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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) P/B ratio

As of 25 September 2026, Ecolab Inc. (ECL) trades at a P/B ratio of 7.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.0× (January 2015) to 10.7× (December 2020); the current reading is higher than 71% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 1.8× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 1.8×.

P/B ratio, daily

Annual

Period P/B ratio Change
FY2025 7.6× 0.08%
FY2024 7.6× 8.31%
FY2023 7.0× 20.98%
FY2022 5.8× (37.54%)
FY2021 9.3× (7.52%)
FY2020 10.0× 57.14%
FY2019 6.4× 20.67%
FY2018 5.3× 3.76%
FY2017 5.1× 2.75%
FY2016 5.0× 1.98%

Quarterly

Period P/B ratio Change
Jun 2026 7.8× 3.71%
Mar 2026 7.5× (1.42%)
Dec 2025 7.6× (4.70%)
Sep 2025 8.0× (2.56%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 4.0× High 10.7×
Ten-year median 6.5×
Current reading's percentile 71

P/B ratio against peers

Company P/B ratio
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 1.3×
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 1.6×
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 1.6×
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 1.8×
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 2.8×
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare 3.8×
LIN Linde PLC compare 5.4×
ECL Ecolab Inc. 7.8×
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare 20.8×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 1.8×
Basic Materials sector median 1.8×
Market median 1.8×

What P/B ratio is

Price to Book Value tells an investor how much the market pays for a company’s shares relative to the accounting net worth that belongs to common shareholders.

Stock Price ÷ (Common Equity (Total) (latest quarter) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter))

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