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Ecolab Inc. (ECL)

Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | Saint Paul, United States | NYSE
271.85 USD -2.46 (-0.897%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 274.95 +3.10 (1.140%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 7:45 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★★⯪Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 6:57 a.m. EDT

Ecolab presents a compelling long-term case built on robust profitability and consistent growth, yet the short-term outlook is clouded by defensive positioning from traders and a premium valuation. The business generates strong returns on equity and maintains double-digit revenue expansion, supported by a decade-long price trajectory that confirms market confidence in its quality. However, the balance sheet carries moderate leverage and liquidity is tight, preventing a top-tier rating despite the operational excellence. For the immediate future, the technicals are slightly bullish, but the heavy put activity suggests investors are worried about volatility ahead. The dividend is a reliable income stream with a very safe payout ratio, though the yield itself is modest. Overall, this is a core holding for growth and stability, but timing the entry requires patience given the current defensive sentiment among option buyers.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.040178
AutoETS0.040178
AutoTheta0.041479
MSTL0.042724

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 46%
H-stat 0.40
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.168
Excess Kurtosis -0.69
Attribute Value
Sector Basic Materials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-06-15
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-15
Debt to Equity Ratio 92.369
Revenue per Share 58.146
Market Cap 76,508,790,784
Trailing P/E 36.84
Forward P/E 28.84
Beta 0.90
Profit Margins 12.80%
Website https://www.ecolab.com

