Ecolab Inc.

ECL stock score: 63/100

$292.30 · +1.46% · Scored Oct 22, 2026

Technical
66
Fundamental
60
News
54

The reading

Ecolab (ECL) scores 63 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 80% of Basic Materials stocks and 83% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 66, fundamentals 60.

Among the fundamentals, Price Target at 100 and Institutional Ownership at 98 score highest, while Fair Value at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 65 and contrarian oscillators 32 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is neutral at 54; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 24, 2026 the composite has ranged from 55 to 73, and it is down 6 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward ECL’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

60

Pulling it up

  • Price Target100

    Price target score compares the current stock price to analyst consensus targets.

  • Institutional Ownership98

    Institutional ownership measures the percentage held by professional investors.

  • Quick Ratio95

    Quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet short-term obligations with liquid assets.

Holding it back

  • Fair Value0

    Fair value score synthesizes multiple valuation methods (DCF, P/E, P/B, P/S) to estimate intrinsic worth.

  • Price to Book Ratio1

    Price-to-Book ratio compares market value to book value.

  • Price to Sales Ratio3

    Price-to-Sales ratio compares market capitalization to annual revenue.

41 weighted scorers.

Technical · daily

62

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • Ichimoku Cloud100

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

  • Candlestick Patterns100

    Candlestick patterns recognize specific price formations that historically suggest continuation or reversal.

Holding it back

  • Bollinger Bands (50)0

    Bollinger Bands (50-period) measure where price sits between bands two standard deviations around its 50-period average.

  • Bollinger Bands (20)8

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

  • RSI (14)16

    Relative Strength Index (14-period) measures momentum by comparing recent gains to losses.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
54

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly571
Daily623
Weekly662
Monthly712
Quarterly702

Composite score, last 90 days

05010063Jul 24, 2026Oct 22, 2026Jul 24, 2026: 69Jul 25, 2026: 72Jul 26, 2026: 72Jul 27, 2026: 71Jul 28, 2026: 72Jul 29, 2026: 73Jul 30, 2026: 73Jul 31, 2026: 73Aug 2, 2026: 59Aug 3, 2026: 60Aug 4, 2026: 61Aug 5, 2026: 57Aug 6, 2026: 56Aug 7, 2026: 63Aug 8, 2026: 62Aug 9, 2026: 62Aug 10, 2026: 63Aug 11, 2026: 62Aug 12, 2026: 61Aug 13, 2026: 60Aug 14, 2026: 60Aug 15, 2026: 60Aug 16, 2026: 61Aug 17, 2026: 61Aug 18, 2026: 62Aug 19, 2026: 63Aug 20, 2026: 63Aug 22, 2026: 62Aug 23, 2026: 62Aug 24, 2026: 63Aug 25, 2026: 63Aug 26, 2026: 63Aug 27, 2026: 62Aug 28, 2026: 62Aug 29, 2026: 60Aug 30, 2026: 60Aug 31, 2026: 61Sep 1, 2026: 61Sep 2, 2026: 61Sep 3, 2026: 60Sep 4, 2026: 60Sep 5, 2026: 60Sep 6, 2026: 60Sep 7, 2026: 60Sep 8, 2026: 61Sep 9, 2026: 57Sep 10, 2026: 57Sep 11, 2026: 60Sep 12, 2026: 60Sep 13, 2026: 60Sep 14, 2026: 60Sep 15, 2026: 59Sep 16, 2026: 59Sep 17, 2026: 58Sep 18, 2026: 55Sep 19, 2026: 56Sep 20, 2026: 56Sep 21, 2026: 57Sep 22, 2026: 60Sep 23, 2026: 62Sep 24, 2026: 61Sep 25, 2026: 61Sep 26, 2026: 61Sep 27, 2026: 61Sep 28, 2026: 62Sep 29, 2026: 60Sep 30, 2026: 59Oct 1, 2026: 56Oct 2, 2026: 58Oct 3, 2026: 57Oct 4, 2026: 57Oct 5, 2026: 60Oct 6, 2026: 62Oct 7, 2026: 61Oct 8, 2026: 62Oct 9, 2026: 62Oct 10, 2026: 62Oct 11, 2026: 62Oct 12, 2026: 62Oct 13, 2026: 62Oct 14, 2026: 63Oct 15, 2026: 63Oct 16, 2026: 62Oct 17, 2026: 62Oct 18, 2026: 62Oct 19, 2026: 62Oct 20, 2026: 62Oct 21, 2026: 62Oct 22, 2026: 63
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Key facts

Market cap
$81.9B
Sector
Basic Materials
Industry
Specialty Chemicals
Beta
0.88
Risk grade (1–10)
3
Next earnings
Oct 27, 2026

Specialty Chemicals peers

CompanyMarket capScore
LIN Linde$230.8B62
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company$81.9B60
APD Air Products and Chemicals$67.4B53
PPG PPG Industries$24.5B57
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances$23.2B51
LYB LyondellBasell Industries$20.4B48

Questions

What is ECL's stock score today?

ECL scores 63/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 22, 2026: technical 66, fundamental 60, and news sentiment 54, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is ECL a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 63 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the ECL score calculated?

103 weighted scorers feed it today: 41 fundamental, scored against Basic Materials ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.