Ecolab Inc. (NYSE: ECL) stock closed at 223.15 per share at the end of the most recent trading day (a 1.48% change compared to the prior day closing price) with a volume of 725.61K shares and market capitalization of 63.84B. 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 Douglas M. Baker.

The one-year performance of Ecolab Inc. stock is 29.54%, while year-to-date (YTD) performance is 3.14%. ECL stock has a five-year performance of 94.6%. Its 52-week range is between 168.56 and 231.36, which gives ECL stock a 52-week price range ratio of 86.93%

Ecolab Inc. currently has a PE ratio of -51.40, a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 10.02, a price-to-sale (PS) ratio of 7.66, a price to cashflow ratio of 33.70, a PEG ratio of 2.32, a ROA of -5.90%, a ROC of -5.69% and a ROE of -15.43%. The company’s profit margin is -19.30%, its EBITDA margin is 19.30%, and its revenue ttm is $8.21 Billion , which makes it $28.69 revenue per share.

Of the last four earnings reports from Ecolab Inc., there were 2 positive earnings surprise and 1 negative earnings surprise. The company has EPS estimate of $0.82 for the next earnings report. Ecolab Inc.’s next earnings report date is 27th Apr 2021.

The consensus rating of Wall Street analysts for Ecolab Inc. is Hold (2.88), with a target price of $207.4, which is -7.06% compared to the current price. The earnings rating for Ecolab Inc. stock is Sell (calculated from actual period earnings estimates revision (80% weight) and previous period earnings surprise (20% weight)).

Ecolab Inc. has a dividend yield of 0.87% with a dividend per share of $1.92 and a payout ratio of 45.00%.

Ecolab Inc. has a Buy technical analysis rating based on Technical Indicators (ADX : 5.25, ATR14 : 5.10, CCI20 : 124.60, Chaikin Money Flow : 0.15, MACD : 1.92, Money Flow Index : 73.09, ROC : 3.79, RSI : 58.69, STOCH (14,3) : 97.40, STOCH RSI : 1.00, UO : 65.64, Williams %R : -2.60), 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 $744 973), Angela M. Busch (Sold 13 400 shares of value $2 690 984 ), Arthur J. Higgins (Option Excercise at a value of $486 362), Arthur J. Higgins (Sold 7 600 shares of value $1 613 290 ), Barbara J. Beck (Option Excercise at a value of $1 277 181), Barbara J. Beck (Sold 13 900 shares of value $3 089 433 ), Christophe Beck (Option Excercise at a value of $3 615 363), Daniel J. Schmechel (Option Excercise at a value of $20 340 271), Darrell R. Brown (Option Excercise at a value of $2 809 121), Darrell R. Brown (Sold 23 651 shares of value $4 581 201 ), David MacLennan (Buy at a value of $155 242), Douglas M. Baker (Option Excercise at a value of $73 134 420), Douglas M. Baker (Sold 615 459 shares of value $136 988 060 ), Elizabeth A. Simermeyer (Sold 527 shares of value $114 010 ), Jerome Charton (Option Excercise at a value of $924 272), Jerome Charton (Sold 6 964 shares of value $1 448 557 ), Jill S. Wyant (Option Excercise at a value of $8 121 202), Jill S. Wyant (Sold 57 805 shares of value $12 142 698 ), John J. Zillmer (Option Excercise at a value of $217 287), Larry L. Berger (Option Excercise at a value of $3 206 234), Larry L. Berger (Sold 30 718 shares of value $6 307 245 ), Machiel Duijser (Option Excercise at a value of $0), Marsh M Laurie (Option Excercise at a value of $1 317 526), Marsh M Laurie (Sold 12 235 shares of value $2 596 240 ), Michael Casey McCormick (Option Excercise at a value of $2 459 908), Michael Casey McCormick (Sold 15 741 shares of value $3 275 662 ), Michael McCormick (Option Excercise at a value of $777 585), Roberto Inchaustegui (Option Excercise at a value of $3 952 684), Roberto Inchaustegui (Sold 41 516 shares of value $8 463 031 ), Scott D. Kirkland (Sold 39 shares of value $8 400 ), Timothy P. Mulhere (Option Excercise at a value of $4 548 312), Timothy P. Mulhere (Sold 56 820 shares of value $12 031 658 ), Victoria J. Reich (Option Excercise at a value of $127 990), Victoria J. Reich (Sold 2 000 shares of value $419 866 )