As of July 11, 2026, 6:57 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively in the near term with significantly higher put volume and open interest compared to calls, suggesting a hedge against downside risk. However, call open interest remains concentrated at higher strikes (300 and 320), indicating some bullish speculation for a move toward the analyst mean. Implied volatility is elevated on calls relative to puts, reflecting uncertainty about upside potential.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.27% 1.06% 1.04% 1.11%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-16 0.730000 0.266550
2026-03-17 0.730000 0.267801
2025-12-16 0.730000 0.281278
2025-09-16 0.650000 0.246156
2025-06-17 0.650000 0.248718
2025-03-18 0.650000 0.256208
2024-12-17 0.650000 0.264045
2024-09-17 0.570000 0.227581
2024-06-18 0.570000 0.234288
2024-03-18 0.570000 0.249868
2023-12-18 0.570000 0.289708
2023-09-18 0.530000 0.301513
2023-06-16 0.530000 0.291145
2023-03-20 0.530000 0.339113
2022-12-19 0.530000 0.375328
2022-09-19 0.510000 0.319149
2022-06-17 0.510000 0.344199
2022-03-14 0.510000 0.309035
2021-12-13 0.510000 0.220359
2021-09-13 0.480000 0.213847
2021-06-14 0.480000 0.225098
2021-03-15 0.480000 0.222872
2020-12-14 0.480000 0.221198
2020-09-14 0.470000 0.229391
2020-06-15 0.470000 0.235129
2020-03-16 0.470000 0.282928
2019-12-16 0.470000 0.252715
2019-09-16 0.460000 0.239446
2019-06-17 0.460000 0.241546
2019-03-18 0.460000 0.262632
2018-12-17 0.460000 0.307404
2018-09-17 0.410000 0.262417
2018-06-18 0.410000 0.282895
2018-03-19 0.410000 0.300410
2017-12-18 0.410000 0.301826
2017-09-18 0.370000 0.283460
2017-06-16 0.370000 0.275544
2017-03-17 0.370000 0.295032
2016-12-16 0.370000 0.307641
2016-09-16 0.350000 0.298304
2016-06-17 0.350000 0.295110
2016-03-11 0.350000 0.329071
2015-12-11 0.350000 0.311416
2015-09-11 0.330000 0.300027
2015-06-12 0.330000 0.288815
2015-03-06 0.330000 0.287732
2014-12-12 0.330000 0.322486
2014-09-12 0.275000 0.238157
2014-06-13 0.275000 0.254276
2014-03-07 0.275000 0.250364
2013-12-13 0.275000 0.268083
2013-09-13 0.230000 0.240359
2013-06-14 0.230000 0.273712
2013-03-01 0.230000 0.299596
2012-12-14 0.230000 0.326149
2012-09-14 0.200000 0.311915
2012-06-15 0.200000 0.298418
2012-03-02 0.200000 0.335852
2011-12-16 0.200000 0.365497
2011-09-16 0.175000 0.337252
2011-06-17 0.175000 0.324374
2011-03-04 0.175000 0.361944
2010-12-17 0.175000 0.349511
2010-09-17 0.155000 0.309011
2010-06-11 0.155000 0.333764
2010-03-05 0.155000 0.359629
2009-12-11 0.155000 0.343148
2009-09-11 0.140000 0.318182
2009-06-12 0.140000 0.361851
2009-03-06 0.140000 0.468227
2008-12-12 0.140000 0.393701
2008-09-12 0.130000 0.268706
2008-06-13 0.130000 0.283905
2008-03-07 0.130000 0.288889
2007-12-14 0.130000 0.252968
2007-09-14 0.115000 0.269069
2007-06-15 0.115000 0.263580
2007-03-16 0.115000 0.272770
2006-12-15 0.115000 0.256868
2006-09-15 0.100000 0.238209
2006-06-16 0.100000 0.258532
2006-03-10 0.100000 0.254777
2005-12-16 0.100000 0.280112
2005-09-16 0.088000 0.269939
2005-06-17 0.088000 0.267966
2005-03-11 0.088000 0.271437
2004-12-17 0.088000 0.256410
2004-09-17 0.080000 0.255673
2004-06-14 0.080000 0.259740
2004-03-12 0.080000 0.287666
2003-12-19 0.080000 0.298063
2003-09-12 0.073000 0.279693
2003-06-13 0.073000 0.274436
2003-03-14 0.072500 0.297619
2002-12-19 0.072500 0.308708
2002-09-13 0.067500 0.309278
2002-06-14 0.067500 0.299800
2002-03-15 0.067500 0.290198
2001-12-14 0.067500 0.369357
2001-09-17 0.065000 0.371429
2001-09-10 0.130000 0.669241
2001-06-15 0.065000 0.320671
2001-03-16 0.065000 0.310041
2000-12-15 0.065000 0.317557
2000-09-15 0.060000 0.331606
2000-06-16 0.060000 0.324051
2000-03-17 0.060000 0.348457
1999-12-29 0.060000 0.310178
1999-09-17 0.052500 0.300537
1999-06-11 0.052500 0.240688
1999-03-12 0.052500 0.262911
1998-12-24 0.052500 0.300000
1998-09-11 0.047500 0.333333
1998-06-12 0.047500 0.310838
1998-03-13 0.047500 0.337029
1997-12-23 0.047500 0.350230
1997-09-12 0.040000 0.334204
1997-06-13 0.040000 0.361582
1997-03-14 0.040000 0.419672
1996-12-24 0.040000 0.421053
1996-09-13 0.035000 0.448000
1996-06-14 0.035000 0.432432
1996-03-15 0.035000 0.455285
1995-12-27 0.035000 0.472574
1995-09-15 0.031250 0.471698
1995-06-23 0.031250 0.512821
1995-03-08 0.031250 0.526316
1994-12-23 0.031250 0.641026
1994-09-14 0.027500 0.486188
1994-06-15 0.027500 0.500000
1994-03-09 0.027500 0.508671
1993-12-21 0.027500 0.483516
1993-09-15 0.023750 0.429379
1993-06-09 0.023750 0.470588
1993-03-10 0.023750 0.506667
1992-12-22 0.023750 0.522337
1992-09-09 0.021875 0.507246
1992-06-10 0.021875 0.544747
1992-03-11 0.021875 0.530303
1991-12-20 0.021875 0.642202
1991-09-11 0.021875 0.573770
1991-06-12 0.021875 0.666667
1991-03-13 0.021875 0.679612
1990-12-12 0.021875 0.823529
1990-09-12 0.020625 0.745763
1990-06-13 0.020625 0.613953
1990-03-14 0.020625 0.676923
1989-12-13 0.020625 0.613953
1989-09-13 0.020625 0.528000
1989-06-14 0.020625 0.584071
1989-03-15 0.020625 0.578947
1988-12-14 0.019375 0.620000
1988-09-14 0.019375 0.645833
1988-06-15 0.019375 0.673913
1988-03-16 0.019375 0.576744
1987-12-16 0.019375 0.704545
1987-09-16 0.019375 0.496000
1987-06-17 0.018125 0.487395
1987-03-18 0.018125 0.465863
1986-12-17 0.018125 0.659091
Additional Data
dividendRate 2.92
dividendYield 1.06
exDividendDate 2026-06-16
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.76
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.01006161
lastDividendValue 0.73
lastDividendDate 2026-06-16
dividendDate 2026-07-15

