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sellModerate cluster of 4

William H Gates III sold $49M of ECL

owner at ECOLAB INC.. 200,000 shares at an average of $246.64, traded Nov 14, 2024, filed Nov 18, 2024.

Warning score
52
Value
$49M
200,000 shares
Holdings after
29,618,741
-1% from before
From 52-week low
-
no price yet
From 52-week high
-
no price yet

Score components

  • Role
    10% owner
    +12
  • Trade size
    $49.3M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 0.7% of holdings
    0
  • Cluster
    4 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 -3.1%, 3m +7.9%, 6m +6.8%.

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 18, 2024: +17.0%SPY +35.3% · excess -18.3%

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 0001104659-24-120127, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Nov 14, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-81,253$247.72$20M29,737,488Nov 18, 2024
Nov 14, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-8,212$249.31$2.0M29,729,276Nov 18, 2024
Nov 14, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-10,535$249.68$2.6M29,718,741Nov 18, 2024
Nov 15, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-74,049$245.04$18M29,644,692Nov 18, 2024
Nov 15, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-25,951$245.75$6.4M29,618,741Nov 18, 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%
63Notable
ECLsell 2
ECOLAB INC.
Christophe Beck
CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT & CEO
$5.0M
17,862 shares
-20%
70Notable
ECLsell 3
ECOLAB INC.
Gregory B Cook
Co-COO - Global Businesses
$1.3M
4,567 shares
-28%
44Moderate
ECLsell 2
ECOLAB INC.
Scott D Kirkland
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
$930k
3,357 shares
-16%
56Moderate
ECLbuy 2
ECOLAB INC.
Benjamin M. Clark
EVP - Global Supply Chain
$264k
1,000 shares
+1211%
72Notable
ECLbuy 2
ECOLAB INC.
Michel D Doukeris
director
$2.0M
7,750 shares
+1345%
43Moderate
ECLsell 2
ECOLAB INC.
Darrell R Brown
Co-COO - Global Markets
$2.6M
10,000 shares
-23%
21Weak
ECLsell 2
ECOLAB INC.
Suzanne M Vautrinot
director
$266k
1,004 shares
-8%
47Moderate
ECLbuy
ECOLAB INC.
David MacLennan
director
$251k
1,000 shares
+4%
41Moderate
ECLbuy
ECOLAB INC.
David MacLennan
director
$206k
800 shares
+3%

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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