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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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 16 October 2026, Ecolab Inc. (ECL) trades at a price to free cash flow of 42.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 20.6× (April 2016) to 53.4× (October 2022); the current reading is higher than 79% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 21.2× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 18.4×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 38.0× 4.46%
FY2024 36.4× 6.09%
FY2023 34.3× (11.95%)
FY2022 39.0× (17.00%)
FY2021 46.9× 4.03%
FY2020 45.1× 37.68%
FY2019 32.8× 17.66%
FY2018 27.8× (11.82%)
FY2017 31.6× 10.99%
FY2016 28.5× 0.68%

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 41.5× 5.06%
Mar 2026 39.5× 3.81%
Dec 2025 38.0× (21.29%)
Sep 2025 48.3× 2.68%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 20.6× High 53.4×
Ten-year median 36.0×
Current reading's percentile 79

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare n/m
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 12.1×
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 16.7×
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 17.0×
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 25.3×
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare 25.3×
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 41.5×
ECL Ecolab Inc. 42.8×
LIN Linde PLC compare 46.3×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 21.2×
Basic Materials sector median 18.4×
Market median 14.2×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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