Ecolab Inc. (ECL)

Sector:Materials
Super Investor Stats:
Ownership count:5
Ownership Rank:68
% of all portfolios:0.282%
Hold Price * :$80.18
Total insider Buys/Sells last 3 months:
TransactionsTotal
Buys 1 $499,892
Sells 5 $2,060,605
Portfolio Manager% of portfolioSharesRecent activity
hist William Von Mueffling - Cantillon Capital Management 6.53 2,562,133 Add 75.32%
hist William Frels - Mairs & Power Growth 3.95 1,415,153
hist Michael Larson - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust 1.93 4,366,425
hist Robert Zagunis - Jensen 1.81 1,009,000 Add 7.68%
hist Thomas Gayner - Markel Asset Management 0.14 48,400
View the full NASDAQ:ECL chart at Wikinvest

Open Market Insider Buys

Date Filed Reporting Name Relationship Trans. Date Shares Price $ Total Value $
06 May 2013 GRUNDHOFER JERRY A Director 02 May 2013 5,935 84.23 499,892
07 Jun 2012 GATES WILLIAM H III 10% 05 Jun 2012 8,683 61.99 538,274
06 Jun 2012 GATES WILLIAM H III 10% 04 Jun 2012 526,707 61.79 32,546,384
05 Jun 2012 GATES WILLIAM H III 10% 01 Jun 2012 383,656 61.84 23,723,714
14 Dec 2011 SANDERS DANIEL S Director 13 Dec 2011 5,000 55.19 275,943
07 Dec 2011 GRUNDHOFER JERRY A Director 05 Dec 2011 5,400 55.45 299,429
02 Sep 2011 GATES WILLIAM H III 10% 31 Aug 2011 754,386 53.31 40,216,393
01 Sep 2011 GATES WILLIAM H III 10% 30 Aug 2011 596,625 52.50 31,322,867
31 Aug 2011 GATES WILLIAM H III 10% 29 Aug 2011 394,348 52.01 20,511,124
30 Aug 2011 GATES WILLIAM H III 10% 26 Aug 2011 901,150 50.21 45,247,304
29 Aug 2011 GATES WILLIAM H III 10% 25 Aug 2011 1,016,000 49.62 50,415,038
26 Aug 2011 GATES WILLIAM H III 10% 24 Aug 2011 1,393,800 49.37 68,805,049
25 Aug 2011 GATES WILLIAM H III 10% 23 Aug 2011 1,783,486 48.44 86,395,567
09 Aug 2011 HIGGINS ARTHUR J Director 09 Aug 2011 5,000 45.09 225,450

* "Hold Price" is the term we use to indicate the price at which our Super Investors are happy to continue owning a security. It is the price of the security on the portfolio date (usually quarter end). It's a reasonable indicator of a stock's undervaluation at that price, otherwise it would have been sold. We only provide this value when a security is owned by at least two Super Investors. In the case of reporting dates being different, we calculate a weighted average price.

* Open Market Insider Buys refer to transactions where insiders purchase common or preferred shares of their own company in the open market in the same way an investor would do. These tend to be far more indicative of insiders' confidence in the company than other forms of acquiring shares such as stock grants, gifts, or exercising of stock options.

* Please note: Occasionally multiple forms are filed for the same transaction - for example several beneficiaries reporting the same transaction. In such situations, we only show a single entry. For a complete list of insider filings click on the insider link immediately above the ownership table.
* P = Preferred Stock