Schroder Investment Management Group Adds $85M in Ecolab Inc. ($ECL)

Key Points

  • Schroder Investment Management Group changed its Ecolab Inc. ($ECL) stake by 37.2% last quarter, boosting to 1,169,673 shares worth $312.45 million.
  • Wall Street's consensus rating on $ECL is Buy and an average price target of $317.14.
  • $ECL last traded around $267.13.

Schroder Investment Management Group increased its position in Ecolab Inc. ($ECL) by 37.2% during the most recent quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,169,673 shares of Ecolab Inc. after buying 316,998 shares during the quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group's holdings in Ecolab Inc. were worth $312.45 million as of its most recent filing.

Ecolab Inc. ($ECL) Stock

Last price$267.13
Market cap$74.70B
P/E ratio35.96
Forward P/E27.64
PEG ratio2.46
Beta0.91
52-week low$243.15
52-week high$309.27
50-day MA$260.85
200-day MA$270.42
Current ratio0.99
Quick ratio0.68
Debt-to-equity0.92

Ecolab Inc. Earnings

EPS (ttm)$7.38
Revenue (ttm)$16.45B
Revenue growth10.0%
Net margin12.8%
Return on equity22.4%
Next earningsApr 28, 2026

Ecolab Inc. Dividend

Annual dividend$2.92
Dividend yield110.00%
Payout ratio37.4%
Ex-dividend dateJun 16, 2026

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ConsensusBuy
Average target$317.14
High target$345.00
Low target$270.00
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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