Ecolab Inc.

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315.01+10.33 (+3.39%)today
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Key statistics

Previous close304.68
Open311.00
Day range305.82315.58
52-week range243.15315.58
Off day high−0.18%
Off 52-week high−0.18%
Volume2.74M
Avg. volume (3M)1.36M
Market cap88.35B
EPS (TTM)7.35
Forward P/E33.49
P/E ratio (TTM)42.86
Dividend yield0.93% (2.92)
Beta (5Y)0.86
Shares outstanding280.47M
Short interest1.97% of float
Earnings dateOct 27, 2026
Analyst target330.57
Profit margin11.99%

Against its peers

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ECL CLEAN.NS EXCELINDUS.NS CAMLINFINE.NS HWKN 0Y8.SG
Market cap 88.35B 72.14B 11.39B 14.62B 3.24B 57.90M
P/E (TTM) 42.9 31.0 16.0 — 37.9 —
Forward P/E 33.5 21.2 — 9.4 33.1 —
Price/book 8.5 4.3 0.7 1.4 5.7 1.7
Dividend yield 0.93% 0.91% 1.57% — 0.51% —
1-year change +17.67% −33.04% −22.65% −53.41% +19.91% −62.69%
Today +3.39% +3.40% +3.54% +2.67% +2.04% 0.00%

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The businesses closest to Ecolab's by what they do, from their descriptions, with the same industry weighted in.

Company Mkt cap Price Today
Clean Science and Technology LimitedCLEAN.NS · Specialty Chemicals 72.14B 678.70 +3.40%
Excel Industries LimitedEXCELINDUS.NS · Specialty Chemicals 11.39B 906.40 +3.54%
Camlin Fine Sciences LimitedCAMLINFINE.NS · Specialty Chemicals 14.62B 76.13 +2.67%
Hawkins, Inc.HWKN · Specialty Chemicals 3.24B 155.97 +2.04%
EcoSynthetix Inc.0Y8.SG · Specialty Chemicals 57.90M 0.9850 0.00%
Ecovyst Inc.ECVT · Specialty Chemicals 1.09B 9.97 −0.80%
OrganoClick AB (publ)0CF.F · Specialty Chemicals 7.00M 0.0382 0.00%
SenesTech, Inc.SNES · Specialty Chemicals 6.42M 1.2100 −2.42%

Basic Materials companies of a similar market value (85.45B).

Company Mkt cap Price Today
Barrick Mining CorporationABX.TO · Gold 92.28B 56.07 +7.97%
Zijin Mining Group Company LimitedFJZ.F · Gold 90.36B 3.3980 +3.17%
Agnico Eagle Mines LimitedAEM · Gold 92.74B 183.45 +9.67%
Alkyl Amines Chemicals LimitedALKYLAMINE.BO · Specialty Chemicals 80.11B 1,566.35 −1.19%
Jiangxi Copper Company Limited0358.HK · Copper 88.78B 25.640 +1.99%
Newmont Corporation0R28.IL · Gold 89.41B 112.50 +1.81%
PT Citatah TbkCTTH.JK · Building Materials 77.54B 63.00 +3.28%
Keum Kang Steel Co., Ltd.053260.KQ · Steel 80.94B 5,150.00 −4.10%

Also based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, then elsewhere in Minnesota.

Company Mkt cap Price Today
3M CompanyMMM · Saint Paul, MN 100.02B 193.95 +9.55%
H.B. Fuller CompanyFUL · Saint Paul, MN 2.83B 52.57 +4.74%
UnitedHealth Group IncorporatedUNH · Eden Prairie, MN 367.46B 409.38 +1.22%
Target CorporationTGT · Minneapolis, MNOdds 74.10B 163.10 +5.63%
U.S. BancorpUSB · Minneapolis, MN 95.09B 61.03 +1.90%
Best Buy Co., Inc.BBY · Richfield, MNOdds 21.26B 101.36 +7.98%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.AMP · Minneapolis, MN 45.79B 527.41 +4.46%
General Mills, Inc.GIS · Minneapolis, MNOdds 19.17B 35.85 +5.19%

The stocks whose daily moves over the past year went most closely with Ecolab's: the correlation of their daily returns, where 1 would be moving as one.

Company Mkt cap Price Today
The Sherwin-Williams CompanySHW · Correlation 0.71 87.82B 363.50 +6.64%
PPG Industries, Inc.PPG · Correlation 0.64 28.11B 127.27 +4.97%
H.B. Fuller CompanyFUL · Correlation 0.56 2.83B 52.57 +4.74%
3M CompanyMMM · Correlation 0.49 100.02B 193.95 +9.55%
Dover CorporationDOV · Correlation 0.47 28.28B 212.66 −0.43%
Fastenal CompanyFAST · Correlation 0.40 61.05B 53.21 +1.68%
Cintas CorporationCTAS · Correlation 0.40 90.94B 229.03 +2.36%
Tecnoglass Holdings Inc.TGLS · Correlation 0.35 1.90B 42.81 +8.05%

What visitors to Ecolab's page also look at.

Company Mkt cap Price Today
Air Products and Chemicals, IncAPD 71.01B 318.87 +1.89%
Sherwin-Williams Company (The)SHW 87.82B 363.50 +6.64%
Cintas CorporationCTAS 90.94B 229.03 +2.36%
Dover CorporationDOV 28.28B 212.66 −0.43%
PPG Industries, Inc.PPG 28.11B 127.27 +4.97%

From the 4SEARCH.business instruments index: what each company does (its business description), its industry, size, headquarters and the markets it serves; and from a year of daily prices, which move together. Prices may be delayed up to 20 min.

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Ecolab Breaks Into Price Discovery at $308.51

As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on November 2, 2026. Ecolab hit a 52-week high at $308.51, clearing its February peak by 0.85%. The $86.5 billion sanitation name is back in price discovery. Ecolab's close of $308.51 cleared the prior…

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