We estimate that the Chairman and CEO of ECOLAB INC. ($ECL), Christophe Beck, received a compensation of $25,910,127 in 2025.
These estimates are based on a new DEF14A filing, filed with the SEC on March 20, 2026. Note that parsing errors may occur.
You can track $ECL on Quiver Quantitative's $ECL stock dashboard.
$ECL Stock Insider Trading Activity
$ECL Stock 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
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
$ECL Stock Government Contracts
We have seen $3,534,353 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
- PEST CONTROL SERVICES: $177,782
To track government contracts to publicy traded companies, check out Quiver Quantitative's government contracts dashboard.
$ECL Stock 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.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
$ECL Stock Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 685 institutional investors add shares of $ECL Stock stock to their portfolio, and 839 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
- FMR LLC removed 930,472 shares (-34.7%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $244,267,509
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
$ECL Stock Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $ECL in the last several months. We have seen 6 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
- Barclays issued a "Overweight" rating on 10/29/2025
- Stifel issued a "Buy" rating on 10/29/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for $ECL Stock, check out Quiver Quantitative's $ECL forecast page.
$ECL Stock 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 $337.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- 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
- John McNulty from BMO Capital set a target price of $345.0 on 02/13/2026
- Seth Weber from Exane BNP Paribas set a target price of $345.0 on 02/12/2026
- Shlomo Rosenbaum from Stifel set a target price of $337.0 on 02/11/2026
- Patrick Cunningham from Citigroup set a target price of $345.0 on 02/11/2026
- Joshua Spector from UBS set a target price of $312.0 on 02/11/2026
This article is not financial advice. See Quiver Quantitative's disclaimers for more information. Note that there may be inaccuracies due to mistakes in ticker-mapping, and other anomalies.
