Ecolab Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 17 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Ecolab stock have an average target of 274.59, with a low estimate of 220 and a high estimate of 310. The average target predicts an increase of 11.33% from the current stock price of 246.64.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$220	$274.59	$276	$310
Change	-10.80%	+11.33%	+11.90%	+25.69%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Ecolab stock from 19 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jul '24	Aug '24	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24
Strong Buy	5	5	5	6	5	5
Buy	5	6	6	6	6	6
Hold	9	9	7	7	8	8
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	19	20	18	19	19	19

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Manav Patnaik Barclays	Barclays	Buy Maintains $260 → $300	Buy	Maintains	$260 → $300	+21.63%	Nov 18, 2024
Joshua Spector UBS	UBS	Strong Buy → Hold Downgrades $276	Strong Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$276	+11.90%	Nov 4, 2024
Ashish Sabadra RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Buy Reiterates $306	Buy	Reiterates	$306	+24.07%	Oct 30, 2024
Jeffrey Zekauskas JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Hold Maintains $228 → $255	Hold	Maintains	$228 → $255	+3.39%	Oct 30, 2024
John McNulty BMO Capital	BMO Capital	Hold Maintains $260 → $279	Hold	Maintains	$260 → $279	+13.12%	Oct 30, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

15.92B

from 15.32B

3.94%

from 15.32B

Revenue Next Year

16.54B

from 15.92B

3.84%

from 15.92B

EPS This Year

6.72

from 4.79

40.29%

from 4.79

EPS Next Year

7.58

from 6.72

12.74%

from 6.72

Fiscal Year	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2019	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	12.56B	11.79B	12.73B	14.19B	15.32B	15.92B	16.54B	17.44B
Revenue Growth	2.78%	-6.14%	8.00%	11.42%	7.98%	3.94%	3.84%	5.47%
EPS	5.33	-4.15	3.91	3.81	4.79	6.72	7.58	8.55
EPS Growth	9.12%	-	-	-2.56%	25.72%	40.29%	12.74%	12.90%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	36.70	32.55	28.84
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	30	30	19

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2024	2025	2026
High	16.9B	17.8B	18.9B
Avg	15.9B	16.5B	17.4B
Low	15.4B	15.6B	16.4B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2024	2025	2026
High	10.2%	12.1%	14.2%
Avg	3.9%	3.8%	5.5%
Low	0.3%	-2.0%	-1.0%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2024	2025	2026
High	7.04	8.19	9.20
Avg	6.72	7.58	8.55
Low	6.45	6.90	7.94

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2024	2025	2026
High	46.9%	21.9%	21.4%
Avg	40.3%	12.7%	12.9%
Low	34.6%	2.7%	4.8%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.