A share price of Ecolab, Inc [ECL] is currently trading at $266.48, up 0.83%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The ECL shares have gain 2.73% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -1.95%, 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 July 30, 2025, when Robert W. Baird upgraded its rating to a Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $300 for it. Previously, Seaport Research Partners upgraded its rating to Buy on April 21, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $290. On April 16, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Equal Weight but maintained its price target of $230 on the stock. Redburn Atlantic downgraded its rating to a Neutral but stick to its price target of $270 on March 24, 2025. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to a Overweight and raised its price target to $280 on January 28, 2025. BMO Capital Markets upgraded its rating to Outperform for this stock on December 17, 2024, and upped its price target to $290. In a note dated November 04, 2024, UBS downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock but restated the target price of $276.
Ecolab, Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $221.62 and $274.17. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $328.67 within the next 12 months. Ecolab, Inc [NYSE: ECL] shares were valued at $266.48 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 23.34% based on the average ECL price forecast.
Analyzing the ECL fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Ecolab, Inc [NYSE:ECL] were 15.72B which represents 0.99% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.22% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.18%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.17%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.14%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.1, Equity is 0.25 and Total Capital is 0.16. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.93.
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Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Ecolab, Inc [NYSE:ECL] is 1.44. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.12, while the Cash Ratio is 0.25. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.80, the price to book ratio is 8.51 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 35.62.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved REICH VICTORIA, Director, that happened on Jun 12 ’25 when 1300.0 shares were sold. Director, Victoria J. Reich completed a deal on Jun 12 ’25 to buy 1300.0 shares. Meanwhile, EVP & PRES – INST GROUP Cook Gregory B sold 2234.0 shares on May 15 ’25.
