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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) Return on invested capital

Ecolab Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 9.83%, down 0.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.84%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.38% (fiscal 2021) to 11.6% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 2.75% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 9.84% (1.76)
FY2024 11.6% 3.48
FY2023 8.12% 1.71
FY2022 6.41% 0.03
FY2021 6.38% (1.12)
FY2020 7.50% (0.21)
FY2019 7.71% 0.50
FY2018 7.21% (1.04)
FY2017 8.25% (0.52)
FY2016 8.77% 1.46

Against its own ten years

Low 6.38% High 11.6%
Ten-year median 7.71%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare 16.0%
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 9.87%
ECL Ecolab Inc. 9.83%
LIN Linde PLC compare 9.20%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 2.87%
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 2.84%
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 2.65%
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 1.46%
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare −1.12%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 2.75%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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