At the time of writing, Ecolab, Inc [ECL] stock is trading at $237.66, down -3.46%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The ECL shares have lost -3.18% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.38%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Ecolab, Inc [NYSE: ECL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 17, 2024, when BMO Capital Markets upgraded its rating to a Outperform and also boosted its price target to $290 from $279. Previously, UBS downgraded its rating to Neutral on November 04, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $276. On October 18, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $310 on the stock. Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and suggested a price target of $270 on August 13, 2024. Citigroup upgraded its rating to a Buy and reduced its price target to $265 on July 31, 2024. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on July 31, 2024, and upped its price target to $272. In a note dated July 08, 2024, Stifel upgraded an Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $233 to $283.
For the past year, the stock price of Ecolab, Inc fluctuated between $193.46 and $262.61. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $282.83 within the next 12 months. Ecolab, Inc [NYSE: ECL] shares were valued at $237.66 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 19.01% based on the average ECL price forecast.
Analyzing the ECL fundamentals
According to Ecolab, Inc [NYSE:ECL], the company’s sales were 15.67B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 1.02% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.43% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.18%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.16%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.13%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.09, Equity is 0.25 and Total Capital is 0.17. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.89.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 235.04 points at the first support level, and at 232.42 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 242.69, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 247.72.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Ecolab, Inc [NYSE:ECL] has a current ratio of 1.30. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.97 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.27. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.29, the price to book ratio is 7.87 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 33.34.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved GATES WILLIAM H III, 10% Owner, that happened on Nov 20 ’24 when 0.11 million shares were sold. 10% Owner, GATES WILLIAM H III completed a deal on Nov 21 ’24 to sell 100000.0 shares. Meanwhile, 10% Owner GATES WILLIAM H III sold 70000.0 shares on Nov 22 ’24.
