Ecolab Inc. (ECL)Â
Trading
Quantity
Profitability
Ownership
Largest Insider Buys in Sector
ECL Insider Trading Activity
ECL Median Price and Trade Amounts History Chart
Statistics of Insider Transactions
Amount of Insider Buys and Sells
Buys | $409,859 | 3 | 9 |
Sells | $510,936,710 | 29 | 91 |
Related Transactions
| MacLennan David | director | 3 | $409,859 | 0 | $0 | $409,859 |
| REICH VICTORIA | director | 0 | $0 | 1 | $98,250 | $-98,250 |
| Bradway Jennifer J | SVP & CORPORATE CONTROLLER | 0 | $0 | 1 | $228,866 | $-228,866 |
| De Boo Alexander A. | EVP & PRES - GLOBAL MARKETS | 0 | $0 | 1 | $341,563 | $-341,563 |
| McKibben Tracy B | director | 0 | $0 | 1 | $451,035 | $-451,035 |
| Alfano Nicholas J. | EVP & PRES - GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL | 0 | $0 | 1 | $648,401 | $-648,401 |
| Cook Gregory B | EVP & PRES - INST GROUP | 0 | $0 | 1 | $950,197 | $-950,197 |
| Duijser Machiel | EVP & CSCO | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1.51M | $-1.51M |
| HIGGINS ARTHUR J | director | 0 | $0 | 3 | $2M | $-2M |
| Marsh Laurie M | EVP - HUMAN RESOURCES | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2.5M | $-2.5M |
| Berger Larry L | EVP & CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2.9M | $-2.9M |
| Beck Christophe | CHAIRMAN & CEO | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5.11M | $-5.11M |
| GATES WILLIAM H III | 10 percent owner | 0 | $0 | 16 | $494.21M | $-494.21M |
About Ecolab Inc.
Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Global Industrial, Global Institutional & Specialty, and Global Healthcare & Life Sciences segments. The Global Industrial segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions to manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, metals and mining, power generation, pulp and paper, commercial laundry, petroleum, refining, and petrochemical industries. The Global Institutional & Specialty segment provides specialized cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, hospitality, lodging, government and education, and retail industries. Its Global Healthcare & Life Sciences segment offers specialized cleaning and sanitizing products to the healthcare, personal care, and pharmaceutical industries, such as infection prevention and surgical solutions, and end-to-end cleaning and contamination control solutions under the Ecolab, Microtek, and Anios brand names. The company's Other segment offers pest elimination services to detect, eliminate, and prevent pests, such as rodents and insects in restaurants, food and beverage processors, educational and healthcare facilities, hotels, quick service restaurant and grocery operations, and other institutional and commercial customers. This segment also provides colloidal silica for binding and polishing applications in semiconductor, catalyst, and aerospace component manufacturing, as well as chemical industries; and products and services that manage wash process through custom designed programs, premium products, dispensing equipment, water and energy management, and reduction, as well as real time data management. It sells its products through field sales and corporate account personnel, distributors, and dealers. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Insider Activity of Ecolab Inc.
Over the last 12 months, insiders at Ecolab Inc. have bought $409,859 and sold $510.94M worth of Ecolab Inc. stock.
On average, over the past 5 years, insiders at Ecolab Inc. have bought $2.4M and sold $175.14M worth of stock each year.
Highest buying activity among insiders over the last 12 months: MacLennan David (director) — $409,859.
The last purchase of 400 shares for transaction amount of $105,806 was made by MacLennan David (director) on 2025‑02‑13.
