Analyst Ratings For Ecolab (NYSE:ECL)
Today, Stifel Nicolaus reiterated its Hold rating on Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) with a price target of $130.00.
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 $130.64 per share, a potential 1.70% downside.
Some recent analyst ratings include
- 8/3/2017-Stifel Nicolaus Reiterated Rating of Hold.
- 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.
Dividend information for Ecolab (NYSE:ECL)
Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) pays an annual dividend of Community Ranking: with a yield of 1.11% 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 75.84%.
- 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 132.90 up +1.47 1.12% with 1,047,352 shares trading hands.