Ecolab, Inc (NYSE:ECL) shares, rose in value on Friday, March 28, with the stock price down by -1.25% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $249.51.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $252.68, falling within a range of $249.2 and $254.13. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 1.144 whereas the PE ratio was 33.84 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $273.69, and the low was $217.05. On the whole, ECL has fluctuated by -6.61% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Ecolab, Inc currently standing at about $70.77 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-Feb-10. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 2.44, with its dividend yield at 0.98%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 15.98B, with a low estimate of 3.63B and a high estimate of 3.78B. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 3.71B.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that ECL’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 50% Buy on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 50% Buy.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 2.46, with the price of ECL currently trading nearly -3.02% and -2.36% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 38.24, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 1.32% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 1.74%. Furthermore, Ecolab, Inc (ECL)’s beta value is 1.16, and its average true range (ATR) is 4.33.
A comparison of Ecolab, Inc (ECL) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. ECL showed an intraday change of -1.25% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 9.32%%.
Data on historical trading for Ecolab, Inc (NYSE:ECL) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 1.51 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 1.37 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 283.35 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 10.48% of Ecolab, Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 79.61% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 1.94 million shares as on 2025-03-14, resulting in a short ratio of 1.33. According to the data, the short interest in Ecolab, Inc (ECL) stood at 78.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-03-14; the number of short shares registered in 2025-02-14 reached 2.38 million. The stock has risen by 6.48% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the ECL stock heading into the next quarter.
