Ecolab Inc. · NYSE (us_market)
Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals · United States
Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Global Water, Global Institutional & Specialty, Global Pest Elimination, and Global Life Sciences. The Global Water segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions to manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, primary metals and mining, power generation, global refining, petrochemical, pulp and paper industries. The Global Institutional & Specialty segment provides cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, healthcare, hospitality, lodging, government, education and retail industries. The Global Pest Elimination segment provides pest elimination services to detect, prevent, and eliminate pests comprising rodents and insects in full-service and quick-service restaurants, food and beverage processors, hotels, grocery operations, and other commercial segments, including education, life sciences, and healthcare. The Global Life Sciences segment provides cleaning and contamination control solutions to pharmaceutical and personal care manufacturers. It offers its products under the Ecolab, Kay, Purolite, and Bioquell brand names. The company sells its products through field sales and corporate account personnel, distributors, and dealers. Ecolab Inc. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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DROP2025-03-03$269.82 RISE2025-04-08$225.65 PEAK2025-07-03$274.09 122d | -16.4% 36d | Missed | Missed | — | — | +21.5% 86d | Missed |
DROP2023-07-25$190.85 RISE2023-10-27$157.44 PEAK2024-01-22$200.87 181d | -17.5% 94d | Missed | Missed | — | — | +27.6% 87d | Missed |
DROP2022-08-16$177.02 RISE2022-12-19$141.21 PEAK2023-02-15$163.95 183d | -20.2% 125d | Missed | Missed | — | — | +16.1% 58d | Missed |
DROP2022-08-16$177.02 RISE2022-11-03$131.35 PEAK2023-02-01$155.73 169d | -25.8% 79d | Missed | Missed | — | — | +18.6% 90d | Missed |
DROP2022-02-09$191.34 RISE2022-06-16$145.63 PEAK2022-08-16$177.02 188d | -23.9% 127d | Missed | Missed | — | — | +21.6% 61d | Missed |
DROP2021-11-12$235.67 RISE2022-03-08$156.73 PEAK2022-04-07$183.62 146d | -33.5% 116d | Missed | Missed | — | — | +17.2% 30d | Missed |
DROP2020-06-08$230.11 RISE2020-09-24$194.61 PEAK2020-12-09$225.90 184d | -15.4% 108d | Missed | Missed | — | — | +16.1% 76d | Missed |
DROP2020-02-19$210.31 RISE2020-03-23$125.22 PEAK2020-06-08$230.11 110d | -40.5% 33d | Missed | Missed | — | — | +83.8% 77d | Missed |
Earlier in May, Ecolab Inc. completed several fixed-rate senior unsecured note offerings totaling about US$5.00 billion, with maturities from 2029 to 2036 and coupons ranging from 4.600% to 5.350%, alongside a large underwriting syndicate including J.P. Morgan, BofA Securities, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Wells Fargo, U.S. Bancorp, and SMBC Nikko. These sizeable bond issues, coming alongside in-line Q1 2026 results and higher full-year sales guidance, highlight how Ecolab is coupling...
Ecolab stock snapshot after recent performance shifts Ecolab (ECL) has drawn investor attention after recent share price moves, including a decline of about 16% over the past 3 months and a small fall over the past month and year. See our latest analysis for Ecolab. At a share price of $260.25, Ecolab’s 1 day share price return is down 0.89%, the 7 day share price return is up 4.03%, while the 3 year total shareholder return of 58.80% points to stronger longer term momentum. If you are...
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Ecolab has underperformed the broader market over the past year, but analysts are cautiously optimistic about the stock’s prospects.
Ecolab has underperformed the broader market over the past year, but analysts are cautiously optimistic about the stock’s prospects.
The prospect of giant data centers draining water tables and raising energy rates doesn’t frighten Christophe Beck, the board chairman, president and chief executive officer of Ecolab, a 103-year-old St. Paul company that built its legacy around the many uses of H2O. The water, hygiene and infection prevention company is better known around the world for its hand sanitizers than for its ...
The prospect of giant data centers draining water tables and raising energy rates doesn’t frighten Christophe Beck, the board chairman, president and chief executive officer of Ecolab, a 103-year-old St. Paul company that built its legacy around the many uses of H2O. The water, hygiene and infection prevention company is better known around the world for its hand sanitizers than for its ...
Ecolab, ticker NYSE:ECL, has completed a multi tranche fixed income offering, raising long term capital across several maturities. The company also announced the election of Bryce L. Mewhorter as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller. These moves affect Ecolab's funding profile and mark a change in leadership within its finance organization. Ecolab enters these changes with its stock at $248.64 and a mixed return profile, including a gain of 53.0% over three years and 22.2% over...
Ecolab, ticker NYSE:ECL, has completed a multi tranche fixed income offering, raising long term capital across several maturities. The company also announced the election of Bryce L. Mewhorter as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller. These moves affect Ecolab's funding profile and mark a change in leadership within its finance organization. Ecolab enters these changes with its stock at $248.64 and a mixed return profile, including a gain of 53.0% over three years and 22.2% over...
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Jefferies analyst Laurence Alexander maintains Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) with a Buy and lowers the price target from $352 to $345.
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RBC Capital analyst Ashish Sabadra reiterates Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) with a Outperform and maintains $337 price target.
