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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
Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios Filings 10-Q 10-K

Ecolab Inc. (ECL) P/B ratio

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As of 16 October 2026, Ecolab Inc. (ECL) trades at a P/B ratio of 8.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.0× (January 2015) to 10.7× (December 2020); the current reading is higher than 75% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 1.8× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 1.7×.

P/B ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

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 newest first

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 73

P/B ratio against peers

Company P/B ratio
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 1.3×
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 1.7×
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 1.9×
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 2.8×
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 3.6×
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare 4.0×
LIN Linde PLC compare 5.7×
ECL Ecolab Inc. 8.0×
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare 21.2×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 1.8×
Basic Materials sector median 1.7×
Market median 1.7×

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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