After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
ECL belongs to the Basic Materials sector of the NYSE while operating in the Specialty Chemicals industry. The current market capitalization of Ecolab, Inc is $71.91B. A total of 1.57 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.36M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Berger Larry L sold 10,858 shares of ECL for 266.95 per share on Feb 26 ’25. After the transaction, the EVP & CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER now owns 15,744 company shares. In a previous transaction on Feb 25 ’25, Bradway Jennifer J sold 856 shares at 267.37 per share. ECL shares that SVP & CORPORATE CONTROLLER owns now total 4,140.
Among the insiders who bought shares, Larry L. Berger acquired of 10,858 shares on Feb 26 ’25 at a per-share price of $265.69. In another insider transaction, Jennifer J. Bradway bought 856 shares at $263.81 per share on Feb 25 ’25.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Ecolab, Inc pays an annual dividend of $2.44, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.96%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 34.39. ECL’s most recent ex-dividend date was 0.97% when it declared a $0.65 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 3/18/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 12/17/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 1.05%. The ECL stock dividend was $0.65 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, ECL has a high of $273.69 and a low of $217.05.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. ECL’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $359.90M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $9.16B in debt and $3.55B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $30.91, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $7.25B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for ECL is Buy with a score of 4.04.
