NYSE: ECL
Ecolab is a global provider of water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services. The company operates through four reportable segments: Global Water (including Heavy Water, Light Water, High-Tech, Food & Beverage, and Paper), Global Institutional & Specialty (serving hospitality, healthcare, quick service, and food retail), Global Pest Elimination, and Global Life Sciences (bioprocessing, personal care, and purification). Ecolab also has a growing digital business (Ecolab Digital) that provides data-driven insights and AI-powered solutions. The company delivers approximately $16 billion in annual sales, employs 48,000 associates, and serves customers in more than 170 countries across 40 industries. Key growth engines include Global High-Tech (water circularity solutions for microelectronics and liquid cooling for AI data centers via Ovivo Electronics and CoolIT acquisitions), Life Sciences (end-to-end solutions for pharmaceutical manufacturing), Pest Elimination (digital pest intelligence platform with over 800,000 connected devices), and Ecolab Digital. The company plays a significant role in AI infrastructure growth by supporting advanced computing water needs — from ultrapure water for chip manufacturing to direct liquid cooling systems for high-density data centers. Updated
The AI data center build-out is now an Ecolab story: Global High-Tech sales grew 63% organically, with CoolIT on track to more than double pre-acquisition sales. The cost is leverage, and management says EPS growth accelerates in 2027 as those deal charges lap.
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Ecolab is a global provider of water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services.
24/7 Wall St.'s 12-month price target for ECL is $340.69, rated Buy. The Wall Street consensus target is $330.57. ECL price prediction →
