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Also trades as: 0IFA.L (LSE) · $vol 1M

ECL Short Interest

Ecolab Inc.
1W: +1.1% 1M: +3.4% 3M: +2.1% YTD: +10.0% 1Y: +5.4% 3Y: +84.4% 5Y: +38.6%
$292.56
+3.67 (+1.27%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±2.2%
$276 $282 $289 $295 $301
NYSE · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty · Tech Score Strong Buy · Power 76 · $81.0B mcap · 251M float · 0.547% daily turnover · Short 38% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 88% of companies Debt: 14.5% of company value Bonds: $393.5M held by 296 funds, 52 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $2.60 (down 99.1%), Ecolab Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $13.75B against a stock market value of $81.00B.
Distance to default 12.58 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $7.22B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 21.8%; Altman Z 4.16. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-26
37.0%
Short Ratio
of total volume
42.5%
20-Day Avg
50.1%
50-Day Avg
▲ Rising
5-Day Trend
0.2M
Short Volume
0.5M
Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-26
ExchangeShort VolumeTotal VolumeShort %
NASDAQ 181,428 457,303 39.7%
NYSE 7,489 53,629 14.0%
BATS 220 374 58.8%

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