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Ecolab Inc

ECL

256.400USD

-0.700-0.27%

Close 10/31, 16:00（ET）Quotes delayed by 15 min

72.72BMarket Cap

36.64P/E TTM

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Ecolab Inc

256.400

-0.700-0.27%

Overview Company Financials Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

Overview

Company

Financials

Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Ecolab Inc

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively very healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. Despite a weak stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Ecolab Inc's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking

18 / 70

Overall Ranking

133 / 4618

Industry

Chemicals

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score

Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 27 analysts

Buy

Current Rating

289.122

Target Price

+12.45%

Upside Space

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Ecolab Inc Highlights

StrengthsRisks

Ecolab Inc. is engaged in offering water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services that protect people and the resources vital to life. The Company’s Global Industrial segment provides water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions primarily to large industrial customers within the manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, primary metals and mining, power generation, pulp and paper, commercial laundry, global petroleum and petrochemical industries. Its Global Institutional & Specialty segment provides specialized cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, hospitality, lodging, government and education and retail industries. Its Global Healthcare & Life Sciences segment provides specialized cleaning and sanitizing products to the healthcare, personal care, and pharmaceutical industries. Its Global Pest Elimination segment provides services designed to detect, prevent, and eliminate pests.

High Profit Growth

The company's net income leads the industry, with the latest annual income totaling USD 15.74B.

High Dividend

The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 31.75%.

Stable Dividend

The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 31.75%.

Fairly Valued

The company’s latest PB is 7.47, at a medium 3-year percentile range.

Institutional Buying

The latest institutional holdings are 233.77M shares, increasing 0.13% quarter-over-quarter.

Held by Bill Gates

Star Investor Bill Gates holds 5.22M shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company's current financial score is 7.86, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 7.35. Its financial status is robust, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 4.17B, representing a year-over-year increase of 4.16%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 20.57%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.86

Change

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Financials

8.29

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

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Quality of Earnings

8.20

Key Metrics

Total revenue

Operating profit

Total assets

SG&A

No Data

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Operational Efficiency

8.20

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Income after tax

No Data

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Growth Potential

6.79

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Total revenue

No Data

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Shareholder Returns

7.81

Key Metrics

Free cash flow

No Data

Ecolab Inc's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current valuation score is 6.85, which is lower than the Chemicals industry's average of 7.47. Its current P/E ratio is 36.62, which is 31.44% below the recent high of 48.13 and 16.82% above the recent low of 30.46.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

6.85

Change

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 18/70

No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 7.48, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 7.26. The average price target for Ecolab Inc is 292.50, with a high of 325.00 and a low of 232.43.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.48

Change

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 27 analysts

Buy

Current Rating

289.122

Target Price

+12.76%

Upside Space

Strong Buy

Buy

Hold

Sell

Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

Total

Median

Average

Company name

Ratings

Analysts

Ecolab Inc

ECL

Albemarle Corp

ALB

Eastman Chemical Co

EMN

Celanese Corp

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA

SQM

Element Solutions Inc

ESI

Financial Forecasting

EPS

Revenue

Net Profit

EBIT

No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current price momentum score is 6.58, which is lower than the Chemicals industry's average of 6.68. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 274.01 and the support level at 246.97, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

6.64

Change

-0.06

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

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The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators

Sell(4)

Neutral(1)

Buy(0)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MACD(12,26,9)

-4.748

Sell

RSI(14)

33.073

Neutral

STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)

10.716

Sell

ATR(14)

5.918

High Vlolatility

CCI(14)

-169.700

Sell

Williams %R

95.184

Oversold

TRIX(12,20)

-0.055

Sell

StochRSI(14)

0.000

Oversold

Moving Average

Sell(6)

Neutral(0)

Buy(0)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MA5

263.792

Sell

MA10

270.557

Sell

MA20

272.729

Sell

MA50

272.540

Sell

MA100

271.100

Sell

MA200

262.245

Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 7.00, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 6.91. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 82.42%, representing a quarter-over-quarter increase of 0.19%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 24.56M shares, representing 8.66% of shares outstanding, with 1.95% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.00

Change

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name

Shares Held

Chg %

Cascade Investment, L.L.C.

29.18M

-6.44%

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Star Investors

24.56M

+1.02%

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

12.12M

-3.93%

State Street Investment Management (US)

11.20M

-0.62%

Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.

5.48M

+0.42%

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust

Star Investors

5.22M

Wellington Management Company, LLP

4.71M

-1.07%

Aristotle Capital Management, LLC

4.26M

-2.30%

Pictet Asset Management Ltd.

4.14M

+1.27%

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM)

3.15M

+41.36%

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current risk assessment score is 9.77, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 5.83. The company's beta value is 1.07. This indicates that the stock tends to outperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences larger declines during downward trending markets.