Ecolab, Inc (NYSE: ECL) established initial surge of 0.17% at $254.12, as the Stock market unbolted on Wednesday, before settling in for the price of $253.70 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, ECL posted a 52-week range of $217.05-$273.69.
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The Basic Materials sector firm’s twelve-monthly sales growth has been 4.80% for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 6.70%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 13.21%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $283.35 million, simultaneously with a float of $253.33 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $71.92 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $252.93, while the 200-day Moving Average is $247.39.
Ecolab, Inc (ECL) Ownership Facts and Figures
Sometimes it is also beneficial to study the sentiment of large-scale investors towards the stock of the Ecolab, Inc industry. Ecolab, Inc’s current insider ownership accounts for 10.48%, in contrast to 79.83% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Feb 26 ’25, this organization’s EVP & CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER sold 10,858 shares at the rate of 266.95, making the entire transaction reach 2,898,576 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 15,744. Preceding that transaction, on Feb 25 ’25, Company’s SVP & CORPORATE CONTROLLER sold 856 for 267.37, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 228,866. This particular insider is now the holder of 4,140 in total.
Ecolab, Inc (ECL) Earnings and Revenue Records
Ecolab, Inc’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 13.21% and is forecasted to reach 8.51 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 13.81% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 6.70% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Ecolab, Inc (NYSE: ECL) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Ecolab, Inc (ECL). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.95. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 4.84. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $34.47, and its Beta score is 1.15. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 4.57. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 39.53.
In the same vein, ECL’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 7.37, a figure that is expected to reach 1.51 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 8.51 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Ecolab, Inc (ECL)
Now, what If we examine the latest scores posted by [Ecolab, Inc, ECL]. During the last 5-days, its volume was better the volume of 1.38 million it reported in year-ago period. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 22.34% While, its Average True Range was 4.84.
Raw Stochastic average of Ecolab, Inc (ECL) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 57.51%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 24.12% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 17.02% that was lower than 18.53% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
