Ecolab
About: Ecolab produces and markets cleaning and sanitation products for the industrial manufacturing, hospitality, healthcare, and life sciences markets. The firm is the global market share leader in this category with a wide array of products and services, including dish and laundry washing systems, pest control, and infection control products. Additionally, Ecolab sells customized water management solutions across its end markets. The company has a strong hold on the US market and is growing its presence abroad.
Employees: 48,000
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Funds holding %
of 7,312 funds
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Analysts bullish %
of 8 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
82% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 153 | Existing positions closed: 84
63% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 16 [Q4 2024] → 26 (+10) [Q1 2025]
39% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $128M | Put options by funds: $91.9M
6% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $52.8B [Q4 2024] → $55.8B (+$2.97B) [Q1 2025]
3% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,537 [Q4 2024] → 1,580 (+43) [Q1 2025]
0.02% more ownership
Funds ownership: 77.88% [Q4 2024] → 77.9% (+0.02%) [Q1 2025]
12% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 554 | Existing positions reduced: 631
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$260
3%
downside
Avg. target
$287
8%
upside
High target
$325
22%
upside
8 analyst ratings
5 positive
63%
3 neutral
38%
0 negative
0%
UBS Joshua Spector | 8%upside $288 | Neutral Maintained | 9 Jul 2025 |
Citigroup Patrick Cunningham | 22%upside $325 | Buy Maintained | 3 Jul 2025 |
Wells Fargo Jason Haas | 3%downside $260 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 20 May 2025 |
Stifel Shlomo Rosenbaum | 14%upside $303 | Buy Maintained | 30 Apr 2025 |
Baird Andrew Wittmann | 2%upside $273 | Neutral Maintained | 30 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 5 articles about ECL published over the past 30 days
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 week ago
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Positive
Zacks Investment Research
3 weeks ago
Here's Why You Should Retain Ecolab Stock in Your Portfolio Now
ECL continues to gain from its robust product portfolio and strong segmental performance.
Neutral
Business Wire
3 weeks ago
Ecolab Schedules Webcast and Conference Call on July 29, 2025
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ecolab will host a live webcast to discuss its 2025 second quarter results. A news release containing second quarter results is expected to be issued before market open on July 29, 2025. Details for the public webcast are as follows: TIME: 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time DATE: Tuesday, July 29, 2025 DURATION: One hour LOCATION: www.ecolab.com/investor ARCHIVE: A replay of the webcast and supplemental data will be available on Ecolab's website. About Ecolab A trusted par.
Neutral
Business Wire
3 weeks ago
Ecolab Life Sciences Launches New Bioprocessing Purification Resin to Drive Manufacturing Productivity
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ecolab Life Sciences announces the launch of its Purolite™ AP+50 affinity chromatography resin designed to drive manufacturing productivity.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
ECL Stock Gains Following Latest Launch to Boost Data Center Cooling
Ecolab's 3D TRASAR technology expands its cooling solutions, aiming to optimize data centers and cut resource demand.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
Ecolab Launches New Solution to Revolutionize Data Center Performance Amidst AI Boom
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ecolab Inc., a global sustainability leader offering water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services, has announced the launch of a transformative technology to drive high-performance data center cooling. Ecolab's new solution, 3D TRASAR Technology for Direct-to-Chip Liquid Cooling, helps protect data center servers by monitoring coolant health indicators in real time such as temperature, pH and flow rates. With this offering, Ecolab now covers t.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
Ecolab Schedules Webcast of Industry Conference for June 3, 2025
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Christophe Beck, Ecolab's chairman and chief executive officer, will address financial analysts at the William Blair Growth Stock Conference on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. Ecolab will offer a webcast of Mr. Beck's presentation. Details for the webcast are as follows: TIME: 12:00pm CT DATE: June 3, 2025 DURATION: Approximately 30 minutes LOCATION: www.ecolab.com/investor ARCHIVE: A replay of the webcast will be available through September 3, 2025. To access t.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
Ecolab (ECL) Up 4.5% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Continue?
Ecolab (ECL) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock?
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
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