Ecolab, Inc [ECL] stock is trading at $233.90, up 0.19%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The ECL shares have gain 1.09% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -4.71%, 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.
Ecolab, Inc [ECL] stock has fluctuated between $195.49 and $262.61 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $282.82 within the next 12 months. Ecolab, Inc [NYSE: ECL] shares were valued at $233.90 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 20.91% based on the average ECL price forecast.
Analyzing the ECL fundamentals
Ecolab, Inc [NYSE:ECL] reported sales of 15.67B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 1.02%. 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. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.97.
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 232.76 points at the first support level, and at 231.61 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 235.12, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 236.33.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Ecolab, Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.30. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.97, while the Cash Ratio is 0.27. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.23, the price to book ratio is 7.75 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 32.81.
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.
