Ecolab Inc.

NYSE:ECL Stock Report

Market Cap: US$75.0b

Ecolab Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NYSE:ECL Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
13 Feb 25BuyUS$105,806David MacLennanIndividual400US$264.51
13 Feb 25SellUS$1,510,573Machiel DuijserIndividual5,721US$264.04
22 Nov 24SellUS$67,194,910Cascade Investment, L.L.C.Company276,542US$246.85
19 Nov 24SellUS$40,085,876Cascade Investment, L.L.C.Company163,458US$246.38
15 Nov 24SellUS$49,328,036Cascade Investment, L.L.C.Company200,000US$249.68
13 Nov 24SellUS$75,804,252Cascade Investment, L.L.C.Company304,328US$249.95
11 Nov 24SellUS$34,893,088Cascade Investment, L.L.C.Company139,570US$251.08
07 Nov 24SellUS$30,970,074Cascade Investment, L.L.C.Company126,102US$247.45
04 Nov 24SellUS$195,928,894Cascade Investment, L.L.C.Company796,813US$249.87
02 Aug 24BuyUS$156,265David MacLennanIndividual650US$240.41
03 May 24BuyUS$147,788David MacLennanIndividual650US$227.37

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: ECL insiders have sold more shares than they have bought in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of ECL?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Private Companies2,9670.00105%
State or Government278,5600.0984%
Individual Insiders292,8080.103%
General Public25,862,1639.13%
Institutions256,725,31990.7%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 53.37% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
10.3%
Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
29,178,741US$7.7b-6.44%13.15%
8.53%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
24,149,744US$6.4b0.44%0.09%
8.23%
BlackRock, Inc.
23,295,612US$6.2b4.43%0.09%
4.17%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
11,815,035US$3.1b4.76%0.11%
1.86%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
5,273,277US$1.4b1.77%0.09%
1.84%
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust
5,218,044US$1.4b0%3.07%
1.75%
Wellington Management Group LLP
4,968,703US$1.3b-3.53%0.21%
1.61%
Aristotle Capital Management, LLC
4,551,362US$1.2b-0.25%2.2%
1.61%
UBS Asset Management AG
4,547,610US$1.2b-5.29%0.1%
1.41%
Pictet Asset Management Limited
3,995,817US$1.1b8.25%0.71%
1.2%
Eaton Vance Management
3,383,882US$895.7m-1.56%0.19%
1.11%
Northern Trust Global Investments
3,129,058US$828.2m19.7%0.11%
0.95%
Royal Bank of Canada, Banking & Securities Investments
2,688,970US$711.7m6.52%0.33%
0.93%
Franklin Resources, Inc.
2,623,310US$694.4m-3.25%0.23%
0.92%
Amundi Asset Management SAS
2,607,995US$690.3m4.5%0.13%
0.8%
Invesco Capital Management LLC
2,258,440US$597.8m9.47%0.21%
0.79%
Norges Bank Investment Management
2,225,156US$589.0m7.33%0.04%
0.78%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
2,202,305US$582.9m-12.7%0.12%
0.76%
Capital Research and Management Company
2,166,066US$573.3m18.3%0.03%
0.73%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
2,053,680US$543.6m-1.9%0.14%
0.68%
Mirova US LLC
1,916,391US$507.2m-3.59%4.52%
0.63%
Brown Advisory Incorporated
1,783,452US$472.1m-16%0.57%
0.61%
FMR LLC
1,735,985US$459.5m-5.65%0.03%
0.6%
Union Asset Management Holding AG
1,691,556US$447.7m6.86%0.31%
0.59%
Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage Investments
1,668,355US$441.6m9.57%0.05%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/22 23:35
End of Day Share Price 2025/02/21 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Ecolab Inc. is covered by 43 analysts. 21 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John EadeArgus Research Company
Colin IsaacAtlantic Equities LLP
Andrew WittmannBaird