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/S ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Ecolab Inc. (ECL) trades at a P/S ratio of 4.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.1× (January 2015) to 5.7× (December 2020); the current reading is higher than 85% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 1.6× 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
Sep 2026 4.4× (4.55%)
Jun 2026 4.6× 1.84%
Mar 2026 4.6× (1.41%)
Dec 2025 4.6× (5.34%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 2.1× High 5.7×
Ten-year median 3.8×
Current reading's percentile 84

P/S ratio against peers

What P/S ratio is

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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