On Tuesday, Ecolab, Inc (NYSE: ECL) opened lower -0.90% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $248.40. Price fluctuations for ECL have ranged from $193.46 to $262.61 over the past 52 weeks.
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Basic Materials Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 1.38% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 27.73% at the time writing. With a float of $253.55 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $283.20 million.
The firm has a total of 48000 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 43.17%, operating margin of 18.38%, and the pretax margin is 16.42%.
Ecolab, Inc (ECL) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Specialty Chemicals industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Ecolab, Inc is 10.46%, while institutional ownership is 78.21%. 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) Recent Fiscal highlights
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.52 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 27.73% 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
Check out the current performance indicators for Ecolab, Inc (ECL). In the past 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 4.45. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 34.81.
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)
Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Ecolab, Inc, ECL], we can find that recorded value of 1.27 million was better than the volume posted last year of 1.09 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 42.57%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.82.
During the past 100 days, Ecolab, Inc’s (ECL) raw stochastic average was set at 60.53%, which indicates a significant increase from 11.43% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 10.61% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 20.40% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $250.30, while its 200-day Moving Average is $240.34. Now, the first resistance to watch is $251.40. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $256.62. The third major resistance level sits at $259.38. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $243.42, it is likely to go to the next support level at $240.66. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $235.44.
Ecolab, Inc (NYSE: ECL) Key Stats
There are currently 283,162K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 69.71 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 15,320 M according to its annual income of 1,372 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 3,999 M and its income totaled 736,500 K.
