Ecolab, Inc (NYSE:ECL) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.45M but it saw 784117 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 74.49B USD, the company’s current market price of $262.75 came falling about -1.03 while comparing to the previous closing price of $265.48. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $273.69 and as low as $220.96. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $261.87 while lowest mark touched by it was $264.57.
The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Seaport Research Partners which upgraded the stock as “Buy” in its note to investors issued on April 21, 2025, recommending a price target of $290 for it. Wells Fargo downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Equal Weight” from “Overweight” on April 16, 2025 while assigning a price target of $230. Redburn Atlantic issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock is $270.
Over the week, ECL’s stock price is moving 0.14% up while it is 9.92% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 12.13% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 12.71%.
Currently, Ecolab, Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 283.51M with 0.18% of that held by the insiders while 91.86% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 12.77% and return on equity (ROE) at 24.62%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 35.74 while having a 31.12 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.04. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 8.39 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 4.75. Its return on asset (ROA) is 9.63% on average.
