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Seth Goldstein
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Raising Our Ecolab FVE to $180 as Rising Fresh Water Costs Boost Industrial Water Treatment Profits

We are increasing our Ecolab fair value estimate to $180 per share from $146. This follows our in-depth analysis of the impact of rising fresh water costs on profit growth for Ecolab's industrial water business. Our wide-moat rating remains intact. At current prices, we view Ecolab as fairly valued. However, our outlook for Ecolab sits above the current median consensus estimates of $169 per share.
By 2030, we expect fresh water costs to rise globally and double in the U.S. As fresh water costs ...
Underlying
Ecolab Inc.

Ecolab is a provider of water, hygiene and energy technologies and services. The company's segments include: Global Industrial, which provides water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions in the manufacturing, food and beverage processing, chemical, power generation, pharmaceutical and commercial laundry industries; Global Institutional, which provides cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, hospitality, lodging, healthcare, government, education and retail industries; and Global Energy, which serves the process chemicals and water treatment needs of the global petroleum and petrochemical industries in both upstream and downstream applications.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Seth Goldstein

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