Insider trade

CEO sold ~$4.51M of ECL shares in the open market

Traded Nov 12, 2025 · Filed Nov 13, 2025

EcolabECL

~$4.51M
Reported value · 17K sh @ $261.17: 77K
Holds after · shares reported: +6.1%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +13.4%, $261.06 → $277.07 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

The boss of Ecolab sold $4.51M 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: Nov 12, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Nov 13, 2025

CEO$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$4,505,636

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

15 days after results of Oct 28, 2025, 90 days before results of Feb 10, 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 $261.06 on Nov 12, 2025, 16% above its 52-week low and 9% below its high, after a 3% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $225.65 (Apr 8, 2025) to $285.47 (Aug 20, 2025), 59% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $269.71 on Oct 1, 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	+3.3%	−1.9%	+5.2%
30 days	+1.0%	+1.3%	−0.3%
90 days	+16.3%	+1.4%	+14.9%
180 days	−3.5%	+10.5%	−13.9%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001471500-25-000008
Filed / recorded: Nov 13, 2025, 9:43 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: Christophe Beck
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: CHAIRMAN & CEO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Nov 12, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 17,252
Price per share: $261.17
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 77,106.362
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $260.905 to $261.540, inclusive. The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected.