ECL
Ecolab Inc.
Specialty Chemicals · Basic Materials · United States
300.86
close · 2026-10-29
value
2
cheaper than peers2
quality
68
stronger fundamentals68
ranked against
Specialty Chemicals
value
quality
42 peerswide variation
Value inputs
| measure | company | vs peers |
| EV to EBITDA | 21.71× | 15 |
| price to book | 8.09× | 11 |
| price to sales | 4.85× | 11 |
| forward P/E | 31.99× | 4 |
4 of 12 measures available
Quality inputs
| measure | company | vs peers |
| return on equity | 22.0% | 89 |
| operating margin | 18.5% | 82 |
| revenue growth | 9.7% | 56 |
| debt to equity | 138.0% | 14 |
4 of 4 measures available
Facts
| market cap | $84B |
| free cash flow | $1.47B |
| employees | 48,000 |
| first trade | 1973-02-21 |
| next earnings | 2026-10-27 |
| fundamentals updated | 2026-10-27 |
Annual history
| measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| diluted eps | 7.28 | 7.37 | 4.79 | 3.81 |
| free cash flow | $1.90B | $1.82B | $1.64B | $1.08B |
| net income | $2.08B | $2.11B | $1.37B | $1.09B |
| revenue | $16.08B | $15.74B | $15.32B | $14.19B |
| unusual items | -$154.9M | $188.9M | -$111.4M | -$140.5M |