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

Ecolab Inc. (ECL) EV/FCF

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As of 5 November 2026, Ecolab Inc. (ECL) trades at a EV/FCF of 54.5×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 24.7× (April 2016) to 63.4× (October 2022); the current reading is higher than 97% of that period.

EV/FCF, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/FCF Change
FY2025 41.9× 5.16%
FY2024 39.8× 2.91%
FY2023 38.7× (16.50%)
FY2022 46.4× (12.20%)
FY2021 52.8× 7.64%
FY2020 49.1× 34.61%
FY2019 36.4× 12.51%
FY2018 32.4× (13.28%)
FY2017 37.3× 10.83%
FY2016 33.7× 0.36%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/FCF Change
Sep 2026 49.6× 8.51%
Jun 2026 45.7× 4.73%
Mar 2026 43.7× 4.21%
Dec 2025 41.9× (19.59%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 24.7× High 63.4×
Ten-year median 41.2×
Current reading's percentile 97

EV/FCF against peers

What EV/FCF is

EV/Free CF shows how the value of a whole company, debt included, compares with the free cash its business produces.

((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)) ÷ (Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM))

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