
Ecolab Inc.
ECLNYSEBasic MaterialsChemicals - Specialty
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$281.63
+$0.15 · +0.05%
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Valuation
32
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Momentum
41
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Sentiment
72
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Risk resilience
74
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Company profile
Company websiteEcolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Global Water, Global Institutional & Specialty, Global Pest Elimination, and Global Life Sciences. The Global Water segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions to manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, primary metals and mining, power generation, global refining, petrochemical, pulp and paper industries. The Global Institutional & Specialty segment provides cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, healthcare, hospitality, lodging, government, education and retail industries. The Global Pest Elimination segment provides pest elimination services to detect, prevent, and eliminate pests comprising rodents and insects in full-service and quick-service restaurants, food and beverage processors, hotels, grocery operations, and other commercial segments, including education, life sciences, and healthcare. The Global Life Sciences segment provides cleaning and contamination control solutions to pharmaceutical and personal care manufacturers. It offers its products under the Ecolab, Kay, Purolite, and Bioquell brand names. The company sells its products through field sales and corporate account personnel, distributors, and dealers. Ecolab Inc. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
- Industry
- Chemicals - Specialty
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Headquarters
- US
- CEO
- Christophe Beck
- Listed since
- Feb 21, 1973
- Employees
- 48,000
Market position
Day range
Current $281.63
52-week range
Current $281.63
- Open
- $281.32
- Previous close
- $281.48
- Volume
- 2.22M
- 1.43× average
- Average volume
- 1.55M
- Average daily volume
- Market cap
- 79.26B USD
- Beta
- 0.89
- Market reference 1
- 50-day average
- $276.08
- +2.01% above average
- 200-day average
- $271.58
- +3.70% above average
Financials
Financial snapshot
Latest / TTMValuation & yield
- Enterprise value
- 83.16B USD
- P/E (TTM)
- 37.55×
- P/B (TTM)
- 7.88×
- P/S (TTM)
- 4.71×
- EV / EBITDA
- 24.02×
- Earnings yield
- 2.79%
- Free cash flow yield
- 2.56%
- Dividend yield
- 1.01%
Profitability & efficiency
- Gross margin
- 44.11%
- Operating margin
- 17.37%
- Net margin
- 12.57%
- Return on equity
- 21.24%
- Return on assets
- 8.40%
- Return on invested capital
- 11.95%
Financial health
- Debt / equity
- 1.37×
- Current ratio
- 1.08×
Financial statements
Margin trends
Profitability as a percentage of reported revenue.
Income trends
Revenue
Operating income
Net income
| Metric (USD) | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 16.08B USD | 15.74B USD | 15.32B USD | 14.19B USD | 12.73B USD |
| Cost of goods sold | 8.92B USD | 8.9B USD | 9.14B USD | 8.77B USD | 7.51B USD |
| Gross profit | 7.16B USD | 6.84B USD | 6.18B USD | 5.42B USD | 5.22B USD |
| Research and development | — | 207M USD | 192M USD | 190M USD | 186M USD |
| Selling, general, and administrative | 4.26B USD | 4.02B USD | 3.82B USD | 3.62B USD | 3.35B USD |
| Operating expenses | 4.25B USD | 4.23B USD | 4.02B USD | 3.81B USD | 3.54B USD |
| Interest income | — | 57.8M USD | 52.2M USD | 8.5M USD | 12.3M USD |
| Interest expense | 241.1M USD | 338.4M USD | 354.7M USD | 263.7M USD | 216.2M USD |
| Depreciation and amortization | 672.6M USD | 935.4M USD | 923.6M USD | 938.7M USD | 843.1M USD |
| Operating income | 2.91B USD | 2.61B USD | 2.16B USD | 1.61B USD | 1.68B USD |
| Net income | 2.08B USD | 2.11B USD | 1.37B USD | 1.09B USD | 1.13B USD |
Company facts updated Aug 24, 2026.
Earnings
- EPS beat rate
- 45%
- 5 beats, 1 miss, 5 met estimates
- Average EPS surprise
- +0.20%
- 11 comparable reports
- Latest EPS result
- 2.09
- Estimate 2.08 · Beat by 0.48%
EPS: actual versus estimate
Recent quarterly results
Revenue: actual versus estimate
Recent quarterly results
ECL peers
ETFs holding ECL
Funds reporting this stock among their holdings, ordered by reported position size.
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETFVTI2.24B0.10%2.3T USD0.03%$378.24+0.44%
Vanguard S&P 500 ETFVOO1.85B0.11%1.7T USD0.03%$703.71+0.39%
iShares Core S&P 500 ETFIVV960.93M0.11%891.84B USD0.03%$769.31+0.39%
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETFSPY886.79M0.11%817.87B USD0.09%$765.72+0.41%
Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETFVUG794.44M0.21%372B USD0.03%$87.50+0.38%
JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETFJEPI524.8M1.14%46.27B USD0.35%$57.92+0.35%
State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETFXLB413.29M4.76%8.69B USD0.08%$53.54+2.14%
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETFVIG397.88M0.30%130.9B USD0.04%$243.91+0.69%
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETFVTI- Market value
- 2.24B
- Weight
- 0.10%
- AUM
- 2.3T USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Price / 1D
- $378.24+0.44%
Vanguard S&P 500 ETFVOO- Market value
- 1.85B
- Weight
- 0.11%
- AUM
- 1.7T USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Price / 1D
- $703.71+0.39%
iShares Core S&P 500 ETFIVV- Market value
- 960.93M
- Weight
- 0.11%
- AUM
- 891.84B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Price / 1D
- $769.31+0.39%
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETFSPY- Market value
- 886.79M
- Weight
- 0.11%
- AUM
- 817.87B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.09%
- Price / 1D
- $765.72+0.41%
Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETFVUG- Market value
- 794.44M
- Weight
- 0.21%
- AUM
- 372B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Price / 1D
- $87.50+0.38%
JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETFJEPI- Market value
- 524.8M
- Weight
- 1.14%
- AUM
- 46.27B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.35%
- Price / 1D
- $57.92+0.35%
State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETFXLB- Market value
- 413.29M
- Weight
- 4.76%
- AUM
- 8.69B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.08%
- Price / 1D
- $53.54+2.14%
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETFVIG- Market value
- 397.88M
- Weight
- 0.30%
- AUM
- 130.9B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.04%
- Price / 1D
- $243.91+0.69%
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