ECOLAB ($ECL) posted quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The company reported earnings of $1.89 per share, missing estimates of $1.92 by $0.03. The company also reported revenue of $4,025,200,000, missing estimates of $4,055,300,964 by $-30,100,964.
You can see Quiver Quantitative's $ECL stock page to track data on insider trading, hedge fund activity, congressional trading, and more.
ECOLAB Insider Trading Activity
ECOLAB insiders have traded $ECL stock on the open market 10 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 2 have been purchases and 8 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $ECL stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- LARRY L BERGER (EVP & CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER) sold 10,858 shares for an estimated $2,898,575
- NICHOLAS J. ALFANO (EVP & PRES - GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL) sold 9,930 shares for an estimated $2,519,737
- MACHIEL DUIJSER (EVP & CSCO) sold 5,721 shares for an estimated $1,510,572
- GREGORY B COOK (EVP & PRES - INST GROUP) sold 2,234 shares for an estimated $565,202
- ARTHUR J HIGGINS sold 1,800 shares for an estimated $473,490
- TRACY B MCKIBBEN sold 1,704 shares for an estimated $451,035
- VICTORIA REICH sold 1,300 shares for an estimated $352,300
- DAVID MACLENNAN has made 2 purchases buying 900 shares for an estimated $231,678 and 0 sales.
- JENNIFER J BRADWAY (SVP & CORPORATE CONTROLLER) sold 856 shares for an estimated $228,866
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
ECOLAB Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 699 institutional investors add shares of ECOLAB stock to their portfolio, and 715 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- GAMMA INVESTING LLC removed 1,805,741 shares (-99.6%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $486,538,855
- VONTOBEL HOLDING LTD. added 1,109,585 shares (+119.7%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $298,966,582
- MORGAN STANLEY added 1,083,941 shares (+18.4%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $274,800,722
- AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE CO added 996,400 shares (+27677.8%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $252,607,328
- DZ BANK AG DEUTSCHE ZENTRAL GENOSSENSCHAFTS BANK, FRANKFURT AM MAIN added 816,729 shares (+47.9%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $207,057,136
- UBS GROUP AG added 685,184 shares (+77.2%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $173,707,847
- FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP added 663,591 shares (+175.3%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $168,233,590
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
ECOLAB Government Contracts
We have seen $2,902,972 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: $288,467
- WATER TREATMENT SERVICES: $178,128
- PEST CONTROL SERVICES: $177,782
- ORDERING PERIOD 2: $146,289
- LAUNDRY SERVICES AT THE MINNEAPOLIS VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM: $144,677
To track government contracts to publicy traded companies, check out Quiver Quantitative's government contracts dashboard.
ECOLAB Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $ECL stock 3 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 2 have been purchases and 1 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $ECL stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON SHREVE has traded it 2 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $250,000 on 04/07 and 1 sale worth up to $250,000 on 05/08.
- SENATOR JOHN BOOZMAN purchased up to $15,000 on 02/26.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
ECOLAB Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $ECL in the last several months. We have seen 7 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Mizuho issued a "Outperform" rating on 07/15/2025
- Citigroup issued a "Buy" rating on 07/03/2025
- Stifel issued a "Buy" rating on 04/30/2025
- Seaport Global issued a "Buy" rating on 04/21/2025
- Barclays issued a "Overweight" rating on 04/17/2025
- BMO Capital issued a "Outperform" rating on 03/03/2025
- Piper Sandler issued a "Overweight" rating on 02/24/2025
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 11 analysts offer price targets for $ECL in the last 6 months, with a median target of $290.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- John Roberts from Mizuho set a target price of $305.0 on 07/15/2025
- Joshua Spector from UBS set a target price of $288.0 on 07/09/2025
- Patrick Cunningham from Citigroup set a target price of $325.0 on 07/03/2025
- Jason Haas from Wells Fargo set a target price of $260.0 on 05/20/2025
- Shlomo Rosenbaum from Stifel set a target price of $303.0 on 04/30/2025
- Andrew Wittmann from Baird set a target price of $273.0 on 04/30/2025
- Michael Harrison from Seaport Global set a target price of $290.0 on 04/21/2025
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