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.02266717
Address1 1 Ecolab Place
All Time High 309.27
All Time Low 1.0
Ask 271.89
Ask Size 40
Audit Risk 6
Average Analyst Rating 1.7 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,389,500
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,652,824
Average Volume 1,652,824
Average Volume10Days 1,389,500
Beta 0.895
Bid 271.09
Bid Size 360
Board Risk 7
Book Value 35.546
City Saint Paul
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 271.85
Current Ratio 0.991
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 275.87
Day Low 269.6101
Debt To Equity 92.369
Display Name Ecolab
Dividend Date 1,784,073,600
Dividend Rate 2.92
Dividend Yield 1.06
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,268,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,268,800
Earnings Growth 0.078
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.075
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,241,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,241,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,241,800
Ebitda 4,040,900,096
Ebitda Margins 0.24561001
Enterprise To Ebitda 21.105
Enterprise To Revenue 5.184
Enterprise Value 85,283,586,048
Eps Current Year 8.2064
Eps Forward 9.4273
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 7.38
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,781,568,000
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 651 225 3098
Fifty Day Average 262.8552
Fifty Day Average Change 8.994812
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.03421965
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 2.266717
Fifty Two Week High 309.27
Fifty Two Week High Change -37.419983
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.120994546
Fifty Two Week Low 243.15
Fifty Two Week Low Change 28.700012
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.11803419
Fifty Two Week Range 243.15 - 309.27
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 99,153,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.06
Float Shares 280,849,298
Forward Eps 9.4273
Forward P E 28.836464
Free Cashflow 1,586,424,960
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 48,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.44374
Gross Profits 7,300,599,808
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00158
Held Percent Institutions 0.93788004
Implied Shares Outstanding 281,437,502
Industry Specialty Chemicals
Industry Disp Specialty Chemicals
Industry Key specialty-chemicals
Ir Website http://investor.ecolab.com/
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,781,568,000
Last Dividend Value 0.73
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,055,116,800
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Global Water, Global Institutional & Specialty, Global Pest Elimination, and Global Life Sciences. The Global Water segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions to manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, primary metals and mining, power generation, global refining, petrochemical, pulp and paper industries. The Global Institutional & Specialty segment provides cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, healthcare, hospitality, lodging, government, education and retail industries. The Global Pest Elimination segment provides pest elimination services to detect, prevent, and eliminate pests comprising rodents and insects in full-service and quick-service restaurants, food and beverage processors, hotels, grocery operations, and other commercial segments, including education, life sciences, and healthcare. The Global Life Sciences segment provides cleaning and contamination control solutions to pharmaceutical and personal care manufacturers. It offers its products under the Ecolab, Kay, Purolite, and Bioquell brand names. The company sells its products through field sales and corporate account personnel, distributors, and dealers. Ecolab Inc. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Long Name Ecolab Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 76,508,790,784
Market State POSTPOST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_268799
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 2,105,699,968
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 77,201,121,173
Number Of Analyst Opinions 20
Open 274.07
Operating Cashflow 3,029,100,032
Operating Margins 0.16933
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.3735
Peg Ratio 2.55
Phone 800 232 6522
Post Market Change 3.100006
Post Market Change Percent 1.140337
Post Market Price 274.95
Post Market Time 1,783,986,332
Previous Close 274.31
Price Eps Current Year 33.126587
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 7.6478367
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 4.65034
Profit Margins 0.12798999
Quick Ratio 0.682
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.73077
Region US
Regular Market Change -2.45999
Regular Market Change Percent -0.896792
Regular Market Day High 275.87
Regular Market Day Low 269.6101
Regular Market Day Range 269.6101 - 275.87
Regular Market Open 274.07
Regular Market Previous Close 274.31
Regular Market Price 271.85
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,803
Regular Market Volume 835,677
Return On Assets 0.08009
Return On Equity 0.22427
Revenue Growth 0.1
Revenue Per Share 58.146
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Basic Materials
Sector Disp Basic Materials
Sector Key basic-materials
Share Holder Rights Risk 2
Shares Outstanding 281,437,502
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0128
Shares Short 3,615,944
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 3,564,476
Short Name Ecolab Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0147
Short Ratio 1.9
Source Interval 15
State MN
Symbol ECL
Target High Price 345.0
Target Low Price 275.0
Target Mean Price 319.4
Target Median Price 326.5
Total Cash 519,800,000
Total Cash Per Share 1.847
Total Debt 9,266,499,584
Total Revenue 16,452,299,776
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.76
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.01006161
Trailing Eps 7.38
Trailing P E 36.836044
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.5543
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 270.78845
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.061554
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.0039202333
Type Disp Equity
Volume 835,677
Website https://www.ecolab.com
Zip 55,102-2233