Ecolab Inc. (ECL)

Ecolab Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 13 analysts that cover Ecolab stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $296.15, which forecasts a 4.71% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $265 and the highest is $324.

Price Target: $296.15 (+4.71%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$265	$296.15	$300	$324
Change	-6.30%	+4.71%	+6.07%	+14.56%

Analyst Ratings

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

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26
Strong Buy	4	4	3	3	3	3
Buy	7	7	7	8	8	6
Hold	5	5	5	5	5	5
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	16	16	15	16	16	14

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Patrick Cunningham Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Buy Maintains $315 → $324	Strong Buy	Maintains	$315 → $324	+14.56%	Jan 21, 2026
Jason Haas Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold Maintains $270 → $275	Hold	Maintains	$270 → $275	-2.77%	Jan 14, 2026
Joshua Spector UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $291 → $295	Hold	Maintains	$291 → $295	+4.30%	Jan 7, 2026
Patrick Cunningham Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Buy Maintains $323 → $315	Strong Buy	Maintains	$323 → $315	+11.37%	Dec 18, 2025
Stephen Richardson Evercore ISI Group	Evercore ISI Group	Hold → Buy Upgrades $265 → $300	Hold → Buy	Upgrades	$265 → $300	+6.07%	Nov 3, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

16.22B

Increased by 3.05%

from 15.74B

Revenue Next Year

17.23B

Increased by 6.20%

from 16.22B

EPS This Year

7.60

Increased by 3.17%

from 7.37

EPS Next Year

8.54

Increased by 12.30%

from 7.60

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	11.79B	12.73B	14.19B	15.32B	15.74B	16.22B	17.23B
Revenue Growth	-6.14%	8.00%	11.43%	7.98%	2.75%	3.05%	6.20%
EPS	-4.15	3.91	3.81	4.79	7.37	7.60	8.54
EPS Growth	-	-	-2.56%	25.72%	53.86%	3.17%	12.30%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	37.20	33.12
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	29	29

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	16.9B	18.4B
Avg	16.2B	17.2B
Low	15.3B	16.2B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	7.6%	13.2%
Avg	3.0%	6.2%
Low	-3.0%	-0.1%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	7.94	9.08
Avg	7.60	8.54
Low	7.35	8.08

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	7.7%	19.5%
Avg	3.2%	12.3%
Low	-0.3%	6.3%

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.