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

Ecolab Inc. (ECL) P/S ratio

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As of 16 October 2026, Ecolab Inc. (ECL) trades at a P/S ratio of 4.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.1× (January 2015) to 5.7× (December 2020); the current reading is higher than 77% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 1.5× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 1.6×.

P/S ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/S ratio Change
FY2025 4.6× 9.28%
FY2024 4.2× 14.78%
FY2023 3.7× 24.60%
FY2022 3.0× (43.90%)
FY2021 5.3× 0.15%
FY2020 5.3× 18.99%
FY2019 4.4× 27.21%
FY2018 3.5× 23.59%
FY2017 2.8× 7.24%
FY2016 2.6× 4.89%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/S ratio Change
Jun 2026 4.6× 1.84%
Mar 2026 4.6× (1.41%)
Dec 2025 4.6× (5.34%)
Sep 2025 4.9× 0.57%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 2.1× High 5.7×
Ten-year median 3.7×
Current reading's percentile 75

P/S ratio against peers

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Price to Sales Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual sales, whether or not it is profitable.

(Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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