DJ Ecolab Inc. Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Ecolab Inc. $(ECL)$ slipped 1.47% to $273.00 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 2.06% to 6,796.86 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.76% to 48,488.59.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Ecolab Inc. closed 4.56% short of its 52-week high of $286.04, which the company reached on August 22nd.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Procter & Gamble Co. $(PG)$ rose 1.71% to $147.00, Waste Management Inc. $(WM)$ rose 0.03% to $221.30, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. $(CL)$ rose 1.09% to $85.44.
Trading volume (1.2 M) remained 171,223 below its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled January 20, 2026.
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January 20, 2026 16:42 ET (21:42 GMT)
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