ECL · Basic Materials
What a holder would want to know before buying ECL: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.
Today’s price is 15% above the lowest point of the past year and 9% below the highest.
Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 80% of days and more expensive on 20%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 98% of days.
3% above its average price of the last 200 trading days.
Fell 20% or more 3 times in 10 years. The deepest fall was 44%; the longest took 2.6 years to get back to its peak. Every one recovered.
Now 9% below the Feb 2026 peak.
Ecolab Inc. · Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals · a large company worth $79.01B
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,…
revenue profit
Sales of $16.08B in 2025, with $2.08B of profit. Sales grew in 3 of the last 3 years.
Keeps about 13 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.
Would need about 9.4 years of free cash flow to repay all its debt.
You pay $38 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $30 for every $1 of profit expected next year.
A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.
Pays 1.04% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Sep 15.
24 analysts: 20 say buy, 4 hold, 0 sell. Their average 12-month target is $325.05 (range $295.00–$360.00).
Insiders made 5 purchases and 5 sales in the last 6 months.
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