Ecolab Inc. (ECL): Price and Financial Metrics
Ecolab Inc. (ECL)
Today's Latest Price: $200.24 USD
Updated Jul 1 6:30pm
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ECL Stock Summary
- Ecolab Inc's market capitalization of $56,573,646,726 is ahead of 96.84% of US-listed equities.
- ECL's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 1,115.78 -- higher than 96.8% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
- The volatility of Ecolab Inc's share price is greater than that of only 4.79% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
- If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Ecolab Inc, a group of peers worth examining would be MMC, LFC, SHW, ADP, and ANTM.
- Visit ECL's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.ecolab.com.
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ECL Price/Volume Stats
| Current price | $200.24 | 52-week high | $231.36 |
| Prev. close | $198.95 | 52-week low | $124.60 |
| Day low | $197.71 | Volume | 1,470,242 |
| Day high | $201.27 | Avg. volume | 2,941,955 |
| 50-day MA | $201.21 | Dividend yield | 0.94% |
| 200-day MA | $190.81 | Market Cap | 57.91B |
Ecolab Inc. (ECL) Company Bio
Ecolab Inc. delivers comprehensive solutions and on-site service to promote safe food, maintain clean environments, optimize water and energy use and improve operational efficiencies for customers in the food, healthcare, energy, hospitality and industrial markets. The company was founded in 1923 and is based in St. Paul, Minnesota.
ECL Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation
| Current Price | DCF Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $200.24 | $79 | -59% |
The table below illustrates the output of a discounted cash flow forecast using a variety of scenarios for Ecolab Inc. To summarize, we found that Ecolab Inc ranked in the 27th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. We should note, though, that the most conservative analysis suggests this stock will yield negative results -- and thus may be a potential short opportunity. As for the metrics that stood out in our discounted cash flow analysis of Ecolab Inc, consider:
- ECL's estimated cost of debt, based largely on its market capitalization and its interest coverage ratio, is 2%; for context, that number is higher than 35.86% of tickers in our DCF set.
- Relative to other stocks in its sector (Basic Materials), Ecolab Inc has a reliance on debt greater than only 19.67% of them.
| Terminal Growth Rate in Free Cash Flow | Return Relative to Current Share Price |
| 0% | -60% |
| 1% | -59% |
| 2% | -59% |
| 3% | -58% |
| 4% | -58% |
| 5% | -58% |
AWI, JHX, OR, USLM, and ACH can be thought of as valuation peers to ECL, in the sense that they are in the Basic Materials sector and have a similar price forecast based on DCF valuation.
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