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Ecolab Inc. ECL

Basic Materials  —  Specialty Chemicals
279.49 4.12 1.50% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$77.2B
P/E
37.3×
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Ecolab Inc. (ECL) EV/Sales

As of 25 September 2026, Ecolab Inc. (ECL) trades at a EV/Sales of 5.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.5× (January 2015) to 6.2× (December 2020); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 1.8× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 1.8×.

EV/Sales, daily

Annual

Period EV/Sales Change
FY2025 5.1× 10.02%
FY2024 4.6× 11.33%
FY2023 4.2× 18.15%
FY2022 3.5× (40.65%)
FY2021 5.9× 3.62%
FY2020 5.7× 16.34%
FY2019 4.9× 21.65%
FY2018 4.0× 21.54%
FY2017 3.3× 7.09%
FY2016 3.1× 4.55%

Quarterly

Period EV/Sales Change
Jun 2026 5.1× 1.51%
Mar 2026 5.0× (1.03%)
Dec 2025 5.1× (3.30%)
Sep 2025 5.3× 0.24%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 2.5× High 6.2×
Ten-year median 4.3×
Current reading's percentile 73

EV/Sales against peers

Company EV/Sales
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 0.9×
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 1.8×
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 2.2×
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 2.5×
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 2.8×
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare 3.8×
ECL Ecolab Inc. 5.1×
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare 6.3×
LIN Linde PLC compare 6.8×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 1.8×
Basic Materials sector median 1.8×
Market median 2.2×

What EV/Sales is

EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.

((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)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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