$50,000 of ECOLAB INC. ON BEHALF OF NALCO COMPANY lobbying was just disclosed, from Q2 of 2026, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.

This included lobbying on issues like:

"Discussions related to water infrastructure, water reuse, water efficiency, water resource management, and sustainability. Discussions related to data center water efficiency and energy efficiency. Discussions related to corporate taxation; H.R.1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L.119-21) implementation."

You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.

ECL Insider Trading Activity

ECL insiders have traded $ECL stock on the open market 12 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 3 have been purchases and 9 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $ECL stock by insiders over the last 6 months:

• CHRISTOPHE BECK (CHAIRMAN & CEO) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 20,000 shares for an estimated $6,147,361.
• NICHOLAS J. ALFANO (EVP & PRES - GLOBAL WATER) sold 9,501 shares for an estimated $2,884,313
• DARRELL R BROWN (Co-COO - Global Markets) sold 10,000 shares for an estimated $2,608,870
• GREGORY B COOK (EVP & PRES - INST GROUP) sold 3,519 shares for an estimated $1,070,655
• DAVID MACLENNAN has made 2 purchases buying 1,800 shares for an estimated $456,179 and 0 sales.
• TRACY B MCKIBBEN sold 1,265 shares for an estimated $390,454
• VICTORIA REICH sold 1,000 shares for an estimated $301,080
• SUZANNE M VAUTRINOT sold 1,004 shares for an estimated $266,039
• BENJAMIN M. CLARK (EVP - Global Supply Chain) purchased 1,000 shares for an estimated $263,831
• JENNIFER J BRADWAY (SVP & CORPORATE CONTROLLER) sold 613 shares for an estimated $185,132

To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard. You can access data on insider stock transactions through the Quiver Quantitative API insider transaction endpoint.

ECL Hedge Fund Activity

We have seen 717 institutional investors add shares of ECL stock to their portfolio, and 692 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.

Here are some of the largest recent moves:

• CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS removed 2,357,921 shares (-60.5%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $627,254,144
• CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS added 1,743,274 shares (+131.2%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $463,745,749
• ROCKEFELLER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.P. removed 1,591,309 shares (-92.5%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $423,320,020
• ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP added 830,726 shares (+58.8%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $220,989,730
• CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS removed 762,319 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $202,792,100
• PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT HOLDING SA removed 601,228 shares (-15.6%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $159,938,672
• BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT HOLDING S.A. removed 495,279 shares (-42.5%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $131,754,119

To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard. You can access data on hedge funds moves and 13F filings through the Quiver Quantitative API 13F endpoint.

ECL Analyst Ratings

Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $ECL in the last several months. We have seen 3 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.

Here are some recent analyst ratings:

• Jefferies issued a "Buy" rating on 05/20/2026
• Exane BNP Paribas issued a "Outperform" rating on 02/12/2026
• Citigroup issued a "Buy" rating on 01/21/2026

To track analyst ratings and price targets for ECL, check out Quiver Quantitative's $ECL forecast page.

ECL Price Targets

Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $ECL recently. We have seen 13 analysts offer price targets for $ECL in the last 6 months, with a median target of $335.0.

Here are some recent targets:

• David Begleiter from Deutsche Bank set a target price of $335.0 on 07/09/2026
• Ashish Sabadra from RBC Capital set a target price of $337.0 on 07/07/2026
• Patrick Cunningham from Citigroup set a target price of $330.0 on 06/24/2026
• Jason Haas from Wells Fargo set a target price of $275.0 on 06/10/2026
• Joshua Spector from UBS set a target price of $325.0 on 05/27/2026
• Laurence Alexander from Jefferies set a target price of $345.0 on 05/20/2026
• Steve Byrne from B of A Securities set a target price of $345.0 on 04/21/2026

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