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sellModerate cluster of 3

William H Gates III sold $196M of ECL

owner at ECOLAB INC.. 796,813 shares at an average of $245.89, traded Oct 31, 2024, filed Nov 4, 2024.

Warning score
52
Value
$196M
796,813 shares
Holdings after
30,388,741
-3% from before
From 52-week low
-
no price yet
From 52-week high
-
no price yet

Score components

  • Role
    10% owner
    +12
  • Trade size
    $195.9M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 2.6% of holdings
    0
  • Cluster
    3 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m +1.8%, 3m +2.3%, 6m +4.9%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

ECLOct 9, 2026 · close 281.83
Since filing Nov 4, 2024: +17.7%SPY +39.8% · excess -22.1%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001104659-24-114012, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Oct 31, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-32,271$245.19$7.9M31,153,283Nov 4, 2024
Oct 31, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-208,049$245.90$51M30,945,234Nov 4, 2024
Oct 31, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-50,139$247.22$12M30,895,095Nov 4, 2024
Oct 31, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-12,939$248.22$3.2M30,882,156Nov 4, 2024
Oct 31, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-102,528$249.15$26M30,779,628Nov 4, 2024
Oct 31, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-3,210$249.87$802k30,776,418Nov 4, 2024
Nov 1, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-260,010$244.75$64M30,516,408Nov 4, 2024
Nov 1, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-54,450$245.99$13M30,461,958Nov 4, 2024
Nov 1, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-8,202$246.62$2.0M30,453,756Nov 4, 2024
Nov 4, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-31,387$243.15$7.6M30,422,369Nov 4, 2024
Nov 4, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-18,657$243.81$4.5M30,403,712Nov 4, 2024
Nov 4, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-12,849$244.99$3.1M30,390,863Nov 4, 2024
Nov 4, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-2,122$245.97$522k30,388,741Nov 4, 2024

Related signals

Other insiders at ECOLAB INC. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
50Moderate
ECLbuy
ECOLAB INC.
Eric Mark Green
director
$1.0M
3,690 shares
+87%
29Weak
ECLsell 2
ECOLAB INC.
Suzanne M Vautrinot
director
$383k
1,354 shares
-11%
26Weak
ECLsell 2
ECOLAB INC.
Jennifer J Bradway
SVP & CORPORATE CONTROLLER
$225k
807 shares
-16%
26Weak
ECLbuy
ECOLAB INC.
David MacLennan
director
$167k
600 shares
+3%
15Weak
ECLsell
ECOLAB INC.
Victoria Reich
director
$352k
1,300 shares
-5%
32Weak
ECLsell 2
ECOLAB INC.
Gregory B Cook
EVP & PRES - INST GROUP
$565k
2,234 shares
-20%
53Moderate
ECLsell 2
ECOLAB INC.
Nicholas J. Alfano
EVP & PRES - GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL
$2.5M
9,930 shares
-68%
31Weak
ECLbuy
ECOLAB INC.
David MacLennan
director
$126k
500 shares
+3%
50Moderate
ECLsell 5
ECOLAB INC.
Larry L Berger
EVP & CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER
$2.9M
10,858 shares
-41%
33Weak
ECLsell 5
ECOLAB INC.
Jennifer J Bradway
SVP & CORPORATE CONTROLLER
$229k
856 shares
-17%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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