Burling Wealth Partners LLC Decreases Stock Position in Ecolab Inc. $ECL

Burling Wealth Partners LLC cut its stake in shares of Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) by 7.4% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 3,942 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after selling 315 shares during the quarter. Burling Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in Ecolab were worth $1,062,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of ECL. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its stake in shares of Ecolab by 164.7% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 3,700 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $867,000 after purchasing an additional 2,302 shares during the period. CWM LLC raised its holdings in Ecolab by 16.4% during the 1st quarter. CWM LLC now owns 13,090 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $3,319,000 after buying an additional 1,848 shares during the last quarter. Apollon Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in Ecolab by 17.2% during the 1st quarter. Apollon Wealth Management LLC now owns 5,449 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $1,381,000 after buying an additional 798 shares during the last quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC boosted its position in Ecolab by 10.9% during the 1st quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 23,759 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $6,023,000 after buying an additional 2,337 shares during the period. Finally, Larson Financial Group LLC grew its holdings in Ecolab by 26.9% in the 1st quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 4,416 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $1,120,000 after acquiring an additional 935 shares during the last quarter. 74.91% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have commented on ECL. Raymond James Financial began coverage on Ecolab in a research report on Tuesday, August 26th. They set a “market perform” rating for the company. Mizuho set a $315.00 target price on Ecolab in a report on Wednesday, October 29th. BMO Capital Markets set a $307.00 price target on shares of Ecolab and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Baird R W upgraded shares of Ecolab from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Finally, Oppenheimer raised shares of Ecolab to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have issued a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $295.14.

Ecolab Stock Performance

Shares of Ecolab stock opened at $261.98 on Friday. Ecolab Inc. has a 12 month low of $221.62 and a 12 month high of $286.04. The firm has a market capitalization of $74.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.64, a P/E/G ratio of 2.65 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a current ratio of 1.70, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $269.06 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $267.53.

Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The basic materials company reported $2.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $2.07. Ecolab had a net margin of 12.49% and a return on equity of 22.55%. The company had revenue of $4.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.12 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $2.57 EPS. Ecolab’s quarterly revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Ecolab has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.020-2.120 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.480-7.580 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Ecolab Inc. will post 7.54 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Ecolab

In other news, CEO Christophe Beck sold 21,714 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $261.41, for a total transaction of $5,676,256.74. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 72,644 shares in the company, valued at $18,989,868.04. This trade represents a 23.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Suzanne M. Vautrinot sold 1,354 shares of Ecolab stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $283.16, for a total value of $383,398.64. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 11,199 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,171,108.84. This represents a 10.79% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Corporate insiders own 0.04% of the company’s stock.

About Ecolab

Ecolab Inc provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Global Industrial; Global Institutional & Specialty; and Global Healthcare & Life Sciences. The Global Industrial segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions to manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, metals and mining, power generation, pulp and paper, commercial laundry, petroleum, refining, and petrochemical industries.