Ecolab Inc. (NYSE: ECL) stock closed at 188.63 per share at the end of the most recent trading day (a 0.12% change compared to the prior day closing price) with a volume of 944.74K shares and market capitalization of 53.79B. 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 30.02%, while year-to-date (YTD) performance is 29.59%. ECL stock has a five-year performance of 17.53%. Its 52-week range is between 140.13 and 191.41, which gives ECL stock a 52-week price range ratio of 94.58%

Ecolab Inc. currently has a PE ratio of 38.00, a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 6.03, a price-to-sale (PS) ratio of 4.07, a price to cashflow ratio of 27.40, a PEG ratio of 2.90, a ROA of 6.23%, a ROC of 8.96% and a ROE of 17.44%. The company’s profit margin is 7.98%, its EBITDA margin is 18.10%, and its revenue ttm is $10.52 Billion , which makes it $36.92 revenue per share.

Of the last four earnings reports from Ecolab Inc., there were 4 positive earnings surprise and 0 negative earnings surprise. The company has EPS estimate of $1.52 for the next earnings report. Ecolab Inc.’s next earnings report date is -.

The consensus rating of Wall Street analysts for Ecolab Inc. is Moderate Buy (2.44), with a target price of $169.06, which is -10.37% compared to the current price. The earnings rating for Ecolab Inc. stock is Strong Buy (calculated from actual period earnings estimates revision (80% weight) and previous period earnings surprise (20% weight)).

Ecolab Inc. has a dividend yield of 1.41% with a dividend per share of $2.12 and a payout ratio of 52.00%.

Ecolab Inc. has a Buy technical analysis rating based on Technical Indicators (ADX : 4.90, ATR14 : 2.76, CCI20 : 90.74, Chaikin Money Flow : 0.26, MACD : 5.38, Money Flow Index : 76.45, ROC : 7.37, RSI : 76.01, STOCH (14,3) : 94.48, STOCH RSI : 0.56, UO : 65.05, Williams %R : -5.52), 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 $0), Beck Christophe (Option Excercise at a value of $2 667 464), Beck Christophe (Sold 34 450 shares of value $5 976 408 ), Berger Larry (Option Excercise at a value of $2 823 218), Berger Larry (Sold 26 112 shares of value $4 661 324 ), Boo Alexander A. De (Option Excercise at a value of $222 031), Busch Angela (Option Excercise at a value of $667 124), Busch Angela (Sold 14 170 shares of value $2 579 690 ), Duijser Machiel (Option Excercise at a value of $0), Gergely Sved (Option Excercise at a value of $0), Higgins Arthur (Option Excercise at a value of $251 640), Higgins Arthur (Sold 2 400 shares of value $435 192 ), John J. Zillmer (Option Excercise at a value of $269 648), Kirkland Scott (Option Excercise at a value of $222 031), Larry L. Berger (Sold 4 404 shares of value $717 627 ), Larson Michael (Option Excercise at a value of $269 648), Machiel Duijser (Option Excercise at a value of $0), Nicholas J. Alfano (Option Excercise at a value of $118 244), Nicholas J. Alfano (Sold 1 098 shares of value $192 150 ), Peterson Gail (Sold 934 shares of value $163 450 ), Zillmer John (Option Excercise at a value of $269 664)