ECL · Ecolab Inc.
$276.18
+1.69% last session
End-of-day data · close of 2026-09-11
Market cap
$76B
Enterprise value
$85B
Trailing P/E
36.4
Forward P/E
28.8
Dividend yield
1.0%
Beta
0.89
Avg volume
1M
Employees
48K
Daily Change %
1.69%
5 Days Change
-2.53%
10 Days Change
-3.88%
30 Days Change
-4.36%
60 Days Change
-0.77%
Month to Day Change
-2.87%
Year to Day Change
4.25%
Analyst Outlook
Analyst estimates change daily — follow the shifts on the Estimate Trends page.
Technical Analysis
Analyst sentiment over time — ECL
Rec Mean (blue, left — higher = more bullish) vs. price targets (right).
Investment Bank Ratings as of 2026-07-30
Latest call per bank · past 12 months
Wells Fargo
Equal-Weight$295
+8.6% vs priceJP Morgan
Overweight$305
+12.3% vs priceDeutsche Bank
Buy$335
+23.3% vs priceRBC Capital
Outperform$337
+24.1% vs priceCitigroup
Buy$330
+21.5% vs priceUBS
Buy$325
+19.7% vs priceJefferies
Buy$345
+27.0% vs priceBank of America
Buy$345
+27.0% vs priceBarclays
Overweight$300
+10.5% vs priceRecent rating actions
| Date | Firm | Action | Rating | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | Wells Fargo | Maintains | Equal-Weight | $275 → $295 |
| 2026-07-29 | Mizuho | Maintains | Outperform | $325 → $327 |
| 2026-07-29 | BMO Capital | Maintains | Outperform | $345 → $360 |
| 2026-07-29 | JP Morgan | Maintains | Overweight | $295 → $305 |
| 2026-07-17 | Oppenheimer | Upgrade | Perform → Outperform | $0.00 → $320 |
| 2026-07-09 | Deutsche Bank | Maintains | Buy | $325 → $335 |
| 2026-07-07 | RBC Capital | Reiterates | Outperform | $337 |
| 2026-06-24 | Citigroup | Maintains | Buy | $325 → $330 |
Ratings and price targets are the published opinions of the issuing banks, compiled from Yahoo Finance rating actions — not investment advice.
Signal Summary as of 2026-09-11
- RSI (14): RSI is 45 — neutral momentum, neither overbought nor oversold.
- Price vs 50-day MA: Trading 0.8% below the 50-day MA ($278.38).
- Price vs 200-day MA: Trading 1.4% above the 200-day MA ($272.27).
- MA cross: The 50-day MA sits above the 200-day MA (golden-cross regime) — the longer-term trend points up.
- MACD (12,26,9): MACD histogram is negative (-1.50) — short-term momentum is fading.
- 52-week range: Price sits between the 52-week low ($245.06) and high ($306.69).
ECL Price Chart
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Fundamentals
About Ecolab Inc.
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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