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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.

Revenue
+12.7%
EPS
−4.37%
Free cash flow
−15.6%
Total debt
+63.5%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

306.11 8.90 −2.83%
Market cap
$85.8B
P/E
41.3×
Fwd P/E
40.1×
Dividend yield
0.95%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
4.76
Beneish M
−2.51
Dividend safety
89/100
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Ecolab Inc. (ECL) EV/EBITDA

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As of 5 November 2026, Ecolab Inc. (ECL) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 24.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 12.7× (January 2015) to 33.1× (May 2021); the current reading is higher than 79% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 12.9× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 9.2×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 22.1× 13.11%
FY2024 19.5× (10.76%)
FY2023 21.9× 9.44%
FY2022 20.0× (35.45%)
FY2021 30.9× 1.21%
FY2020 30.6× 29.57%
FY2019 23.6× 17.31%
FY2018 20.1× 24.17%
FY2017 16.2× 7.81%
FY2016 15.0× (9.68%)

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Sep 2026 22.5× 1.25%
Jun 2026 22.2× 1.91%
Mar 2026 21.8× (1.23%)
Dec 2025 22.1× (6.08%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 12.7× High 33.1×
Ten-year median 21.6×
Current reading's percentile 79

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 6.9×
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 11.7×
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 12.7×
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 14.4×
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 17.1×
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare 19.5×
LIN Linde PLC compare 20.2×
ECL Ecolab Inc. 24.7×
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare 90.3×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 12.9×
Basic Materials sector median 9.2×
Market median 10.9×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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