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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) Gross margin

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Ecolab Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 44.1%, down 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (44.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 37.8% (fiscal 2022) to 46.7% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 29.2% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 25.1%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 44.5% 1.00
FY2024 43.5% 3.22
FY2023 40.2% 2.48
FY2022 37.8% (2.43)
FY2021 40.2% (1.24)
FY2020 41.4% (2.48)
FY2019 43.9% 0.16
FY2018 43.8% 2.03
FY2017 41.7% (1.00)
FY2016 42.7% (3.95)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 44.1% 0.52
Mar 2026 43.6% (0.48)
Dec 2025 44.0% (0.76)
Sep 2025 44.8% 0.01
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Against its own ten years

Low 37.8% High 46.7%
Ten-year median 42.7%
Current reading's percentile 79

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare 49.0%
LIN Linde PLC compare 48.4%
ECL Ecolab Inc. 44.1%
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 41.2%
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 40.9%
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 36.5%
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 35.1%
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare 32.1%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 12.8%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 29.2%
Basic Materials sector median 25.1%
Market median 46.2%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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