Ecolab Inc. ECL
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) Operating margin
Ecolab Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 16.9%, down 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (17.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.0% (fiscal 2022) to 17.8% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 3.63% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.82%.
Operating margin, annual
Annual
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 17.0% | (0.78) |
| FY2024 | 17.8% | 4.80 |
| FY2023 | 13.0% | 1.99 |
| FY2022 | 11.0% | (1.54) |
| FY2021 | 12.6% | 0.71 |
| FY2020 | 11.8% | (2.85) |
| FY2019 | 14.7% | 0.55 |
| FY2018 | 14.1% | 0.05 |
| FY2017 | 14.1% | (0.13) |
| FY2016 | 14.2% | 2.69 |
Quarterly
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 17.2% | 1.86 |
| Mar 2026 | 15.3% | (1.67) |
| Dec 2025 | 17.0% | (1.28) |
| Sep 2025 | 18.3% | 0.61 |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Low 11.0%
High 17.8%
Ten-year median
14.1%
Current reading's percentile
91
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| LIN Linde PLC compare | 26.5% |
| ECL Ecolab Inc. | 16.9% |
| SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare | 16.4% |
| PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare | 13.4% |
| DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare | 9.90% |
| IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare | 7.48% |
| ALB Albemarle Corporation compare | 4.27% |
| LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare | 3.09% |
| APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare | −4.71% |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 3.63% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 0.82% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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