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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) P/E ratio

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As of 16 October 2026, Ecolab Inc. (ECL) trades at a P/E ratio of 38.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (June 2021) to 62.4× (September 2021); the current reading is higher than 71% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 25.4× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 19.5×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 35.8× 13.56%
FY2024 31.5× (23.31%)
FY2023 41.1× 6.98%
FY2022 38.4× (35.28%)
FY2021 59.4× —
FY2020 0.0× —
FY2019 35.7× 20.08%
FY2018 29.7× 15.30%
FY2017 25.8× (8.32%)
FY2016 28.1× (16.95%)

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 37.1× 3.89%
Mar 2026 35.8× (0.17%)
Dec 2025 35.8× (8.46%)
Sep 2025 39.1× 9.48%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 62.4×
Ten-year median 35.3×
Current reading's percentile 65

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare n/m
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare n/m
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 15.3×
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 18.4×
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare 30.6×
LIN Linde PLC compare 32.0×
ECL Ecolab Inc. 38.3×
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 83.2×
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 290×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 25.4×
Basic Materials sector median 19.5×
Market median 18.1×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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