Insider buying last 90 days
$1.02Min 2 open-market purchases
| Filed | Insider | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14 | Green Eric Mark director | Purchase | $932K |
| Sep 14 | Green Eric Mark director | Purchase | $89K |
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
NYSE: ECL
Ecolab (ECL) Stock Analysis & Forecast
$269.46−2.22 (−0.8%)
Close on Sep 18, 2026. Page updated Sep 19, 9:17 pm ET.
Gekko Brief
AI summaryEcolab (ECL) closes at $269.46, down 0.8% on the day, with its 50-day average at $277.74 and 200-day average at $273.12, leaving the trend mixed. The GekkoIndex reading stands at 67.4, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone, and price sits 2.4% above Gekko Fair Value of $263.08.
Coverage this week centers on valuation and culture rather than operating news: one piece questions whether ECL is fully priced after a 59.2% run over three years, weighing current levels against cash flows, while another highlights Ecolab earning Great Place to Work Certification in the United States, with 74% of U.S. employees affirming it as a strong workplace. Alongside these, a filing shows Director Eric Mark Green purchased $1,020,797 of stock, or 3,690 shares.
Looking ahead, the next earnings report is scheduled for 27 October 2026, 37 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day holding window. Over the last 90 days, insider activity shows 2 open-market purchases. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged -1.1% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them. Analyst coverage from 17 firms includes 15 buy and 2 hold ratings, with a consensus target of $324.95, implying 20.6% upside from current levels. History following an Accumulation reading shows an average 20-day return of 2.6%, worth noting alongside the fair value gap.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 20, 2026 from the data above.
Price vs fair value
Close $269.46200-day averageGekko Fair Value $263.08
Key stats
- Market cap
- $75.84B
- P/E ratio
- 36.8
- Forward P/E
- 29.4
- EPS, TTM
- $7.39
- Revenue, TTM
- $16.84B
- Profit margin
- 12.6%
- Dividend yield
- 1.04%
- Beta
- 0.89
- Volume
- 2.49M avg 1.33M
- 1-year return
- +1.5%
- Typical daily move
- ±1.9%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.4%
- 50-day average
- $277.74
- 200-day average
- $273.12
- Next earnings
- Oct 27
- Shares outstanding
- 280.3M
Ecolab swing-trade checklist
Ecolab scores 3 supportive, 3 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 6 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive3 mixed0 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $269.46 sits between the 50-day ($277.74) and 200-day ($273.12) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
67.4, Accumulation
Reading 67.4 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
2.4% above
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (2.4% above).
See fair value - Smart moneysupportive
Leans bullish
Last 90 days: 2 open-market insider purchases.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 37 days
Next report Oct 27, 2026, 37 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitymixed
−1.1% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged −1.1% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
See seasonality
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Ecolab stock chart and price history
Ecolab closed at $269.46 on Sep 18, 2026, +1.5% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $243.15 to $309.27.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −5.7%
- 3 months
- +0.1%
- 6 months
- +4.2%
- 1 year
- +1.5%
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About Ecolab
Ecolab supplies water treatment, cleaning, sanitizing, and pest control solutions to businesses across the United States and other countries. It is widely recognized for its work helping manufacturing, foodservice, healthcare, and hospitality operations manage water use, hygiene standards, and contamination risks.
The company runs its business through four segments. One focuses on water treatment for industries such as food and beverage processing, transportation, mining, power generation, and paper production. Another supplies cleaning and sanitizing products to foodservice, healthcare, hospitality, education, and retail customers. A third handles pest elimination services for restaurants, hotels, grocery businesses, and similar commercial settings. The fourth serves pharmaceutical and personal care manufacturers with contamination control products. Its offerings are marketed under names including Ecolab, Kay, Purolite, and Bioquell, and reach customers through direct sales teams as well as distributors and dealers.
Founded in 1923, Ecolab is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker ECL.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Chemicals: specialty
- Website
- ecolab.com
Ecolab GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Ecolab’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 67.4, in the Accumulation zone, up 5.6 points over five sessions.
67.4Accumulation
Up 5.6 points over five sessions.
Reading for Sep 18, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 14 | +1.3% | +6.5% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 183 | +0.6% | +2.6% | ||
| Neutral | 426 | +0.1% | +0.6% | ||
| Distribution | 35 | +0.6% | −1.1% | ||
| Selling | 4 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average ECL share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.3% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is Ecolab stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Ecolab trades 2.4% above Gekko Fair Value of $263.08, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Ecolab shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$263.08
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 19, 2026
2.4% above fair value · About fair value
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Ecolab insider and Congress trading
Insiders filed 2 open-market purchases in Ecolab worth $1.02M, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in ECL were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Ecolab has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $324.9M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.43%
- Trailing four quarters
- $1.13B
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
0of the funds Gekko tracks hold ECL.