List of Insider Buy and Sell Transactions, Ecolab Inc.
| 2025-02-26 | Sale | Berger Larry L | EVP & CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER | 10,858 0.0038% | $266.95 | $2.9M | -4.63% | |
| 2025-02-25 | Sale | Bradway Jennifer J | SVP & CORPORATE CONTROLLER | 856 0.0003% | $267.37 | $228,866 | -4.16% | |
| 2025-02-14 | Sale | McKibben Tracy B | director | 1,704 0.0006% | $264.69 | $451,035 | -0.16% | |
| 2025-02-13 | Sale | HIGGINS ARTHUR J | director | 1,800 0.0006% | $263.05 | $473,490 | -0.28% | |
| 2025-02-13 | Sale | Duijser Machiel | EVP & CSCO | 5,721 0.002% | $264.04 | $1.51M | -0.28% | |
| 2025-02-13 | MacLennan David | director | 400 0.0001% | $264.51 | $105,806 | -0.28% | ||
| 2024-11-22 | Sale | GATES WILLIAM H III | 10 percent owner | 70,000 0.0248% | $245.95 | $17.22M | +1.67% | |
| 2024-11-21 | Sale | GATES WILLIAM H III | 10 percent owner | 100,000 0.0353% | $242.79 | $24.28M | +2.35% | |
| 2024-11-20 | Sale | GATES WILLIAM H III | 10 percent owner | 106,542 0.0376% | $241.21 | $25.7M | +2.93% | |
| 2024-11-19 | Sale | GATES WILLIAM H III | 10 percent owner | 79,585 0.0281% | $244.48 | $19.46M | +1.86% | |
| 2024-11-18 | Sale | GATES WILLIAM H III | 10 percent owner | 83,873 0.0296% | $245.96 | $20.63M | +1.15% | |
| 2024-11-18 | Sale | De Boo Alexander A. | EVP & PRES - GLOBAL MARKETS | 1,390 0.0005% | $245.73 | $341,563 | +1.15% | |
| 2024-11-15 | Sale | GATES WILLIAM H III | 10 percent owner | 100,000 0.0349% | $245.22 | $24.52M | +1.45% | |
| 2024-11-14 | Sale | GATES WILLIAM H III | 10 percent owner | 100,000 0.0353% | $248.06 | $24.81M | +0.47% | |
| 2024-11-13 | Sale | GATES WILLIAM H III | 10 percent owner | 177,892 0.0627% | $249.40 | $44.37M | -0.52% | |
| 2024-11-13 | Sale | HIGGINS ARTHUR J | director | 2,000 0.0007% | $249.81 | $499,622 | -0.52% | |
| 2024-11-12 | Sale | GATES WILLIAM H III | 10 percent owner | 126,436 0.0447% | $248.65 | $31.44M | +0.19% | |
| 2024-11-11 | Sale | GATES WILLIAM H III | 10 percent owner | 49,742 0.0176% | $250.62 | $12.47M | -0.78% | |
| 2024-11-08 | Sale | GATES WILLIAM H III | 10 percent owner | 89,828 0.0316% | $249.66 | $22.43M | -0.51% | |
| 2024-11-07 | Sale | GATES WILLIAM H III | 10 percent owner | 50,815 0.0179% | $246.00 | $12.5M | +1.01% |
Insider Historical Profitability
| GATES WILLIAM H III | 10 percent owner | 29178741 10.2875% | $7.37B | 20 | 16 | +13.84% |
| Beck Christophe | CHAIRMAN & CEO | 63511 0.0224% | $16.05M | 0 | 14 | |
| HIGGINS ARTHUR J | director | 26535 0.0094% | $6.7M | 1 | 8 | +31.2% |
| Marsh Laurie M | EVP - HUMAN RESOURCES | 24447 0.0086% | $6.18M | 0 | 6 | |
| REICH VICTORIA | director | 24041 0.0085% | $6.07M | 0 | 7 | |
| MacLennan David | director | 18767 0.0066% | $4.74M | 14 | 0 | +8.26% |
| Berger Larry L | EVP & CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER | 15744 0.0056% | $3.98M | 0 | 14 | |
