Ecolab Inc. (ECL)

Ecolab Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 16 analysts that cover Ecolab stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $288.44, which forecasts a 6.14% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $255 and the highest is $325.

Price Target: $288.44 (+6.14%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$255	$288.44	$290	$325
Change	-6.16%	+6.14%	+6.72%	+19.60%

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	Feb '25	Mar '25	Apr '25	May '25	Jun '25	Jul '25
Strong Buy	5	5	5	5	5	5
Buy	7	7	6	6	6	6
Hold	4	4	5	5	5	5
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	16	16	16	16	16	16

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
John Roberts Mizuho	Mizuho	Buy Maintains $285 → $305	Buy	Maintains	$285 → $305	+12.24%	Jul 15, 2025
Joshua Spector UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $271 → $288	Hold	Maintains	$271 → $288	+5.98%	Jul 9, 2025
Patrick Cunningham Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Buy Maintains $285 → $325	Strong Buy	Maintains	$285 → $325	+19.60%	Jul 3, 2025
Jason Haas Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold Maintains $250 → $260	Hold	Maintains	$250 → $260	-4.32%	May 20, 2025
Shlomo Rosenbaum Stifel	Stifel	Strong Buy Maintains $307 → $303	Strong Buy	Maintains	$307 → $303	+11.50%	Apr 30, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

16.12B

Increased by 2.43%

from 15.74B

Revenue Next Year

16.98B

Increased by 5.31%

from 16.12B

EPS This Year

7.59

Increased by 2.92%

from 7.37

EPS Next Year

8.52

Increased by 12.35%

from 7.59

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	11.79B	12.73B	14.19B	15.32B	15.74B	16.12B	16.98B	17.94B
Revenue Growth	-6.14%	8.00%	11.43%	7.98%	2.75%	2.43%	5.31%	5.62%
EPS	-4.15	3.91	3.81	4.79	7.37	7.59	8.52	9.80
EPS Growth	-	-	-2.56%	25.72%	53.86%	2.92%	12.35%	15.04%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	35.83	31.89	27.72
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	26	26	18

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	17.2B	18.4B	19.6B
Avg	16.1B	17.0B	17.9B
Low	15.2B	15.8B	16.7B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	9.1%	13.9%	15.4%
Avg	2.4%	5.3%	5.6%
Low	-3.6%	-2.1%	-1.4%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	8.00	9.35	11.13
Avg	7.59	8.52	9.80
Low	7.15	7.94	8.91

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	8.6%	23.2%	30.6%
Avg	2.9%	12.3%	15.0%
Low	-2.9%	4.7%	4.5%

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.