Is Ecolab (ECL) overvalued or fairly valued?

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What is the share price of Ecolab (ECL)?

Ecolab last traded at $265.13 (+0.4% on the day), as of 7/22/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Ecolab

ECL · NYSE · Materials · United States

$265.13+0.4%

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance · as of Jul 22, 2026, 5:35 PM

Snapshot

TickerECL

ExchangeNYSE

SectorMaterials

IndustrySpecialty Chemicals

CountryUnited States

Employees48,000

HeadquartersSaint Paul, United States

Market cap$74.6B

P/B7.5

Volume371.62K

Websitewww.ecolab.com

Filings tracked0

About Ecolab

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.

Profile as reported by Yahoo Finance.

Who owns it

Insiders0.2%
Institutions93.6%
Public & other6.3%

2,276 institutional holders

As reported by Yahoo Finance.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.8.10%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC5.87%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO4.14%
State Street Corporation3.99%
Morgan Stanley2.77%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC2.25%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.13%
Gates Foundation Trust1.85%

Largest institutional holders, as reported by Yahoo Finance (as of 3/31/2026).

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $4.7B · EPS 2.17

Est. earnings growth +4.8%

Next fiscal year

Rev $19.3B · EPS 9.36

Est. earnings growth +14.4%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance. As reported by Yahoo Finance.

$243.1552-wk range$309.27

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance

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