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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.

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
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Ecolab Inc. (ECL) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, Ecolab Inc. (ECL) trades at a price to free cash flow of 47.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 20.6× (April 2016) to 53.4× (October 2022); the current reading is higher than 95% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 19.1× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 17.7×.

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
Sep 2026 42.7× 2.98%
Jun 2026 41.5× 5.06%
Mar 2026 39.5× 3.81%
Dec 2025 38.0× (21.29%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 20.6× High 53.4×
Ten-year median 36.0×
Current reading's percentile 95

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 7.8×
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 17.7×
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 21.5×
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 24.6×
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare 27.2×
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 42.3×
LIN Linde PLC compare 47.2×
ECL Ecolab Inc. 47.6×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 19.1×
Basic Materials sector median 17.7×
Market median 14.1×

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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