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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. 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
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Ecolab Inc. (ECL) EV/EBITDA

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As of 16 October 2026, Ecolab Inc. (ECL) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 22.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 12.7× (January 2015) to 33.1× (May 2021); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 12.8× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 9.4×.

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
Jun 2026 22.2× 1.91%
Mar 2026 21.8× (1.23%)
Dec 2025 22.1× (6.08%)
Sep 2025 23.5× 9.04%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 12.7× High 33.1×
Ten-year median 21.6×
Current reading's percentile 64

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 10.7×
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 12.0×
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 12.9×
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 14.5×
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 16.1×
LIN Linde PLC compare 19.2×
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare 19.3×
ECL Ecolab Inc. 22.9×
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare 87.6×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 12.8×
Basic Materials sector median 9.4×
Market median 11.0×

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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