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| ECL | -1.35% | -15.64% | -2.48% | -3.62% |
| XLB | -0.39% | -3.94% | +12.79% | +18.49% |
| Alpha (stock − sector) | -0.96% | -11.70% | -15.27% | -22.11% |
| Fund | Style | Shares | Value | % of Port | Change vs. last quarter | Period |
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| StateStreet | passive | 11.22M | $2.99B | 0.10% | Added+1.2% | 2026-03-31 |
| CapResearch | fundamental | 3.07M | $817.30M | 0.13% | Added+131.2% | 2026-03-31 |
| FidelityFMR | fundamental | 1.80M | $478.92M | 0.03% | Added+2.9% | 2026-03-31 |
| RenTech | quant | 313.4K | $83.37M | 0.13% | New | 2026-03-31 |
| TwoSigma | quant | 219.8K | $58.46M | 0.05% | Trimmed-35.4% | 2026-03-31 |
| DEShaw | quant | 207.2K | $55.13M | 0.03% | Trimmed-11.6% | 2026-03-31 |
| Wellington | fundamental | 126.1K | $33.54M | 0.01% | Unchanged | 2026-03-31 |
| Bridgewater | macro | 16.2K | $4.31M | 0.02% | Trimmed-27.6% | 2026-03-31 |
| TRowePrice | fundamental | 838.0K | $222.93K | 0.03% | Trimmed-35.2% | 2026-03-31 |
| Filed | Insider | Title | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
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| 2026-05-27 | Vautrinot Suzanne M | Director | M Option exercise(deriv) | 2,000 | — | +$0 |
| 2026-05-27 | Vautrinot Suzanne M | Director | S Open-market sale | 1,004 | $264.98 | −$266.0K |
| 2026-05-27 | Vautrinot Suzanne M | Director | F Tax withholding | 996 | $252.27 | −$251.3K |
| 2026-05-27 | Vautrinot Suzanne M | Director | M Option exercise | 2,000 | $125.67 | +$251.3K |
| 2026-05-19 | Althoff Judson | Director | A Grant / award(deriv) | 732 | — | +$0 |
| 2026-05-19 | Ballard Shari L | Director | A Grant / award(deriv) | 732 | — | +$0 |
| 2026-05-19 | Doukeris Michel D | Director | A Grant / award(deriv) | 732 | — | +$0 |
| 2026-05-19 | Green Eric Mark | Director | A Grant / award(deriv) | 732 | — | +$0 |
| 2026-05-19 | Gross Marion K. | Director | A Grant / award(deriv) | 732 | — | +$0 |
| 2026-05-19 | LARSON MICHAEL | Director | A Grant / award(deriv) | 732 | — | +$0 |
| 2026-05-19 | MacLennan David | Director | A Grant / award(deriv) | 732 | — | +$0 |
| 2026-05-19 | McKibben Tracy B | Director | A Grant / award(deriv) | 732 | — | +$0 |
| 2026-05-19 | NOWELL LIONEL L III | Director | A Grant / award(deriv) | 732 | — | +$0 |
| 2026-05-19 | Vautrinot Suzanne M | Director | A Grant / award(deriv) | 732 | — | +$0 |
| 2026-05-19 | Whalen Julie | Director | A Grant / award(deriv) | 537 | — | +$0 |
| 2026-05-19 | Whalen Julie | Director | A Grant / award(deriv) | 732 | — | +$0 |
| 2026-05-19 | ZILLMER JOHN J | Director | A Grant / award(deriv) | 732 | — | +$0 |
| 2026-05-14 | MacLennan David | Director | P Open-market purchase | 1,000 | $250.65 | +$250.7K |
| 2026-05-06 | Cook Gregory B | Co-COO - Global Businesses | M Option exercise(deriv) | 8,396 | — | +$0 |
| 2026-05-06 | Cook Gregory B | Co-COO - Global Businesses | F Tax withholding | 3,829 | $257.93 | −$987.5K |
| 2026-05-06 | Cook Gregory B | Co-COO - Global Businesses | M Option exercise | 8,396 | — | — |
| 2026-05-05 | MacLennan David | Director | P Open-market purchase | 800 | $256.91 | +$205.5K |
| 2026-04-02 | Althoff Judson | Director | A Grant / award | 138 | — | +$0 |
| 2026-04-02 | Ballard Shari L | Director | A Grant / award | 138 | $263.03 | +$36.2K |
| 2026-04-02 | Ballard Shari L | Director | A Grant / award | 138 | — | +$0 |
| Report Date | EPS Estimate | EPS Actual | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-28upcoming | 2.07 | — | — |
| 2026-04-28 | 1.70 | 1.70 | +0.16% |
| 2026-02-10 | 2.07 | 2.08 | +0.65% |
| 2025-10-28 | 2.07 | 2.07 | -0.09% |
| 2025-07-29 | 1.90 | 1.89 | -0.29% |
| 2025-04-29 | 1.50 | 1.50 | +0.05% |
| 2025-02-11 | 1.80 | 1.81 | +0.66% |
| 2024-10-29 | 1.82 | 1.83 | +0.28% |
| 2024-07-30 | 1.67 | 1.68 | +0.48% |
| 2024-04-30 | 1.33 | 1.34 | +0.49% |
| 2024-02-13 | 1.54 | 1.55 | +0.76% |
| 2023-10-31 | 1.52 | 1.54 | +1.16% |
| 2023-08-01 | 1.21 | 1.24 | +2.43% |
| 2023-05-02 | 0.86 | 0.88 | +2.24% |
| 2023-02-14 | 1.25 | 1.27 | +1.50% |
| 2022-11-01 | 1.30 | 1.30 | -0.23% |