Insider trade

Director sold ~$301K of ECL shares in the open market

Traded Feb 13, 2026 · Filed Feb 17, 2026

EcolabECL

~$301K
Reported value · 1,000 sh @ $301.08: 25K
Holds after · shares reported: -9.3%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +12.1%, $299.17 → $271.26 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A board member of Ecolab sold $301K of Ecolab shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Feb 13, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Feb 17, 2026

Director$100K–$500K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$301,080

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

3 days after results of Feb 10, 2026, 35 days before results of Mar 20, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $299.17 on Feb 13, 2026, within 2% of its 52-week high, after a 14% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $225.65 (Apr 8, 2025) to $303.55 (Feb 11, 2026), 94% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $262.52 on Dec 31, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+1.3%	+1.0%	+0.3%
30 days	-15.2%	-5.5%	-9.7%
90 days	-18.8%	+6.9%	-25.7%
180 days	-8.8%	+12.6%	-21.4%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001217635-26-000006
Filed / recorded: Feb 17, 2026, 9:42 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: ECOLAB INC.
Issuer CIK: 31462
Ticker: ECL
Reporting person: Victoria Reich
Relationship: Director
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Feb 13, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 1,000
Price per share: $301.08
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 25,175.69
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Around the same time

7mo ago

3,800Shares · @ $137.087

Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.

Why it stands out Official record

Officer sold7mo ago

~$1.07MReported value · 3,519 sh @ $304.25

15K → 12K shares held−23% of their stake

Ecolab's & PRES - INST GROUP sold $1.07M of Ecolab shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Why it stands out Official record

7mo ago

3,800Derivative units

Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.

Why it stands out Official record

Why it stands out

Dates, kept separate

Context

After it was reported

Source receipt

Around the same time

3,800Shares · @ $137.087

~$1.07MReported value · 3,519 sh @ $304.25

3,800Derivative units

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