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ECL Stock Analysis, Forecast & Valuation

Market cap	79.6B
Revenue (ttm)	16.8B
Net income (ttm)	2.1B
EPS (ttm)	$7.45
Shares out	281.4M
P/E (trailing)	38.0x
P/E (forward)	33.0x
Dividend	$2.92 (1.03%)
Volume	1,888,588

Beta	0.90

Price target	$321	+13.4%

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000031462
Company name	Ecolab Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	278865100
Employees	48,000
Employees Change	0%
Employees Change Percent	0
Enterprise value	$88.2B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
In Index	SP500
Industry	Specialty Chemicals
Industry PE	43.98
Industry PE Fwd	19.01
Isin	US2788651006
Last refreshed	2026-07-29
Market cap	$79.6B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Price	$283
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	350,885.42x
Sector	Materials
Sector PE	25.38
Sector PE Fwd	14.55
Sic	2840
Symbol	ECL
Website	https://www.ecolab.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	2.66%
EV Earnings	41.69x
EV Sales Forward	4.81x
EV/EBIT	30.94x
EV/EBITDA	30.94x
EV/FCF	47.18x
EV/Sales	5.24x
FCF yield	2.35%
Forward P/E	32.99x
P/B ratio	7.9x
P/E ratio	37.96x
P/S ratio	4.73x
PE Ratio10 Y	36.69x
PE Ratio3 Y	37.27x
PE Ratio5 Y	40.28x
PEG ratio	2.48x
PS Forward	4.34x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	16.93%
EBITDA Margin	16.93%
FCF margin	11.37%
Gross margin	44.16%
Gross Profit	$7.4B
Gross Profit Growth	7.47%
Gross Profit Growth Q	7.81%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	9.25%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	8%
Net Income	$2.1B
Net Income Growth	-0.92%
Net Income Growth Q	2.04%
Net Income Growth Quarters	2%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	21.68%
Net Income Growth5 Y	15.03%
Pretax Margin	15.61%
Profit Margin	12.57%
Profit Per Employee	$44,092
Profitable Quarters	$23
Profitable Years	5
ROA	7.23
Roa5y	6.61
ROCE	11.91
ROE	21.96
Roe5y	19.65
ROIC	13.44
Roic5y	11.92

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	10.21%
Cagr15y	13.48%
Cagr1y	5.22%
Cagr20y	11.22%
Cagr3y	16.66%
Cagr5y	6.26%
Div CAGR10	7.48%
Div CAGR3	10.59%
Div CAGR5	8.26%
EPS Growth	-0.41
EPS Growth Q	3.26
EPS Growth Quarters	2
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	21.93
EPS Growth5 Y	15.39
FCF Growth	24.43%
FCF Growth3 Y	20.13%
FCF Growth5 Y	6.89%
OCF Growth	19.54%
OCF Growth10 Y	2.53%
OCF Growth3 Y	18.58%
OCF Growth5 Y	11.17%
Revenue Growth	7.11x
Revenue Growth Q	9.69x
Revenue Growth Quarters	4x
Revenue Growth Years	5x
Revenue Growth3 Y	4.49x
Revenue Growth5 Y	6.78x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.63
Assets	$29.9B
Cash	$5.1B
Current Assets	$11B
Current Liabilities	$6B
Debt	$13.8B
Debt EBITDA	$4.82
Debt Equity	$1.36
Debt FCF	$7.35
Equity	$10.1B
Interest Coverage	8.63
Liabilities	$19.8B
Long Term Assets	$18.9B
Long Term Liabilities	$13.9B
Net Cash	$-8.6B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-10.82
Net Debt EBITDA	$3.02
Net Debt Equity	$0.85
Net Debt FCF	$4.61
Tangible Book Value	$-2.8B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$-10.02
WACC	8.11

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.84
Inventory Turnover	5.85
Net Working Capital	$1.2B
Quick ratio	1.43
Working Capital	$5B
Working Capital Turnover	$4.68

