ECOLAB ($ECL) posted quarterly earnings results for Q1 2026 on Tuesday, April 28th. The company reported earnings of $1.70 per share, missing estimates of $1.71 by $0.01. The company also reported revenue of $4,066,100,000, beating estimates of $4,064,133,596 by $1,966,404.
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ECOLAB Insider Trading Activity
ECOLAB insiders have traded $ECL stock on the open market 11 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 10 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $ECL stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- CHRISTOPHE BECK (CHAIRMAN & CEO) has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 41,714 shares for an estimated $11,823,594.
- NICHOLAS J. ALFANO (EVP & PRES - GLOBAL WATER) sold 9,501 shares for an estimated $2,884,313
- GREGORY B COOK (EVP & PRES - INST GROUP) sold 3,519 shares for an estimated $1,070,655
- TRACY B MCKIBBEN sold 1,265 shares for an estimated $390,454
- BOO ALEXANDER A. DE (EVP & PRES - GLOBAL MARKETS) sold 1,422 shares for an estimated $381,451
- VICTORIA REICH sold 1,000 shares for an estimated $301,080
- DAVID MACLENNAN purchased 750 shares for an estimated $193,197
- JENNIFER J BRADWAY (SVP & CORPORATE CONTROLLER) sold 613 shares for an estimated $185,132
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ECOLAB Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 707 institutional investors add shares of ECOLAB stock to their portfolio, and 749 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC removed 10,242,887 shares (-74.7%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $2,688,962,695
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added 4,130,472 shares (+63.6%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $1,084,331,509
- CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS added 3,894,309 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $1,022,333,998
- ROCKEFELLER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.P. added 1,608,612 shares (+1442.7%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $422,292,822
- WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP removed 1,541,913 shares (-92.5%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $404,783,000
- BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT HOLDING S.A. added 1,166,063 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $306,114,858
- AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE CO removed 941,472 shares (-99.6%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $250,450,381
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ECOLAB Government Contracts
We have seen $3,207,833 of award payments to $ECL over the last year.
Here are some of the awards which we have have seen pay out the most over the last year:
- BUFFALO AND BATAVIA VA MEDICAL CENTERS DOMESTIC WATER TREATMENT SERVICE PLAN: $294,061
- MONOCHLORAMINE SYSTEMS WATER MANAGEMENT SERVICES: $267,991
- HAZMAT CLEANING SUPPLIES FOR SD METRO GALLEYS: $248,936
- WATER TREATMENT SERVICES: $178,128
- ORDERING PERIOD 2: $146,289
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ECOLAB Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $ECL stock 3 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 2 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $ECL stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE LISA C. MCCLAIN has traded it 3 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $15,000 on 10/30 and 2 sales worth up to $30,000 on 10/31, 10/30.
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ECOLAB Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $ECL in the last several months. We have seen 4 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Exane BNP Paribas issued a "Outperform" rating on 02/12/2026
- Jefferies issued a "Buy" rating on 02/11/2026
- Citigroup issued a "Buy" rating on 01/21/2026
- Evercore ISI Group issued a "Outperform" rating on 11/03/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for ECOLAB, check out Quiver Quantitative's $ECL forecast page.
ECOLAB Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $ECL recently. We have seen 12 analysts offer price targets for $ECL in the last 6 months, with a median target of $333.5.
Here are some recent targets:
- Steve Byrne from B of A Securities set a target price of $345.0 on 04/21/2026
- Patrick Cunningham from Citigroup set a target price of $330.0 on 04/13/2026
- Joshua Spector from UBS set a target price of $293.0 on 04/09/2026
- Jeffrey Zekauskas from JP Morgan set a target price of $295.0 on 03/24/2026
- Andrew Wittmann from Baird set a target price of $296.0 on 03/24/2026
- Jason Haas from Wells Fargo set a target price of $285.0 on 03/18/2026
- Stephen Richardson from Evercore ISI Group set a target price of $312.0 on 02/18/2026
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