DJ Ecolab Inc. Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Ecolab Inc. $(ECL)$ shed 1.40% to $245.73 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.67% to 7,353.61 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.65% to 49,363.88.
Ecolab Inc. closed 20.55% below its 52-week high of $309.27, which the company reached on February 24th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Procter & Gamble Co. $(PG)$ fell 0.77% to $141.30, Waste Management Inc. $(WM)$ fell 0.18% to $222.34, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. $(CL)$ rose 0.11% to $90.02.
Trading volume (2.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.5 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 19, 2026.
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