Ep Wealth Advisors Reduces $359K in Ecolab Inc. ($ECL)

Key Points

  • Ep Wealth Advisors changed its Ecolab Inc. ($ECL) stake by 2.66% last quarter, cutting to 47,222 shares worth $13.16 million.
  • Wall Street's consensus rating on $ECL is Buy and an average price target of $324.95.
  • $ECL last traded around $278.61.

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Ep Wealth Advisors trimmed its position in Ecolab Inc. ($ECL) by 2.66% during the most recent quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 47,222 shares of Ecolab Inc. after selling 1,290 shares during the quarter. Ep Wealth Advisors's holdings in Ecolab Inc. were worth $13.16 million as of its most recent filing.

Ecolab Inc. Stock Down 2.8%

Shares of Ecolab Inc. ($ECL) traded around $278.61 on Saturday, down 2.8% for the day.

Last price$278.61
Market cap$79.39B
P/E ratio38.48
Forward P/E30.07
PEG ratio2.95
Beta0.89
52-week low$243.15
52-week high$309.27
50-day MA$278.35
200-day MA$272.46
Current ratio1.84
Quick ratio1.50
Debt-to-equity1.38

Ecolab Inc. Earnings

EPS (ttm)$7.36
Revenue (ttm)$16.84B
Revenue growth9.70%
Net margin12.57%
Return on equity21.96%
Next earningsOct 27, 2026

Ecolab Inc. Dividend

Annual dividend$2.92
Dividend yield102%
Payout ratio38.12%
Ex-dividend dateSep 15, 2026

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ConsensusBuy
Average target$324.95
High target$360
Low target$295
Analysts covering21

About Ecolab Inc.

Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Global Water, Global Institutional & Specialty, Global Pest Elimination, and Global Life Sciences. The Global Water segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions to manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, primary metals and mining, power generation, global refining, petrochemical, pulp and paper industries. The Global Institutional & Specialty segment provides cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, healthcare, hospitality, lodging, government, education and retail industries. The Global Pest Elimination segment provides pest elimination services to detect, prevent, and eliminate pests comprising rodents and insects in full-service and quick-service restaurants, food and beverage processors, hotels, grocery operations, and other commercial segments, including education, life sciences, and healthcare. The Global Life Sciences segment provides cleaning and contamination control solutions to pharmaceutical and personal care manufacturers. It offers its products under the Ecolab, Kay, Purolite, and Bioquell brand names. The company sells its products through field sales and corporate account personnel, distributors, and dealers. Ecolab Inc. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

ExchangeNYSE
SectorBasic Materials
IndustrySpecialty Chemicals
HeadquartersSaint Paul, MN
CEOMr. Christophe Beck
Employees48,000

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