Ecolab Inc. (NYSE: ECL) stock closed at 159.65 per share at the end of the most recent trading day (a 3.47% change compared to the prior day closing price) with a volume of 1.47M shares and market capitalization of 45.60B. Is a component of S&P 500, Russell 1000 indices and it is traded on NYSE exchange. The company belongs in the Chemicals industry, Basic Materials sector and employs 44000 people. Ecolab Inc. CEO is Christophe Beck.

The one-year performance of Ecolab Inc. stock is -25.91%, while year-to-date (YTD) performance is -31.95%. ECL stock has a five-year performance of 21.26%. Its 52-week range is between 143.82 and 238.93, which gives ECL stock a 52-week price range ratio of 16.64%

Ecolab Inc. currently has a PE ratio of 38.60, a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 5.98, a price-to-sale (PS) ratio of 3.23, a price to cashflow ratio of 22.10, a PEG ratio of 2.32, a ROA of 5.79%, a ROC of 8.69% and a ROE of 17.02%. The company’s profit margin is 8.52%, its EBITDA margin is 18.80%, and its revenue ttm is $13.11 Billion , which makes it $45.91 revenue per share.

Of the last four earnings reports from Ecolab Inc., there were 3 positive earnings surprise and 0 negative earnings surprise. The company has EPS estimate of $1.08 for the next earnings report. Ecolab Inc.’s next earnings report date is 26th Jul 2022.

The consensus rating of Wall Street analysts for Ecolab Inc. is Moderate Buy (2.05), with a target price of $206.92, which is +29.61% compared to the current price. The earnings rating for Ecolab Inc. stock is Strong Sell (calculated from actual period earnings estimates revision (80% weight) and previous period earnings surprise (20% weight)).

Ecolab Inc. has a dividend yield of 1.38% with a dividend per share of $2.04 and a payout ratio of 52.00%.

Ecolab Inc. has a Neutral technical analysis rating based on Technical Indicators (ADX : 5.48, ATR14 : 5.10, CCI20 : -10.90, Chaikin Money Flow : 0.07, MACD : -3.52, Money Flow Index : 42.33, ROC : -6.48, RSI : 51.08, STOCH (14,3) : 54.25, STOCH RSI : 1.00, UO : 54.95, Williams %R : -45.75), Simple Moving Averages and Exponential Moving Averages.

Aggregated Insider Trades of Ecolab Inc. in the last 12-months were: Angela M. Busch (Option Excercise at a value of $357 700), Angela M. Busch (Sold 5 000 shares of value $1 157 500 ), Christophe Beck (Option Excercise at a value of $2 332 204), Christophe Beck (Sold 26 613 shares of value $5 833 619 ), Darrell R. Brown (Option Excercise at a value of $0), Darrell R. Brown (Sold 4 990 shares of value $1 123 892 ), David MacLennan (Buy at a value of $210 056), Douglas M. Baker (Option Excercise at a value of $20 612 048), Douglas M. Baker (Sold 173 036 shares of value $38 680 049 ), Elizabeth A. Simermeyer (Option Excercise at a value of $1 402 988), Elizabeth A. Simermeyer (Sold 11 917 shares of value $2 774 656 ), Jeffrey M. Ettinger (Buy at a value of $896 955), John J. Zillmer (Option Excercise at a value of $243 181), Larry L. Berger (Option Excercise at a value of $941 840), Larry L. Berger (Sold 5 948 shares of value $1 373 238 ), Larson Michael (Option Excercise at a value of $287 978), Machiel Duijser (Option Excercise at a value of $0), Machiel Duijser (Sold 1 452 shares of value $323 427 ), Marsh M Laurie (Option Excercise at a value of $1 374 168), Marsh M Laurie (Sold 11 536 shares of value $2 595 900 ), Michael Casey McCormick (Option Excercise at a value of $3 063 463), Michael Casey McCormick (Sold 29 639 shares of value $6 490 912 ), Scott D. Kirkland (Option Excercise at a value of $400 624), Scott D. Kirkland (Sold 5 600 shares of value $1 218 930 ), Timothy P. Mulhere (Option Excercise at a value of $5 554 076), Timothy P. Mulhere (Sold 46 904 shares of value $10 755 843 ), Tracy B. McKibben (Buy at a value of $250 750), Victoria J. Reich (Option Excercise at a value of $604 482), Victoria J. Reich (Sold 6 900 shares of value $1 590 359 )