| Alfano Nicholas J. | EVP & PRES - GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL | 12065 0.0043% | $3.05M | 0 | 3 | |
| McKibben Tracy B | director | 9734 0.0034% | $2.46M | 1 | 1 | <0.0001% |
| Cook Gregory B | EVP & PRES - INST GROUP | 8080 0.0028% | $2.04M | 0 | 1 | |
| Bradway Jennifer J | SVP & CORPORATE CONTROLLER | 4140 0.0015% | $1.05M | 0 | 2 | |
| De Boo Alexander A. | EVP & PRES - GLOBAL MARKETS | 3844 0.0014% | $971,301.92 | 0 | 1 | |
| Duijser Machiel | EVP & CSCO | 3774 0.0013% | $953,614.32 | 0 | 2 | |
| CASCADE INVESTMENT, L.L.C. | 31185470 10.995% | $7.88B | 4 | 0 | <0.0001% | |
| BAKER DOUGLAS M JR | 623927 0.22% | $157.65M | 0 | 17 | ||
| SCHUMAN ALLAN L | director | 592859 0.209% | $149.8M | 0 | 9 | |
| SCHMECHEL DANIEL J | CFO and Treasurer | 161241 0.0568% | $40.74M | 0 | 2 | |
| HANDLEY THOMAS W | President and COO | 112268 0.0396% | $28.37M | 0 | 5 | |
| BELL LAWRENCE T | General Counsel and Secretary | 104058 0.0367% | $26.29M | 0 | 9 | |
| NISITA MAURIZIO | SVP - Global Operations | 100719 0.0355% | $25.45M | 0 | 4 | |
| LEWIS DIANA D | SVP - Human Resources | 93491 0.033% | $23.62M | 0 | 5 | |
| GRUNDHOFER JERRY A | director | 62307 0.022% | $15.74M | 4 | 1 | +14.31% |
| BILLER LESLIE S | director | 49164 0.0173% | $12.42M | 0 | 3 | |
| McCormick Michael C. | EVP CORPORATE AFFAIRS | 47067 0.0166% | $11.89M | 0 | 10 | |
| SANDERS DANIEL S | director | 46290 0.0163% | $11.7M | 1 | 0 | +18.82% |
| HOWARD JAMES J | director | 45903 0.0162% | $11.6M | 0 | 1 | |
| Taylor Stephen M | EVP and Pres. - Nalco Champion | 44466 0.0157% | $11.24M | 0 | 4 | |
| SPOONER JOHN P | President of International | 39441 0.0139% | $9.97M | 0 | 5 | |
| LEVIN JERRY W | director | 32521 0.0115% | $8.22M | 0 | 17 | |
| Hickey Michael A | EVP - Special Initiatives | 30887 0.0109% | $7.8M | 0 | 14 | |
| Inchaustegui Roberto | EVP - Growth Initiatives | 29579 0.0104% | $7.47M | 0 | 12 | |
| BECK BARBARA | 26821 0.0095% | $6.78M | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mason Phillip J | Ex.VP & President EMEA | 25859 0.0091% | $6.53M | 0 | 2 | |
| MILLER JAMES A | ExVP & Pres. GlobalServ.&Spec. | 21575 0.0076% | $5.45M | 0 | 7 | |
| SEIFERT JAMES J | Ex.VP, Gen. Counsel & Secy. | 21279 0.0075% | $5.38M | 1 | 4 | +1.31% |
| ETTINGER JEFFREY M | 18943 0.0067% | $4.79M | 2 | 0 | <0.0001% | |
| Mulhere Timothy P | 18967 0.0067% | $4.79M | 0 | 19 | ||
| Meyer Michael L | Executive VP - Human Resources | 15264 0.0054% | $3.86M | 0 | 1 | |
| PRITCHARD BETH M | director | 14272 0.005% | $3.61M | 2 | 0 | +11.99% |
| Corkrean John J | Sr.VP and Corporate Controller | 12763 0.0045% | $3.22M | 0 | 2 | |
| Busch Angela M | EVP - CORP STRAT & BUS DEV | 11970 0.0042% | $3.02M | 0 | 15 | |
| Casale Carl M | director | 11495 0.0041% | $2.9M | 1 | 0 | +5.34% |
