ago 4/27/25 to 4/27/26	1 Year Ago 7/26/24 to 7/26/25
Strong Buy	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	16 Buy rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)
Hold	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)
Sell	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$324.06	$323.71	$322.82	$288.33
Forecasted Upside	20.59% Upside	14.10% Upside	20.26% Upside	6.03% Upside
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy

ECL Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

ECL Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Ecolab Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Ecolab	Basic Materials Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	2.81	2.60	2.52
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	20.59% Upside	161.92% Upside	14.30% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Positive News See Recent ECL News	Positive News	Positive News

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
7/20/2026	Zacks Research Not Rated		Downgrade	Hold ➝ Strong Sell
7/17/2026	Oppenheimer 3 of 5 stars	Scott Schneeberger 3 of 5 stars	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$320.00	+16.12%
7/9/2026	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 2 of 5 stars	David Begleiter 3 of 5 stars	Boost Target	Buy	$325.00 ➝ $335.00	+23.28%
7/7/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ashish Sabadra Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$337.00	+18.79%
6/24/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Patrick Cunningham Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$325.00 ➝ $330.00	+22.75%
6/10/2026	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Jason Hass Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$260.00 ➝ $275.00	+4.21%
5/27/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Joshua Spector Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$293.00 ➝ $325.00	+27.91%
5/20/2026	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B-)
5/20/2026	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Laurence Alexander Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$352.00 ➝ $345.00	+38.27%
4/21/2026	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Steve Byrne Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$337.00 ➝ $345.00	+25.04%
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3/24/2026	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Andrew Wittmann Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Outperform	$320.00 ➝ $296.00	+11.33%
3/24/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Jeffrey Zekauskas Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Overweight	$295.00	+12.74%
3/16/2026	Berenberg Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$326.00	+18.93%
2/18/2026	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Stephen Richardson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$312.00	+2.73%
2/13/2026	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	John McNulty Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$323.00 ➝ $345.00	+14.67%
2/12/2026	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Seth Weber Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$330.00 ➝ $345.00	+13.79%
2/11/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$330.00	+10.06%
2/11/2026	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	John Roberts Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$335.00	+11.68%
2/11/2026	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Shlomo Rosenbaum Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$300.00 ➝ $337.00	+12.34%
1/23/2026	Erste Group Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold
10/29/2025	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Manav Patnaik Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$275.00 ➝ $300.00	+11.77%
8/26/2025	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Bobby Zolper Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Market Perform
3/24/2025	Rothschild & Co Redburn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Colin Isaac Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$270.00	+7.66%
2/24/2025	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Charles Neivert Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$270.00 ➝ $310.00	+16.93%
2/12/2025	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	John Eade Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy

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Should I Buy Ecolab Stock? ECL Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Thursday, July 23, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these Ecolab pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

Ecolab
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Ecolab Inc.:

The current stock price is around $264, which is significantly lower than its 12-month high of $309.27, potentially offering a buying opportunity for investors.
Ecolab Inc. reported a year-over-year revenue increase of 10.0%, indicating strong growth and demand for its products and services.
The company has a solid return on equity of 22.64%, suggesting effective management and profitability relative to shareholder equity.
With a dividend yield of 1.1% and a payout ratio of 39.51%, Ecolab Inc. provides a steady income stream for investors while maintaining a sustainable dividend policy.
The company has set ambitious earnings guidance for FY 2026, projecting EPS between 8.430 and 8.630, which reflects confidence in future performance.

Ecolab
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in Ecolab Inc. for these reasons:

The stock has a relatively high P/E ratio of 36.93, which may indicate that it is overvalued compared to its earnings, potentially leading to price corrections.
With a current ratio of 0.99, Ecolab Inc. is slightly below the ideal benchmark of 1, suggesting potential liquidity issues in meeting short-term obligations.
The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69, which, while manageable, indicates that it relies on debt financing, posing risks if market conditions change.
Insider trading activity shows that while some executives are buying shares, it may also raise concerns about their confidence in the company's future performance.
The beta of 0.89 suggests that the stock is less volatile than the market, which may limit potential gains during bullish market conditions.

ECL Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 21 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Ecolab is $324.06, with a high forecast of $345.00 and a low forecast of $275.00.

21 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ecolab in the last twelve months. There is currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings, 16 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" ECL shares.

According to analysts, Ecolab's stock has a predicted upside of 20.59% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, Ecolab's stock had 3 upgrades and 2 downgrades by analysts.

Ecolab has been rated by research analysts at Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Jefferies Financial Group, Oppenheimer, Royal Bank Of Canada, UBS Group, Weiss Ratings, Wells Fargo & Company, and Zacks Research in the past 90 days.

Analysts like Ecolab more than other "basic materials" companies. The consensus rating score for Ecolab is 2.81 while the average consensus rating score for "basic materials" companies is 2.60. Learn more on how ECL compares to other companies.

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This page (NYSE:ECL) was last updated on 7/26/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.

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Ecolab (ECL) Stock Forecast & Price Target