Ecolab, Inc (ECL) ticks all the boxes for top investors with its surprise performance of 1.47% last month.

On Tuesday, Ecolab, Inc (NYSE: ECL) was -0.11% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $248.45. A 52-week range for ECL has been $188.80 – $262.61.

A company in the Basic Materials sector has jumped its sales by 1.38% annually for the last half of the decade. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 27.74%. With a float of $253.70 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $283.20 million.

In an organization with 48000 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 43.17%, operating margin of 18.38%, and the pretax margin is 16.42%.

Ecolab, Inc (ECL) Insider and Institutional Ownership

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Ecolab, Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Ecolab, Inc is 10.41%, while institutional ownership is 78.18%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 20 ’24, was worth 25,699,268. In this transaction 10% Owner of this company sold 106,542 shares at a rate of $241.21, taking the stock ownership to the 29,348,741 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 21 ’24, when Company’s 10% Owner sold 100,000 for $242.79, making the entire transaction worth $24,278,914. This insider now owns 29,248,741 shares in total.

Ecolab, Inc (ECL) Latest Financial update

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 27.74% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 16.59% during the next five years compared to -0.37% drop over the previous five years of trading.

Ecolab, Inc (NYSE: ECL) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what Ecolab, Inc (ECL) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.97. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.48. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 35.10.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 7.13, a number that is poised to hit 1.81 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 7.51 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Ecolab, Inc (ECL)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 0.82 million. That was inferior than the volume of 1.09 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 87.26%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.53.

During the past 100 days, Ecolab, Inc’s (ECL) raw stochastic average was set at 65.33%, which indicates a significant decrease from 80.36% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 10.01% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 20.57% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $251.31, while its 200-day Moving Average is $239.02. However, in the short run, Ecolab, Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $249.67. Second resistance stands at $251.18. The third major resistance level sits at $253.11. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $246.23, it is likely to go to the next support level at $244.30. The third support level lies at $242.79 if the price breaches the second support level.

Ecolab, Inc (NYSE: ECL) Key Stats

There are 283,162K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 70.27 billion. As of now, sales total 15,320 M while income totals 1,372 M. Its latest quarter income was 3,999 M while its last quarter net income were 736,500 K.