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Ecolab Inc. Stock: price and insider trades · United States
1 insider bought €879k of shares over the last 90 days, the latest filed 14 Sept 2026.
Ecolab Inc.: what insiders have been doing
Headquartered in Saint Paul, United States, Ecolab Inc. belongs to the Chemicals & Materials sector and traces its origins to 1923. Filings by its managers are published through SEC (Form 4). In the past year (18 October 2025 to 18 October 2026), 92 filings came from 30 insiders.
Both sides are active: 6 purchases worth €1.3M and 5 sales worth €6.5M, from 4 insiders and 5 insiders respectively. The totals do not cover 3 filings with an undisclosed amount. Unlike grants, an open-market purchase is paid for by the insider, at the market price. The buyers include 4 senior executives. Biggest ticket of the year: €4.3M, sold by Beck Christophe and made public on 20 August 2026 (0.0064% of market cap).
The most recent open-market purchase was published on 14 September 2026, 34 days ago. Filings reach the SEC (Form 4) feed a median of 2 days after the trade. For comparison, the SEC allows two business days to file a Form 4.
With 92 filings in twelve months, the company is more active than the median of 19 filings across the 5,814 companies we follow on the same exchange. Looking back to 2016, when coverage begins, insiders filed 23 purchases and 23 sales. On the fundamentals side, the SEC filing (10-K) for the period ending 31 December 2025 lists revenue at 16.08 bn USD and net income at 2.08 bn USD; the dividend was 2.68 USD per share.
In the same sector, recent insider purchases at Culp Inc also feature in our signals. Source: insider filings from SEC (Form 4). Past trades are no guide to future returns.
Insider Decl.
505
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€36M
23 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€97M
23 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleGates William H III6 sales
David MacLennan5 buys
Eric Mark Green2 buys
Brown Darrell R1 sale
Christophe Beck1 sale
Clark Benjamin M.1 buy
+5 other insiders
Since the insiders bought
- +6.2%Entry US$273.87 · Close 15 Oct 2026 US$290.81
- +9.6%Entry US$265.41 · Close 15 Oct 2026 US$290.81
- +17.4%Entry US$247.62 · Close 15 Oct 2026 US$290.81
Entry is the close on the day after publication, the first price a reader could act on. Prices in the listing currency. Past moves are not a forecast.
Analyst consensus: bullish or bearish?
Analysts rate Ecolab Inc. Buy (bullish), based on 21 analysts. Average price target: US$325.05.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Fundamental score
Ranked 10,985 of 24,161 companies
53.9
score / 100
Value39
Quality68
FCF yld2.4%
Earn yld2.6%
EV/EBITDA23.5x
ROE22%
Gross mgn44%
Net mgn13%
Debt/EBITDA2.3x
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended December 2025 · cache
US$287.71
Analyst consensus
21 analystsBuy
US$295.00Target US$325.05(+13%)US$360.00
Income statement
RevenueUS$16.1B
Gross profitUS$7.2B44% margin
EBITDAUS$3.8B24% margin
Net incomeUS$2.1B12.6% margin
Valuation
PER (trailing)38.6x
PER (forward)30.6x
P/Book8.0x
Beta0.88
Balance sheet & cash
Market capUS$80.7B
Total debtUS$9B
Free Cash FlowUS$1.9B
Debt / Equity138%
Profitability & ownership
ROE22.0%
ROA7.2%
% insiders0.2%
% institutions94.0%
Last declaration on 2 October 2026
Declarations505 total
131.17 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-26-064654:0
131.17 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-26-064628:0
131.17 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-26-064623:0
46.36 shares@ US$276.3550.0000% mcap2.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001628280-26-064623:1
144.75 shares@ US$276.3550.0001% mcap3.7% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001628280-26-064591:1
131.18 shares@ US$276.3550.0000% mcap50.5% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001628280-26-064577:1
131.17 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-26-064643:0
131.17 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-26-064636:0
131.17 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-26-064631:0
131.17 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-26-064602:0
131.17 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-26-064598:0
131.17 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-26-064591:0
131.17 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-26-064580:0
131.17 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-26-064571:0
131.17 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-26-064577:0
3,370 shares@ US$276.5770.0012% mcap87.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001628280-26-061859:0
Canonical exit: 10 Dec 2026 (T+90)
320 shares@ US$277.2910.0001% mcap8.4% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001628280-26-061859:1
Canonical exit: 10 Dec 2026 (T+90)
17,862 shares@ US$280.1380.0064% mcap68.7% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000031462-26-000002:0
17,862 shares@ US$275.840.0062% mcap100.0% of flowCommon StockSEC144:0001628280-26-057748
4,567 shares@ US$284.400.0016% mcap34.5% of flowCommon StockSEC144:0001628280-26-055753
4,567.424 shares@ US$285.1280.0016% mcap34.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001628280-26-055786:0
1,765 shares@ US$283.46010.0006% mcap100.0% of flowCommon StockSEC144:0001628280-26-054908
6,457 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001628280-26-053474:0
2,944.392 shares@ US$278.790.0010% mcap60.4% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001628280-26-053474:1
3,972 shares@ US$117.730.0006% mcap20.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001628280-26-051448:0
25 of 505 declarations
About Ecolab Inc.
Ecolab Inc. (NYSE: ECL) is a U.S.-listed company trading on the NYSE in the United States. Headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the group is a global leader in water treatment, hygiene, infection prevention, and industrial process optimization. Founded in 1923 as Economics Laboratory, Ecolab has evolved from a specialty chemical supplier into a broad-based, service-intensive solutions provider combining products, field support, data, and recurring customer relationships. For international equity investors, the company stands out as a high-quality industrial and specialty-chemicals platform with strong secular tailwinds and a relatively defensive end-market mix.
Ecolab’s business is organized around three core platforms: Global Water, Institutional, and Global Pest Elimination. Global Water serves industrial and commercial customers with water treatment programs, equipment performance solutions, energy and resource efficiency tools, and process optimization services. Institutional covers cleaning, sanitation, disinfection, and infection-prevention solutions for hospitality, foodservice, healthcare, and other professional environments. Global Pest Elimination provides integrated pest management services, adding another recurring, service-led revenue stream and strengthening customer retention. The company also addresses specialized end markets such as food & beverage, life sciences, high-tech manufacturing, and other process industries.
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From a competitive standpoint, Ecolab is well positioned at the intersection of specialty chemistry, technical services, and sustainability. Its competitive advantage is built on a science-based value proposition, a large direct service footprint, digital analytics, and the ability to help customers reduce water usage, improve food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, and lower operating costs. That combination makes Ecolab an important partner for customers facing tighter environmental regulation, productivity demands, and rising expectations around hygiene and sustainability.
Geographically, Ecolab has a truly global footprint across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. This diversification reduces dependence on any single region while giving the company exposure to long-duration trends in water scarcity, food safety, healthcare hygiene, and industrial efficiency.
Recent developments have reinforced the company’s growth narrative. In 2025 and 2026, Ecolab highlighted strong operating performance, record-level results, and continued investment in innovation. The company announced the acquisition of Ovivo’s electronics ultra-pure water business, expanding its exposure to semiconductor manufacturing and high-tech water solutions. It also launched a new cooling management technology for data centers, addressing the rapid expansion of AI-related infrastructure. In addition, Ecolab introduced a 5% trade surcharge in the United States to offset tariff-related pressures. Taken together, these moves underscore management’s focus on profitable growth, margin discipline, and long-term structural demand across water, hygiene, and industrial efficiency markets.
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