Ecolab Inc. (ECL)

Ecolab Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

According to 15 professional analysts, the 12-month price target for Ecolab stock ranges from a low of $265 to a high of $323. The average analyst price target of $294.27 forecasts a 13.32% increase in the stock price over the next year.

Price Target: $294.27 (+13.32%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$265	$294.27	$300	$323
Change	+2.04%	+13.32%	+15.52%	+24.38%

* Price targets were last updated on Nov 3, 2025.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Ecolab stock is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jun '25	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25
Strong Buy	5	5	4	4	3	3
Buy	6	7	7	7	7	8
Hold	5	4	5	5	5	5
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	16	16	16	16	15	16

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Stephen Richardson Evercore ISI Group	Evercore ISI Group	Hold → Buy Upgrades $265 → $300	Hold → Buy	Upgrades	$265 → $300	+15.52%	Nov 3, 2025
Joshua Spector UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $299 → $291	Hold	Maintains	$299 → $291	+12.06%	Oct 31, 2025
Patrick Cunningham Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Buy Maintains $325 → $323	Strong Buy	Maintains	$325 → $323	+24.38%	Oct 29, 2025
Shlomo Rosenbaum Stifel	Stifel	Strong Buy Maintains $303 → $300	Strong Buy	Maintains	$303 → $300	+15.52%	Oct 29, 2025
Jeffrey Zekauskas JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Hold Maintains $250 → $265	Hold	Maintains	$250 → $265	+2.04%	Oct 29, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

16.22B

Increased by 3.03%

from 15.74B

Revenue Next Year

17.09B

Increased by 5.35%

from 16.22B

EPS This Year

7.60

Increased by 3.08%

from 7.37

EPS Next Year

8.57

Increased by 12.76%

from 7.60

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	11.79B	12.73B	14.19B	15.32B	15.74B	16.22B	17.09B
Revenue Growth	-6.14%	8.00%	11.43%	7.98%	2.75%	3.03%	5.35%
EPS	-4.15	3.91	3.81	4.79	7.37	7.60	8.57
EPS Growth	-	-	-2.56%	25.72%	53.86%	3.08%	12.76%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	34.18	30.31
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	28	28

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	16.9B	18.2B
Avg	16.2B	17.1B
Low	15.3B	16.2B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	7.6%	12.4%
Avg	3.0%	5.3%
Low	-3.0%	-0.1%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	7.94	9.08
Avg	7.60	8.57
Low	7.19	8.08

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	7.7%	19.6%
Avg	3.1%	12.8%
Low	-2.4%	6.4%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.