Ecolab

ECL

Ecolab Inc., headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a corporation that helps organizations treat their water, not only for drinking directly, but also for use in food, healthcare, hospitality and industry. It was founded as Economics Laboratory in 1923 by Merritt J. Osborn, and renamed "Ecolab" in 1986.

Ecolab has been a target of short sellers for a while. The current short interest of 1.69% is roughly at the average of the last 12 months (1.13%).