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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/FCF

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As of 16 October 2026, Ecolab Inc. (ECL) trades at a EV/FCF of 47.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 24.7× (April 2016) to 63.4× (October 2022); the current reading is higher than 78% 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
Jun 2026 45.7× 4.73%
Mar 2026 43.7× 4.21%
Dec 2025 41.9× (19.59%)
Sep 2025 52.1× 2.34%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 24.7× High 63.4×
Ten-year median 41.1×
Current reading's percentile 75

EV/FCF against peers

Company EV/FCF
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare −770×
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 18.1×
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 19.5×
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 20.8×
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 27.2×
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare 29.0×
ECL Ecolab Inc. 47.0×
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 50.7×
LIN Linde PLC compare 51.0×

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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