DJ Ecolab Inc. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Ecolab Inc. $(ECL)$ slid 3.88% to $256.61 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.04% to 7,135.95 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.57% to 48,861.81.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of losses.
Ecolab Inc. closed 17.03% short of its 52-week high of $309.27, which the company reached on February 24th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Procter & Gamble Co. $(PG)$ fell 1.82% to $146.46, Waste Management Inc. $(WM)$ rose 1.30% to $230.31, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. $(CL)$ fell 1.38% to $84.49.
Trading volume (1.5 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.5 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled April 29, 2026.
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April 29, 2026 16:44 ET (20:44 GMT)
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