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Ecolab earnings: next date and track record
Ecolab reports on Oct 27, 2026 (37 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Oct 27, 2026
37 days away
- EPS estimate
- $2.18
- Revenue estimate
- $4.70B
4 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±4.7%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Jul 28, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Ecolab delivered strong Q2 2026 results with adjusted EPS growing 11% and organic sales growth of 5%. Life Sciences accelerated to 15% growth with mid-20% operating margins, while Ecolab Digital grew 27% and Global High-Tech surged 29% driven by AI infrastructure demand. The company acquired CoolIT Systems on July 2, bringing Global High-Tech to ~$1.5B annualized sales. Pricing strengthened to 4% in Q2, offsetting rising commodity costs.
- Guidance
- Management expects second-half pricing to reach targeted 5-6% range, offsetting commodity cost headwinds. Life Sciences Q3 operating margin expected in high-teens as investments continue. Ecolab Digital targets long-term growth exceeding 20%, with connected pest devices reaching 1 million by year-end.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | $2.09 est $2.08 | $4.42B est $4.38B | +4.5% |
| Apr 28, 2026 | $1.70 est $1.71 | $4.07B est $4.03B | −4.2% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | $2.08 est $2.07 | $4.19B est $4.19B | +5.3% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | $2.07 est $2.07 | $4.17B est $4.12B | −8.0% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | $1.89 est $1.90 | $4.03B est $4.02B | −2.5% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $1.50 est $1.50 | $3.70B est $3.70B | +5.2% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | $1.81 est $1.80 | $4.01B est $3.99B | +6.5% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | $1.83 est $1.82 | $4.00B est $4.03B | −1.5% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Ecolab stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Ecolab is $324.95, +20.6% from the last close, from 17 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$324.95consensus 12-month target, +20.6% from the last close
Now $269.46Avg $324.95
Low $295High $360
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 17 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15 | Wells Fargo | $295 | +9.5% |
| Aug 26 | Barclays | $300 | +11.3% |
| Aug 19 | Bank of America Securities | — | — |
| Aug 18 | RBC Capital | $337 | +25.1% |
| Aug 17 | Barclays | $300 | +11.3% |
+2.6%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
−1.1%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±1.9%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Ecolab seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 19, Ecolab averaged −1.1% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | −1.5% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −1.7% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −2.5% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | −1.1% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | −1.2% | 2 of 5 |
For scale, ECL’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 4.4%.
Ecolab market cap and key statistics
Ecolab’s market cap is $75.84B, with a P/E ratio of 36.8 and revenue of $16.84B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $75.84B
- P/E ratio
- 36.8
- Forward P/E
- 29.4
- EPS, TTM
- $7.39
- Gekko Fair Value
- $263.08
Trading
- Volume
- 2.49M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 1.33M
- 52-week high
- $309.27
- 52-week low
- $243.15
- Shares outstanding
- 280.3M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $16.84B
- Profit margin
- 12.6%
- Return on equity
- 22%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +3.3%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.89
- Typical daily move
- ±1.9%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.4%
- Dividend yield
- 1.04%
Ecolab stock news this week
Coverage of Ecolab this week reads positive: 9 positive, 5 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
- Ecolab Inc (ECJ) Q4 2022 Earnings Report - Results, Call & SlidesTipRanks, Sep 19
- 114,612 Shares in Ecolab Inc. $ECL Acquired by Nykredit A SDefense World, Sep 19
- Ecolab Inc (ECJ) Q1 2023 Earnings Report - Results, Call & SlidesTipRanks, Sep 19
- Ecolab Inc (ECJ) Q1 2024 Earnings Report - Results, Call & SlidesTipRanks, Sep 19
- Ecolab Inc (ECJ) Q2 2024 Earnings Report - Results, Call & SlidesTipRanks, Sep 18
- Ecolab (ECL) Stock May Be Fully Priced After Its 59% RunYahoo Finance, Sep 16
Ecolab peers
Ecolab’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| LINLinde | Buying | 9.1% below |
| APDAir Products and Chemicals | Buying | 10.5% below |
| DOWDow | Accumulation | 34.5% below |
| LYBLyondellBasell Industries | Accumulation | 9.8% below |
| ALBAlbemarle | Accumulation | 23.0% below |
| WLKWestlake | Accumulation | 24.8% below |
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Ecolab stock FAQ
What is Ecolab’s market cap?
Ecolab’s market cap is $75.84B at the Sep 18, 2026 close of $269.46, with 280.3M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 36.8.
What is the Ecolab stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Ecolab is $324.95, +20.6% from the last close. Of the 17 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 15 rate it a buy, 2 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Ecolab stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Ecolab is about fair value: the Sep 18, 2026 close of $269.46 is 2.4% above Gekko Fair Value of $263.08. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Ecolab report earnings next?
Ecolab is expected to report on Oct 27, 2026 (37 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $2.18 per share on revenue of $4.70B. Ecolab beat the earnings estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports, moving 4.7% on average across the report.
What is Ecolab’s 52-week high and low?
Ecolab’s 52-week high is $309.27 and its 52-week low is $243.15; it closed at $269.46 on Sep 18, 2026, +1.5% over the past year.
Is Ecolab stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 6 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, smart money and earnings risk), 3 as mixed (trend, fair value and seasonality). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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