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Ecolab Inc ECL Stock Quote

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  • Last Close 168.96
  • Sector Basic Materials
  • Industry Specialty Chemicals
  • Investment Style Large Growth
  • Day Range 167.00  –  170.30
  • Year Range 131.04  –  191.41
  • Market Cap 47.8518 Bil
  • Volume / Avg 416,674.0 /  1.0 Mil
  • Price / Sales 3.27
  • Price / Book 6.37
  • Forward Div Yield 1.17%
  • Trailing Div Yield 1.26%

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Ecolab: Investor Day Highlights Long-Term Growth Strategy

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We maintain our $210 per share fair value estimate for Ecolab following the company's investor day. Our wide moat rating is also unchanged.

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Company Profile ECL

Business Description

Ecolab produces and markets cleaning and sanitation products for the hospitality, healthcare, and industrial markets. The firm is the global market share leader in this category with a wide array of products and services, including dish and laundry washing systems, pest control, and infection control products. The company has a strong hold on the U.S. market and is looking to increase its profitability abroad. Additionally, Ecolab serves customers in water, manufacturing, and life sciences end markets, selling customized solutions.

Contact
1 Ecolab Place
Saint Paul, MN, 55102
Industry Specialty Chemicals
Employees 47,000

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Price
168.09481.62129.5173.73
Currency
USDUSDUSDUSD
Change
−$0.87 (0.51%) +$2.75 (0.57%) −$0.90 (0.69%) +$0.95 (1.31%)
Market Cap
47.85 Bil49.23 Bil16.01 Bil33.83 Bil
Industry
Specialty Chemicals Specialty Business Services Household & Personal Products Specialty Chemicals
Sector
Basic Materials
Industrials
Consumer Defensive
Basic Materials

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FAQs for Ecolab Inc Stock

Yes. ECL has a forward dividend yield of 1.25%. See ECL’s full dividends and stock split history on the Dividend tab.
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ECL’s market cap is 47.85 Bil.
Market capitalization is calculated by taking a company’s share price and multiplying it by the total number of shares. It’s often used to measure a company’s size. In the Morningstar Style Box, large-cap names account for the largest 70% of U.S. stocks, mid-cap names account for the largest 70–90%, and small-cap names are the remaining 10% of companies.

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ECL’s stock style is Large Growth.
Style is an investment factor that has a meaningful impact on investment risk and returns. Style is calculated by combining value and growth scores, which are first individually calculated.

High-growth stocks tend to represent the technology, healthcare, and communications sectors. They rarely distribute dividends to shareholders, opting for reinvestment in their businesses. More value-oriented stocks tend to represent financial services, utilities, and energy stocks. These are established companies that reliably pay dividends.

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ECL’s price/sales is 3.27.
Price/sales represents the amount an investor is willing to pay for a dollar generated from a particular company’s sales or revenues.

ECL’s price/forward earnings is 41.11.
Forward P/E gives some indication of how cheap or expensive a stock is compared with consensus earnings estimates. The lower the Forward P/E, the cheaper the stock.

ECL’s price/book is 6.37.
Price/book ratio can tell investors approximately how much they’re paying for a company’s assets, based on historical, rather than current, valuations. Historical valuations generally do not reflect a company’s current market value. Value investors frequently look for companies that have low price/book ratios.

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ECL’s beta can be found in Trading Information at the top of this page.
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