Analyst Activity – Canaccord Genuity Reiterates Buy on Ecolab (NYSE:ECL)

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Analyst Ratings For Ecolab (NYSE:ECL)

Today, Canaccord Genuity reiterated its Buy rating on Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) with a price target of $135.00.

There are 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings, 8 buy ratings on the stock.

The current consensus rating on Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) is Hold (Score: 2.44) with a consensus target price of $129.31 per share, a potential 1.98% downside.

Some recent analyst ratings include

  • 7/28/2017-Canaccord Genuity Reiterated Rating of Buy.
  • 6/2/2017-Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. Reiterated Rating of Outperform.
  • 5/26/2017-J P Morgan Chase & Co Upgrade from a “Neutral ” rating to a ” Overweight” rating.
  • 4/3/2017-Nomura Upgrade from a “Reduce ” rating to a ” Neutral” rating.
  • 4/3/2017-Instinet Upgrade from a “Reduce ” rating to a ” Neutral” rating.
  • 2/22/2017-Edward Jones Upgrade from a “Hold ” rating to a ” Buy” rating.
  • 2/22/2017-Longbow Research was Downgraded by analysts at Longbow Research from a “Buy ” rating to a ” Neutral” rating.

Dividend information for Ecolab (NYSE:ECL)

Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) pays an annual dividend of Community Ranking: with a yield of 1.12% and an average dividend growth of 26.60% based on a 3 Year Average.

Dividend History for Ecolab (NYSE:ECL)

  • On 5/4/2017 Ecolab announced a quarterly dividend of $0.37 1.17% with an ex dividend date of 6/16/2017 which will be payable on 7/17/2017.
  • On 2/23/2017 Ecolab announced a quarterly dividend of $0.37 1.18% with an ex dividend date of 3/17/2017 which will be payable on 4/17/2017.
  • On 12/8/2016 Ecolab announced a quarterly dividend of $0.37 1.23% with an ex dividend date of 12/16/2016 which will be payable on 1/17/2017.
  • On 8/4/2016 Ecolab announced a quarterly dividend of $0.35 1.14% with an ex dividend date of 9/16/2016 which will be payable on 10/17/2016.
  • On 5/5/2016 Ecolab announced a quarterly dividend of $0.35 1.2% with an ex dividend date of 6/17/2016 which will be payable on 7/15/2016.
  • On 2/25/2016 Ecolab announced a quarterly dividend of $0.35 1.32% with an ex dividend date of 3/11/2016 which will be payable on 4/15/2016.
  • On 12/3/2015 Ecolab announced a quarterly dividend of $0.35 1.17% with an ex dividend date of 12/11/2015 which will be payable on 1/15/2016.

Recent Insider Trading Activity For Ecolab (NYSE:ECL)
Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) has insider ownership of 1.49% and institutional ownership of 75.79%.

  • On 6/9/2017 Stephen M Taylor, EVP, sold 23,151 with an average share price of $133.06 per share and the total transaction amounting to $3,080,472.06. View SEC Filing
  • On 6/6/2017 Bruno Lavandier, SVP, sold 1,000 with an average share price of $133.52 per share and the total transaction amounting to $133,520.00. View SEC Filing
  • On 5/30/2017 Michael A. Hickey, EVP, sold 13,700 with an average share price of $131.30 per share and the total transaction amounting to $1,798,810.00. View SEC Filing
  • On 5/19/2017 Christophe Beck, EVP, sold 6,959 with an average share price of $127.11 per share and the total transaction amounting to $884,558.49. View SEC Filing
  • On 5/5/2017 Carl M Casale, Director, bought 5,000 with an average share price of $126.33 per share and the total transaction amounting to $631,650.00. View SEC Filing
  • On 3/8/2017 Jerry W Levin, Director, sold 748 with an average share price of $124.49 per share and the total transaction amounting to $93,118.52. View SEC Filing
  • On 2/24/2017 David Maclennan, Director, bought 800 with an average share price of $124.94 per share and the total transaction amounting to $99,952.00. View SEC Filing

Recent Trading Activity for Ecolab (NYSE:ECL)
Shares of Ecolab closed the previous trading session at 131.92 up +0.10 0.08% with 847,732 shares trading hands.