After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Yahoo Finance discussed the stock recently as it posted Ecolab Announces Strong Fourth Quarter Performance and 2024 Outlook; Reported Diluted EPS $1.41; Adjusted Diluted EPS $1.55, +22%; 2024 Adjusted Diluted EPS Outlook: $6.10 to $6.50, +17% to 25%.
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Stocks Info
ECL belongs to the Basic Materials sector of the NYSE while operating in the Specialty Chemicals industry. The current market capitalization of Ecolab, Inc. is $61.41B. A total of 1.97 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.13M shares.
Insider Activity
Investors also take into account insider trades in predicting how the stock will perform in the future. During the recent three months, ECL has seen 0 BUY and 0 SELL insider trades, representing the acquisition of 0 and the disposition of 0 shares. Over the last 12 months, there were 73 BUYs and 30 SELLs from insiders. Insiders purchased 109,875 shares during that period but sold 97,015.
In the most recent transaction, Bradway Jennifer J sold 944 shares of ECL for 216.01 per share on Feb 15. After the transaction, the SVP & CORPORATE CONTROLLER now owns 3,029 company shares. In a previous transaction on Dec 04, Marsh Laurie M sold 11,917 shares at 191.41 per share. ECL shares that EVP – HUMAN RESOURCES owns now total 20,538.
Among the insiders who bought shares, MacLennan David acquired of 800 shares on Dec 01 at a per-share price of $191.53. This resulted in the Director holding 16,070 shares of ECL after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Alfano Nicholas J. sold 6,000 shares at $189.63 per share on Nov 30. Company shares held by the EVP & PRES – GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL now total 9,717.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Ecolab, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $2.16, resulting in a dividend yield of 1.00%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 45.00. ECL’s most recent ex-dividend date was 12/18/2023 when it declared a $0.57 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 1/16/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 10/16/2023 with an ex-dividend date of 9/18/2023. The ECL stock dividend was $0.53 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. According to analysts who have offered 12-month price targets for ECL in the last 3 months, the mean price target is $224.11 with high estimates of $250.00 and low estimates of $180.00. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, ECL has a high of $221.55 and a low of $153.87.
As of this writing, ECL has an earnings estimate of $Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of Carnival Corporation estimates, with a high estimate of $Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T per share and a lower estimate of $Colgate-Palmolive Company.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. ECL’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $359.90M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $9.16B in debt and $3.55B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $27.34, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $7.25B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for ECL is Buy with a score of 3.50.