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	0.58%
Dividend Growth	12.7%
Dividend Growth Years	40%
Dividend per share	$2.92
Dividend Years	56
Dividend Yield	1.03%
Ex Div Date	2026-06-16
Last Dividend	$0.73
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	38.42%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	164.44%
1Y total return	5.21%
200-day SMA	270.6
3Y total return	58.78%
50-day SMA	266.5
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	35.45%
All Time High	309.3
All Time High Change	-8.53%
All Time High Date	2026-02-24
All Time Low	1.34
All Time Low Change	20,949.11%
All Time Low Date	1984-03-23
ATR	6.54
Beta	0.9
Beta1y	0.41
Beta2y	0.53
Ch YTD	7.76
High	285
High52	309.3
High52 Date	2026-02-24
High52ch	-8.53%
Low	275.2
Low52	243.2
Low52 Date	2026-05-19
Low52ch	16.35%
Ma50ch	6.17%
Premarket Change Percent	3.18
Premarket Price	$280
Premarket Volume	3,653
Price vs 200-day SMA	4.53%
RSI	61.66
RSI Monthly	57.59
RSI Weekly	56.7
Sharpe ratio	0.16x
Sortino ratio	0.48
Total Return	1.61%
Tr YTD	8.35
Tr15y	566.89%
Tr1m	-0.26%
Tr1w	7.08%
Tr3m	5.9%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	26
Analyst Count Top	8
Analyst Price Target Top	$316
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Strong Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$2.08
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	10.05
Earnings Revenue Estimate	4,399,720,616x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	9.31x
Operating Income	$3.1B
Operating Income Growth	11.69
Operating Income Growth Q	7.21
Operating Income Growth3 Y	16.43
Operating Income Growth5 Y	11.56
Operating margin	18.43
Price target	$321
Price Target Change	$13.4
Price Target Change Top	$11.58

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	280,847,248%
Float Percent	99.79%
Net Borrowing	719,700,000
Shares Insiders	0.11%
Shares Institutions	91.5%
Shares Out	281,437,502
Shares Qo Q	-0.53%
Shares Yo Y	-0.58%
Short Float	1.18%
Short Ratio	2.13
Short Shares	1.18

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Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$1.7B
Adjusted OCF	2,894,400,000
Average Volume	1,111,035.1x
Bv Per Share	35.82
CAPEX	$-1.2B
Ch10y	137.3
Ch15y	464.1
Ch1m	-0.26
Ch1w	7.08
Ch1y	4.1
Ch20y	565.6
Ch3m	5.61
Ch3y	53.89
Ch5y	28.13
Ch6m	-0.42
Change	4.24%
Change From Open	1.76
Close	271.4
Days Gap	2.44
Depreciation Amortization	1,024,800,000
Dollar Volume	534,281,545.2
Earnings Date	2026-07-28
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$2.9B
EBITDA	$2.9B
EPS	$7.45
F Score	6
FCF	$1.9B
FCF EV Yield	2.12x
FCF Per Share	$6.65
Financing CF	-837,500,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,923
Goodwill	9,419,300,000
Graham Number	77.50536
Graham Upside	-72.6
Income Tax	$496.1M
Investing CF	-2,838,700,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-07-28
Last Report Date	2026-06-30
Last Split Date	2003-06-09
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-23
Lynch Fair Value	$112
Lynch Upside	-60.41
Ma150	272.4
Ma150ch	3.85%
Ma20	273.7
Ma20ch	3.34%
Net CF	-642,800,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-10-27
Open	278
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	42.57
P FCF Ratio SBC	45.88
P OCF Ratio	26.28
P OCF Ratio SBC	27.51
Payment Date	2026-07-15
Position In Range	78.63
Post Close	282.9
Postmarket Change Percent	0.04
Postmarket Price	$283
Ppne	5,193,000,000
Pre Close	271.4
Price Date	2026-07-28
Price EBITDA	$27.92
Relative Volume	1.7x
Revenue	16,842,500,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.82x
Share Based Comp	134,700,000
Tax By Revenue	2.95x
Tax Rate	18.87%
Tr20y	738.34%
Tr6m	0.12%
Us State	Minnesota
Views	265
Volume	1,888,588

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