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
Price to Tangible BV
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 242.58 0.00 0.00 0.00
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/Operating CF
27.76 25.92 26.43 27.94 36.65 36.30 25.54 21.71 22.03 21.08
EV/FCF
41.89 39.83 38.71 46.36 52.80 49.05 36.44 32.39 37.35 33.70
Quick Ratio
0.70 0.86 0.86 0.78 0.80 1.21 0.69 0.75 0.80 0.88
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/Assets
33.35% 33.79% 37.45% 39.98% 41.30% 36.89% 30.45% 35.10% 36.68% 36.48%
Debt/Equity
0.84 0.86 1.01 1.18 1.21 1.08 0.73 0.87 0.96 0.96
Asset Turnover
0.68 0.71 0.71 0.67 0.65 0.60 0.61 0.61 0.72 0.71
Operating CF/Net income
1.42 1.33 1.76 1.64 1.82 (1.54) 1.55 1.59 1.39 1.58
Capex/Depreciation
(1.02) (1.05) (0.83) (0.76) (0.75) (0.60) (0.93) (1.03) (0.96) (0.85)
Interest Coverage
11.35 9.92 6.71 6.41 7.32 4.81 9.68 7.82 7.65 7.07
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
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
26.48% 26.86% 26.51% 25.75% 26.83% 28.07% 28.27% 28.68% 27.65% 28.20%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.52 0.50 0.53 0.54 0.58 0.50 0.41 0.54 0.56 0.56
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
0.85% 0.86% 0.62% 0.62% 0.70% 0.70% 0.67% 0.72% 0.65% 0.65%
Graham Net Nets
(0.12) (0.11) (0.14) (0.21) (0.14) (0.11) (0.13) (0.17) (0.20) (0.21)
Graham Number
75.55 71.89 55.42 46.83 47.45 0.00 60.72 55.81 55.71 47.46
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%
Revenue per Share
56.76 55.37 53.76 49.75 44.47 41.08 43.60 42.35 47.78 44.96
Operating CF per Share
10.42 9.90 8.46 6.27 7.20 6.48 8.40 7.89 7.22 6.63
Capex per Share
(3.52) (3.46) (2.68) (2.49) (2.20) (1.69) (2.51) (2.60) (2.96) (2.48)
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
Cash per Share
2.28 4.42 3.23 2.10 1.26 4.39 0.41 0.40 0.73 1.12
Shareholders Equity per Share
34.61 30.92 28.32 25.45 25.33 21.61 30.29 27.91 26.43 23.83
Interest Debt per Share
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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
Working Capital
420.90 1,232.90 1,298.30 1,283.80 1,133.90 2,185.20 1,197.80 992.10 1,119.10 1,260.00
Capital Expenditures
(996.00) (983.20) (764.90) (710.60) (630.80) (483.70) (723.80) (750.70) (857.90) (726.30)
Net Current Asset Value
(8,936.20) (7,572.90) (8,130.30) (8,711.50) (9,266.20) (6,807.10) (7,314.90) (7,343.20) (7,715.40) (7,079.90)
EV/EBIT
29.94 26.02 32.00 31.98 47.27 48.38 33.51 28.62 23.62 21.86
Capex to Sales
0.06 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06
Price to Operating Income
27.17 23.77 28.35 26.87 42.01 44.49 30.13 24.61 19.97 18.46
Other line items
Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.23 0.25 0.27 0.29 0.26 0.26 0.24 0.19 0.24 0.25
Cash ROIC
10.47% 10.40% 9.59% 6.56% 8.74% 9.73% 11.17% 10.04% 8.12% 8.68%
Accounts Receivable Turnover
5.26 5.52 5.54 5.48 5.36 5.06 4.98 4.67 5.63 5.56
Accounts Payable Turnover
4.60 5.27 5.56 5.67 5.99 6.18 6.05 5.65 7.47 7.41
Inventory Turnover
6.04 6.01 5.57 5.38 5.48 5.84 5.36 4.59 5.83 5.57
Average Days of Payables
84.64 74.23 62.45 71.43 66.34 61.34 55.70 66.66 53.28 47.63
Days of Inventory on Hand
60.91 60.08 59.69 74.10 71.50 67.93 56.03 82.10 65.47 63.92
Average Receivables
3,057.20 2,849.60 2,766.15 2,588.25 2,376.10 2,327.90 2,522.25 2,616.95 2,456.30 2,365.70
Average Payables
1,940.50 1,688.15 1,647.25 1,556.20 1,272.40 1,117.95 1,165.45 1,216.35 1,080.15 1,016.40
Average Inventory
1,477.65 1,481.05 1,645.00 1,642.30 1,388.50 1,183.40 1,314.00 1,496.45 1,382.95 1,353.80
Average Assets
23,542.05 22,117.20 21,655.45 21,335.35 19,666.20 19,497.55 20,471.80 20,019.00 19,146.85 18,485.95
Average Common Equity
9,296.85 8,430.70 7,665.40 7,255.85 6,727.30 7,463.65 8,389.70 7,853.70 7,312.35 6,975.65

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