Ecolab (ECL) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.18
- Estimate
- $2.17
- Surprise
- +0.3%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.4 → 5.5/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Ecolab (ECL) beat the $2.17 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.18 — effectively in line (0.3%). TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.4/10) to Sell at 5.5/10 after the report.
Coverage in the report window
- CORRECTION: Ecolab Narrows FY2026 Adj EPS Guidance from $8.05-$8.25 to $8.10-$8.20 vs $8.17 Est — benzinga, 2026-10-27
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates ECL Sell at 5.5/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +0.3% surprise compares with a +0.4% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Positive momentum
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Sector modifier (Basic Materials): -0.1
- Leverage penalty (D/E 1.4): -0.5
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $291.27
- Price target
- $294.99
- Stop
- $279.69
- Upside to target
- +1.3%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.2:1
The stock trades at 39.1× trailing but 31.1× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 72 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-28 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
ECL at TrendMatrix's latest read
Materials producers report against the commodity cycle — realized-price capture and volume, not the EPS line, are the tells in a quarter like this.
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- Market cap
- $81.65B
- P/E (fwd)
- 31.1
- P/E (ttm)
- 39.1
- 52-week range
- $243.15–$309.27
- Off 52-week high
- 5.8%
- RSI (14)
- 72
- Volume vs avg
- 1.10×
- Score today
- 5.5/10