Insider trade

Officer sold ~$1.07M of ECL shares in the open market

Traded Feb 26, 2026 · Filed Feb 27, 2026

EcolabECL

~$1.07M
Reported value · 3,519 sh @ $304.25: 12K
Holds after · shares reported: -11.6%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +10.8%, $306.76 → $271.26 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Ecolab's & PRES - INST GROUP sold $1.07M 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 26, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Feb 27, 2026

Officer$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$1,070,656

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

16 days after results of Feb 10, 2026, 22 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 $306.76 on Feb 26, 2026, within 1% of its 52-week high, after a 12% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $225.65 (Apr 8, 2025) to $308.16 (Feb 24, 2026), 98% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $273.54 on Jan 13, 2026. 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	-7.1%	-1.2%	-5.9%
30 days	-11.2%	-4.5%	-6.6%
90 days	-17.5%	+10.5%	-28.0%
180 days	-6.7%	+11.8%	-18.4%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001989181-26-000006
Filed / recorded: Feb 27, 2026, 9:37 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: Gregory B Cook
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: EVP & PRES - INST GROUP
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Feb 26, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 3,519
Price per share: $304.25
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 11,673.394
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

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Dates, kept separate

Context

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Source receipt

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