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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) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, Ecolab Inc. (ECL) trades at a price to free cash flow of 41.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 20.6× (April 2016) to 53.4× (October 2022); the current reading is higher than 76% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 19.8× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 18.6×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

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

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 35.9×
Current reading's percentile 76

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare n/m
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 9.6×
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 11.0×
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 17.0×
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare 24.9×
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 25.5×
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 39.2×
ECL Ecolab Inc. 41.6×
LIN Linde PLC compare 43.7×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 19.8×
Basic Materials sector median 18.6×
Market median 14.0×

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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