| Wyant Jill S | 10123 0.0036% | $2.56M | 0 | 9 | ||
| Simermeyer Elizabeth A | 8943 0.0032% | $2.26M | 0 | 6 | ||
| Brown Darrell R | 8431 0.003% | $2.13M | 0 | 5 | ||
| Blanco Alex N | EVP & Chief Supply Chain Off | 8025 0.0028% | $2.03M | 0 | 1 | |
| LAVANDIER BRUNO | SVP & Corporate Controller | 7732 0.0027% | $1.95M | 0 | 4 | |
| Hughes Bryan L | Sr. VP & Corporate Controller | 7500 0.0026% | $1.9M | 0 | 4 | |
| DE SCHUTTER RICHARD U | director | 6677 0.0024% | $1.69M | 1 | 0 | +9.93% |
| CHAZEN STEPHEN I | director | 5245 0.0018% | $1.33M | 1 | 0 | +17.58% |
| Kirkland Scott D | 3322 0.0012% | $839,402.96 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Aronson Martha Goldberg | EVP & Pres.-Global Healthcare | 2292 0.0008% | $579,142.56 | 0 | 1 | |
| FRITZE STEVEN L | Former Chief Financial Officer | 1655 0.0006% | $418,185.40 | 0 | 6 | |
| Charton Jerome | 1643 0.0006% | $415,153.24 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Peterson Gail | SVP - GLOBAL MKTG & COMMS | 1567 0.0006% | $395,949.56 | 0 | 1 | |
| NEWLIN STEPHEN D | President - Industrial Sector | 1000 0.0004% | $252,680.00 | 1 | 3 | +13.7% |
| Snedeker C William | EVP-Global Services Sector | 1107 0.0004% | $279,716.51 | 0 | 2 | |
| HENKEL KGAA /NEW/ | 10 percent owner | 0 0% | $0 | 1 | 1 | |
| HENKEL CHEMIE VERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH | other | 0 0% | $0 | 0 | 1 | |
| IANNUZZI LUCIANO | EVP-Europe, Africa & M.E. | 0 0% | $0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Henkel CORP | 10 percent owner | 0 0% | $0 | 0 | 2 |
ECL Institutional Investors: Active Positions
| Increased Positions | 733 | +45.9% | 13M | +5.93% |
| Decreased Positions | 671 | -42.02% | 8M | -3.72% |
| New Positions | 173 | New | 3M | New |
| Sold Out Positions | 111 | Sold Out | 890,279 | Sold Out |
| Total Postitions | 1,659 | +3.88% | 221M | +2.21% |
ECL Ownership Change vs Market
Institutional Investor Ownership
| Vanguard Group Inc | $6.06M | 8.53% | 24.15M | +105,289 | +0.44% | 2024-12-31 |
| Blackrock, Inc. | $5.85M | 8.23% | 23.3M | +987,523 | +4.43% | 2024-12-31 |
| State Street Corp | $2.97M | 4.18% | 11.82M | +536,758 | +4.76% | 2024-12-31 |
| Morgan Stanley | $1.48M | 2.08% | 5.89M | +88,834 | +1.53% | 2024-12-31 |
| Geode Capital Management, Llc | $1.32M | 1.86% | 5.27M | +91,475 | +1.76% | 2024-12-31 |
| Gates Foundation Trust | $1.31M | 1.84% | 5.22M | 0 | 0% | 2024-12-31 |
| Wellington Management Group Llp | $1.25M | 1.76% | 4.97M | -181,760 | -3.53% | 2024-12-31 |
| Aristotle Capital Management, Llc | $1.14M | 1.61% | 4.55M | -11,415 | -0.25% | 2024-12-31 |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding Sa | $1M | 1.41% | 4M | +304,478 | +8.25% | 2024-12-31 |
| Ubs Am, A Distinct Business Unit Of Ubs Asset Management Ame | $918,673.00 | 1.29% | 3.66M | -182,064 | -4.74% | 2024-12-31 |