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sellModerate cluster of 4

William H Gates III sold $40M of ECL

owner at ECOLAB INC.. 163,458 shares at an average of $245.24, traded Nov 18, 2024, filed Nov 20, 2024.

Warning score
52
Value
$40M
163,458 shares
Holdings after
29,455,283
-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
    $40.1M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 0.6% 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 -1.2%, 3m +10.4%, 6m +8.5%.

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 20, 2024: +19.0%SPY +34.9% · excess -15.9%

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 0001104659-24-121085, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Nov 18, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-72,725$245.89$18M29,546,016Nov 20, 2024
Nov 18, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-11,148$246.38$2.7M29,534,868Nov 20, 2024
Nov 19, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-8,785$243.32$2.1M29,526,083Nov 20, 2024
Nov 19, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-42,460$244.35$10M29,483,623Nov 20, 2024
Nov 19, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: by Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
-28,340$245.03$6.9M29,455,283Nov 20, 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%
27Weak
ECLbuy
ECOLAB INC.
David MacLennan
director
$193k
750 shares
+3%
29Weak
ECLsell 2
ECOLAB INC.
Alexander A. De Boo
EVP & PRES - GLOBAL MARKETS
$381k
1,422 shares
-20%
48Moderate
ECLsell 2
ECOLAB INC.
Christophe Beck
CHAIRMAN & CEO
$5.7M
21,714 shares
-23%
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%

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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