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Stock since the trade +0.3% · S&P 500 +1.4% · to Oct 5
A board member of Ecolab paid $932K out of pocket for Ecolab shares. The Ecolab shares held grew by 79%.
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Ecolab
ECL · NYSE · Specialty Chemicals
ECL · NYSE · Specialty Chemicals
Specialty Chemicals company based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
In the last 90 days, insiders of Ecolab reported 2 open-market purchases worth about $1.02M and 3 open-market sales worth about $7.24M. The latest 13F reports cover the quarter ending Jun 30, 2026. Every figure links to its official SEC, House, Senate or USAspending record.
Last close, Oct 5, 2026
$277.07
Adjusted for splits and dividends
Last 12 months
+0.2%
S&P 500 +15.8% over the same dates
Market value
$77.7B
Last close × shares outstanding
Bets against the stock: 5.26M shares sold short (1.9% of shares outstanding), +11.1% vs the previous count, 4.5 days of normal trading to buy them back. FINRA, as of Sep 15, 2026.
Revenue
$4.42B
+9.7% vs the same quarter a year earlier
Free cash flow, last 12 months
$1.87B
This quarter $489M, a year earlier $485M
Net debt
$8.04B
Debt $13.2B, cash $5.14B, at Jun 30, 2026
Net income, last 12 months
$2.12B
Operating profit covers interest 8.6x
From the company's own quarterly and annual reports to the SEC. Free cash flow (cash from operations minus capital spending), net debt (debt minus cash) and 12-month totals are calculated by OQRO. Production rates, deliveries, approvals and guidance are in its results announcement of Jul 28, 2026.
Insiders buying, last 90 days
1 insider
$1.02M bought in total
Insiders selling, last 90 days
3 sales
$7.24M sold. Insiders sell for many reasons.
New federal contracts, 12 months
None
Nothing found for this company
Revenue, fiscal 2025
$16.1B
+2.2% vs the year before
Net income, fiscal 2025
$2.08B
As reported in the annual filing
Shares outstanding
280M
As of Jun 30, 2026
In fiscal 2025 the company spent $784M buying back its own shares and $754M on dividends. Cash actually paid, from its cash-flow statement.
Stock since the trade +0.3% · S&P 500 +1.4% · to Oct 5
A board member of Ecolab paid $932K out of pocket for Ecolab shares. The Ecolab shares held grew by 79%.
Stock since the trade +0.3% · S&P 500 +1.4% · to Oct 5
A board member of Ecolab paid $89K out of pocket for Ecolab shares.
Stock since the trade -1.1% · S&P 500 +1.0% · to Oct 5
The boss of Ecolab sold $5M of Ecolab shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.
From a 13F filed Aug 14, 2026 covering holdings at Jun 30, 2026 — a quarter-end snapshot, not a live trade.
Stock since the trade -2.7% · S&P 500 +0.6% · to Oct 5
Ecolab's Co-COO - Global Businesses sold $1.3M of Ecolab shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.
Prices are daily closes from Polygon.io. Company figures come from its own SEC filings. Past moves are not a forecast. OQRO reports what was filed and never tells you what to buy or sell.
Sulfonic Acids, C14-16-Alkane Hydroxy and C14-16-Alkene, Sodium Salts in Pesticide Formulations; Exemption From the Requirement for a Tolerance
Final rule · Environmental Protection Agency
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Preparedness Consortium
Notice · Antitrust Division
Federal rules, proposed rules and notices that name the company by its legal name, from the Federal Register. Being named is not the same as being the target of a rule.
1 certified in FY2026 Q3, vs 1 a year earlier. 1 position in total, median offered wage $145K a year.
Labor condition applications for H-1B workers certified by the Department of Labor, counted by decision date (FY2026 Q3: Apr 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, the latest quarter published). A certified application is a step before a visa petition, not a hire or a visa, and one application can cover several positions. Matched by employer ID number or name.
Last 12 months, adjusted daily closes
Adjusted close went from $279.74 on Oct 6, 2025 to $277.07 on Oct 5, 2026 (-1.0%). Disclosed trades in the last 12 months: 7 insider purchases, 15 insider sales, 1 Congress purchase, 4 Congress sales. 1 group of purchases by several insiders within a few days.
Vanguard Capital Management
Schedule 13G: passive · filed Apr 29, 2026 · 19M shares
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO
Schedule 13G: passive · filed Jul 16, 2026 · 14.4M shares
Anyone owning more than 5% must file within days. Structured filings exist since December 2024, so older stakes that were never amended may be missing.
Short sale volume: 52.2% of the volume reported to FINRA over the last 20 trading days was marked short, close to its 1-year average of 52.0%. FINRA daily files, to Oct 5, 2026.
Fails to deliver: 70K shares (about $19.6M) were not delivered on time for settlement on Aug 21, 2026. SEC fails-to-deliver data.
Short sale volume is not short interest. It counts trades marked short, including market makers selling short to fill buy orders, so it is a share of daily trading, not a count of bets against the stock. Fails to deliver have many causes, including processing delays, and are often resolved within days.