About Ecolab Inc. (ECL)

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.

ECL Key Statistics

ECL Price Performance

Ecolab Inc. stock has returned -3.68% over the past day, -6.46% over the past week, -4.58% over the past month, and +4.90% over the past three months. The stock trades between a 52-week low of $221.62 and a high of $309.27.

ECL Financial Fundamentals

Ecolab Inc. reports a return on equity (ROE) of +22.40%, operating margin of +18.02%, profit margin of +1290.70%, and revenue growth of +17.80%. The debt-to-equity ratio is 0.92. Current ratio stands at 1.08.

ECL Earnings

Ecolab Inc.'s next earnings report is expected on 2026-04-28 (54 days away). with an average surprise of -0.89%. Earnings consistency is rated as "low".

ECL Ownership

Institutional investors hold approximately +0.94% of ECL shares across 10 institutions. Insider ownership is +0.00%. Insider sentiment is "bearish".

ECL Short Interest

ECL has a short interest of +1.28% of float with a short ratio (days to cover) of 2.4.

ECL AI Analysis Signal

iGotFomo's AI-powered signal engine rates ECL as "LEAN SELL" with MEDIUM confidence (score: 35/100). 4 signals are bullish, 7 are bearish, and 1 are neutral.