DJ Ecolab Inc. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Ecolab Inc. $(ECL)$ slipped 3.17% to $274.12 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.28% to 7,482.71 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.09% to 52,348.39.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Ecolab Inc. closed 11.37% 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 2.85% to $148.40, Waste Management Inc. $(WM)$ fell 1.38% to $233.94, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. $(CL)$ fell 2.09% to $93.04.
Trading volume (1.2 M) remained 557,686 below its 50-day average volume of 1.8 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 8, 2026.
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July 08, 2026 16:41 ET (20:41 GMT)
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