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NYSE · ECL
Ecolab Inc.
Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
$300.68
Down-$5.15 (-1.68%)
Updated Nov 8, 2026, 4:32 AM
SID Score
7.1/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
47/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 74.07B
- P/E ratio
- 37.33
- Dividend yield
- 1.11%
- 52-week range
- $243.15 – $318.93
- Volume
- 2.22M
- Avg. volume
- 1.48M
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ECL price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Nov 6, 2026
ECL closed at $300.68 after 20 trading sessions, up 5.76% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $300.68
- Period change
- +5.76%
- Period low
- $284.30
- Period high
- $315.01
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2026 | $300.00 | $304.145 | $297.00 | $300.68 | 2.22M |
| Nov 5, 2026 | $318.85 | $318.93 | $303.68 | $305.83 | 2.63M |
| Nov 4, 2026 | $311.00 | $315.58 | $305.82 | $315.01 | 2.75M |
| Nov 3, 2026 | $307.60 | $307.88 | $303.58 | $304.68 | 1.26M |
| Nov 2, 2026 | $305.99 | $310.00 | $302.70 | $308.38 | 1.49M |
| Oct 30, 2026 | $301.84 | $305.71 | $300.71 | $302.98 | 1.74M |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $295.13 | $302.59 | $293.29 | $300.86 | 2.03M |
| Oct 28, 2026 | $290.73 | $293.81 | $288.24 | $292.41 | 1.17M |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $284.16 | $294.75 | $283.99 | $291.27 | 1.57M |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $288.96 | $290.84 | $287.11 | $288.89 | 1.36M |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $290.58 | $292.28 | $286.57 | $288.53 | 994.37K |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $287.81 | $292.58 | $286.9401 | $292.30 | 1.25M |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $287.92 | $289.67 | $285.00 | $288.09 | 1.4M |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $285.95 | $288.6099 | $283.7427 | $288.16 | 1.84M |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $287.35 | $289.9998 | $284.12 | $285.94 | 1.97M |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $292.28 | $294.29 | $286.00 | $288.89 | 3.4M |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $292.15 | $295.95 | $290.38 | $290.81 | 1.95M |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $284.63 | $288.29 | $284.37 | $287.71 | 1.1M |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $286.31 | $286.995 | $283.69 | $285.66 | 1.15M |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $281.00 | $285.568 | $278.85 | $284.30 | 875.06K |
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Ecolab produces and markets cleaning and sanitation products for the industrial manufacturing, hospitality, healthcare, and life sciences 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. Additionally, Ecolab sells customized water management solutions across its end markets. The company has a strong hold on the US market and is growing its presence abroad.
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- Buy
- Average target
- $318.25
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 16
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | — |
| Oct 28, 2026 | UBS | Buy | — |
| Oct 28, 2026 | Citigroup | Buy | — |
| Oct 28, 2026 | JP Morgan | Overweight | — |
| Oct 5, 2026 | UBS | Buy | — |
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CNBC · Nov 5, 2026
The less water AI data centers use, the more power they consume. Here’s why.
U.S. voters passed 40 ballot measures putting limits on AI data centers this week, as huge 1GW data centers from OpenAI, Meta, SpaceXAI, Amazon, Google and more push up water and power bills and put a strain on local resources. Closed-loop liquid cooling keeps water use low inside many modern AI data centers, but external cooling requires large amounts of power or water in hot climates. CNBC visited data centers and spoke to researchers to find out the truth about how data centers use water.
Benzinga · Nov 3, 2026
Here’s How Much You Would Have Made Owning Ecolab Stock In The Last 20 Years
Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 1.14% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 10.0%. Currently, Ecolab has a market capitalization of $86.49 billion. Buying
Yahoo · Nov 3, 2026
3 Dividend Aristocrats Growing Their Payouts the Fastest
Some Dividend Aristocrats raise their payouts at a pace that turns a small starting yield into a compounding income machine, but the tradeoffs between yield, growth rate, and financial safety look very different across these three names.
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