Ecolab Inc.

ECL Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

Ecolab Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $16.1 billion, up 2.16% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 9.69%, EPS grew 3.24%, free cash flow fell 2.91% and total debt rose 60.5%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, revenue growth for five, operating cash flow growth for three; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

287.52 3.29 −1.13%
Market cap
$81.5B
P/E
38.3×
Fwd P/E
32.3×
Dividend yield
1.02%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
4.76
Beneish M
−2.51
Dividend safety
89/100
Dec '25 Dec '24 Dec '23 Dec '22 Dec '21 Dec '20 Dec '19 Dec '18 Dec '17 Dec '16
P/E ratio
35.81 31.54 41.12 38.44 59.39 0.00 35.67 29.71 25.77 28.10
Piotroski F-Score
6 8 8 6 6 4 9 6 6 6
P/S ratio
4.62 4.23 3.69 2.96 5.27 5.27 4.43 3.48 2.82 2.63
Altman Z-Score
4.76 4.84 4.18 3.33 4.38 4.81 4.38 3.70 3.54 3.48
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
3.24 3.56 3.12 2.83 2.76 3.34 3.29 3.05 2.99 3.02
P/FCF ratio
38.01 36.39 34.30 38.95 46.93 45.11 32.77 27.85 31.58 28.45
Beneish M-Score
(2.51) (2.65) (2.67) (2.54) (2.54) (2.81) (2.76) (2.66) (2.51) (2.61)
P/Operating CF
68.22 86.89 66.26 48.86 104.80 95.56 67.72 51.40 60.26 77.07
Dividend Safety Score
89 — — — — — — — — —
P/B ratio
7.59 7.58 7.00 5.78 9.26 10.01 6.37 5.28 5.09 4.95
EV/Sales
5.10 4.63 4.16 3.52 5.93 5.73 4.92 4.05 3.33 3.11
EV/EBITDA
22.07 19.51 21.86 19.98 30.95 30.58 23.60 20.11 16.20 15.03
EV/FCF
41.89 39.83 38.71 46.36 52.80 49.05 36.44 32.39 37.35 33.70
Current Ratio
1.08 1.26 1.30 1.30 1.32 1.75 1.33 1.27 1.32 1.42
Net Debt/EBITDA
2.04 1.69 2.49 3.19 3.44 2.46 2.38 2.82 2.50 2.34
Debt/Equity
0.84 0.86 1.01 1.18 1.21 1.08 0.73 0.87 0.96 0.96
ROE
22.33% 25.06% 17.90% 15.05% 16.80% (16.15%) 18.58% 18.20% 20.58% 17.62%
ROA
8.82% 9.55% 6.34% 5.12% 5.75% (6.18%) 7.61% 7.14% 7.86% 6.65%
ROIC
9.84% 11.60% 8.12% 6.41% 6.38% 7.50% 7.71% 7.21% 8.25% 8.77%
Return on Tangible Assets
44.19% 42.37% 28.75% 23.85% 25.55% (22.69%) 35.22% 29.60% 31.18% 26.57%
Average Days of Receivables
73.75 66.43 67.52 69.41 71.04 70.39 69.21 79.51 67.84 64.98
Earnings Yield
2.79% 3.17% 2.43% 2.60% 1.68% (1.93%) 2.80% 3.37% 3.88% 3.56%
Free Cash Flow Yield
2.63% 2.75% 2.92% 2.57% 2.13% 2.22% 3.05% 3.59% 3.17% 3.51%
Free Cash Flow per Share
6.91 6.44 5.78 3.78 5.00 4.80 5.89 5.29 4.26 4.15
Book value per Share
34.61 30.92 28.32 25.45 25.33 21.61 30.29 27.91 26.43 23.83
Free Cash Flow
1,956.60 1,830.70 1,646.90 1,077.80 1,431.10 1,376.50 1,696.90 1,527.00 1,233.40 1,213.40
EV/EBIT
29.94 26.02 32.00 31.98 47.27 48.38 33.51 28.62 23.62 21.86
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