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.

Revenue
+12.7%
EPS
−4.37%
Free cash flow
−15.6%
Total debt
+63.5%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

306.11 8.90 −2.83%
Market cap
$85.8B
P/E
41.3×
Fwd P/E
40.1×
Dividend yield
0.95%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
4.76
Beneish M
−2.51
Dividend safety
89/100

Ecolab Inc. (ECL) P/E ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Ecolab Inc. (ECL) trades at a P/E ratio of 41.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (June 2021) to 62.4× (September 2021); the current reading is higher than 81% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 24.5× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 19.0×.

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
Sep 2026 37.1× (0.25%)
Jun 2026 37.1× 3.89%
Mar 2026 35.8× (0.17%)
Dec 2025 35.8× (8.46%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 62.4×
Ten-year median 35.3×
Current reading's percentile 78

P/E ratio against peers

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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