Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).
Ecolab (ECL) is trading at $275.51, down 0.44% on the day. Its market value of $77.23B makes it the 216th largest of the 300 companies we follow.
The 52-week range is $241.85 to $306.79. Today's price is about 52% of the way from the low to the high. Holders are ahead 4.0% over twelve months, but down 0.3% across the last three months.
Price is below the 50-day average ($277.66) but above the 200-day ($272.42); RSI is 48, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 18% annualized volatility.
Revenue for the quarter ended Jun 2026 was $4.42B, up 9.7% from a year earlier, with $538.70M of net profit (a 12.6% margin).
Buyers are paying 37.0 times trailing earnings, 11% below its five-year average of 41.7. The median for its industry group is 36.2.
16 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $323.79, sits 17.5% over where the stock trades.
This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.
Ecolab sells cleaning, sanitizing and water treatment products and services to hotels, restaurants, hospitals and factories.
What tends to move it. Steady pricing and volume growth, plus margin expansion, drive earnings. It is a low-volatility compounder.
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Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes
| Indicator | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| Price vs 20-day average | -0.5% | Bearish |
| Price vs 50-day average | -0.8% | Bearish |
| Price vs 200-day average | +1.1% | Bullish |
| 50-day vs 200-day | 50d above 200d | Bullish |
| RSI (14) | 48.2 | Bearish |
| MACD (12,26,9) | -1.83 | Bearish |
| Bollinger band position | 43% | Bearish |
Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.
Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 1:10 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.
Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.
Latest reported quarter: Q2, ended Jun 2026
Quarter 2026/Q2
"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.
Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history
Below its usual level · 26th percentile, 5-year average 41.7x
#2289 of 2977 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)
Around its usual level · 50th percentile, 5-year average 7.6x
#4682 of 5304 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)
Above its usual level · 67th percentile, 5-year average 4.2x
#3728 of 5143 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)
Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$2.34M (10 inflow days, 10 outflow days).
Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout grew by roughly 6.8% a year.
$275.51 is the latest print for ECL, a move of -0.44% against yesterday's close of $276.72. Today's low and high so far: $273.75 and $278.14.
Equity value comes to $77.23B at the current price. By that measure it is number 216 of the 300 names in our coverage.
Buyers pay 37.0 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $7.28). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 41.7, and today's level ranks in the 26th percentile of its own history.
The year's floor is $241.85 and the ceiling $306.79. Shares are 10.2% away from that ceiling.
It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 1.03% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was September 15, 2026.
Of 16 analysts, 94% say buy, 6% hold and 0% sell. Price targets average $323.79, with the most cautious at $295.00 and the most optimistic at $360.00.
Ecolab sells cleaning, sanitizing and water treatment products and services to hotels, restaurants, hospitals and factories.
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