BIT/1ECL (BIT/1ECL)

Borsa Italiana: BIT/1ECL · EUR

€244

+5.80 (+2.4%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	73.3B
Revenue (ttm)	15.3B
Net income (ttm)	1.8B
EPS (ttm)	€6.61
P/E (trailing)	37.0x
P/E (forward)	32.5x
Dividend	€2.52 (1.03%)

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 15.3B
Net income (ttm): 1.8B
EPS (ttm): €6.61
P/E (trailing): 37.0x
P/E (forward): 32.5x
Market cap: 73.3B

Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

Upcoming

DateLoading

Window—

EPS estimate—

Revenue estimate—

Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E32.5

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

Trailing P/E37

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROE20.8

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROIC12.2

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

Benchmarks · 1M

S&P 500+0.8%

Nasdaq Composite-1.0%

Dow Jones Industrial Average+1.9%

Russell 2000+0.3%

All BIT/1ECL indicators

Market & fundamental data

Available fields

240

Groups with data

Currency

USD

Showing 240 of 240 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

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

Metric	Value
Amount currency	EUR
Country	United States
Country code	IT
Earnings date	2026-10-27
Employees	48,000
Employees change	0
Employees growth	0%
Enterprise value	EUR 85B
Exchange	Borsa Italiana
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-09-30
First seen	2026-05-10
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1923
Industry	Specialty Chemicals
Is primary listing	No
ISIN number	US2788651006
Last earnings date	2026-10-27
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Market cap	EUR 73.3B
Next earnings date	2027-02-09
Price	EUR 244.20
Price currency	EUR
Sector	Materials
SIC code	2842
Stock price date	2026-10-02
Symbol	bit/1ECL
Website	https://www.ecolab.com

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	36.8x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	37.08x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	39.48x
Earnings yield	2.71%
EV/Earnings	46.36x
EV/EBIT	29.51x
EV/EBITDA	20.99x
EV/FCF	50.47x
EV/Sales	5.45x
FCF / EV yield	1.98%
FCF yield	2.3%
Forward P/E	32.47x
Graham number	64.95057
Graham upside	-73.4%
Lynch fair value	EUR 79.60
Lynch upside	-67.4%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	46.9x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	27.92x
P/B ratio	7.96x
P/E ratio	36.96x
P/FCF ratio	43.5x
P/OCF ratio	26.68x
P/S ratio	4.79x
Price/EBITDA ratio	19.47x
Sector forward P/E	11.74x
Sector P/E	12.13x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	18.48%
EBITDA margin	24.6%
Effective tax rate	19.5%
FCF margin	11.13%
Gross margin	43.99%
Operating margin	18.48%
Pretax margin	15%
Profit margin	11.99%
Profit per employee	EUR 38,209
Profitable quarters	24
Profitable years	5
Revenue per employee	EUR 318,709
ROA	7.3%
ROA (5Y)	6.61%
ROCE	12.98%
ROE	20.77%
ROE (5Y)	19.65%
ROIC	12.2%
ROIC (5Y)	11.92%
SBC / revenue	0.81%
Tax / revenue	2.93%

Growth

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

Metric	Value
EPS growth	5.79%
EPS growth (Q)	-4.88%
EPS growth (QoQ)	2.63%
EPS growth 10Y	7.41%
EPS growth 3Y	19.48%
EPS growth 5Y	13.45%
EPS growth quarters	3
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	19.1%
FCF growth 3Y	12.22%
FCF growth 5Y	5.77%
Gross profit growth	8.41%
Gross profit growth (Q)	10.9%
Gross profit growth 3Y	8.68%
Gross profit growth 5Y	8.17%
Net income growth	4.94%
Net income growth (Q)	-5.76%
Net income growth (QoQ)	3.07%
Net income growth 3Y	19.14%
Net income growth 5Y	13.02%
Net income growth quarters	3
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	16.47%
OCF growth 10Y	3.17%
OCF growth 3Y	13.92%
OCF growth 5Y	9.98%
Operating income growth	12.5%
Operating income growth (Q)	11.56%
Operating income growth 3Y	15.87%
Operating income growth 5Y	11.4%
Revenue growth	9.33%
Revenue growth (Q)	12.72%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	6.33%
Revenue growth 10Y	2.77%
Revenue growth 3Y	4.89%
Revenue growth 5Y	6.92%
Revenue growth quarters	5
Revenue growth years	5

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	EUR -1.1B
Depreciation and amortization	EUR 955.2M
EBIT	EUR 2.8B
EBITDA	EUR 3.8B
EPS	EUR 6.61
Financing cash flow	EUR 2.7B
Free cash flow	EUR 1.7B
Free cash flow minus SBC	EUR 1.6B
Gross profit	EUR 6.7B
Income taxes	EUR 447.5M
Investing cash flow	EUR -2.6B
Net borrowing	EUR 4.5B
Net cash flow	EUR 2.9B
Net income	EUR 1.8B
Operating cash flow minus SBC	EUR 2.6B
Operating income	EUR 2.8B
Revenue	EUR 15.3B
Stock-based compensation	EUR 122M

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Book value per share	EUR 32.74
Debt / EBITDA	3.05
Debt / equity	1.32
Debt / FCF	7.2
Goodwill	EUR 11.4B
Interest coverage	8.03
Long-term assets	EUR 21B
Long-term liabilities	EUR 12.5B
Net cash (debt)	EUR -11.5B
Net cash / market cap	-15.68%
Net debt / EBITDA	3.05
Net debt / equity	1.25
Net debt / FCF	6.82
Piotroski F-Score	4
Property, plant and equipment	EUR 4.8B
Shareholders' equity	EUR 9.2B
Tangible book value	EUR -6.5B
Tangible book value per share	EUR -23.12
Total assets	EUR 27.4B
Total cash	EUR 636.1M
Total debt	EUR 12.1B
Total liabilities	EUR 18.2B

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.63
Current assets	EUR 6.4B
Current liabilities	EUR 5.7B
Current ratio	1.11
Inventory turnover	5.9
Net working capital	EUR 1.1B
Quick ratio	0.71
Working capital	EUR 634.1M
Working capital turnover	8.41

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	0.78%
Dividend growth	7.96%
Dividend growth (3Y)	8.38%
Dividend growth (5Y)	9.49%
Dividend growth years	5
Dividend payment date	2026-10-15
Dividend payment years	9
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	EUR 2.52
Dividend yield	1.03%
Ex-dividend date	2026-09-14
Last dividend	EUR 0.63
Payout ratio	38.16%
Shareholder yield	1.81%

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
150-day SMA	EUR 234.78
1D price change	2.43%
1M price change	0.78%
1M total return	1.05%
1W price change	1.08%
1W total return	1.08%
1Y price change	6.64%
1Y return CAGR	7.81%
1Y total return	7.8%
20-day SMA	EUR 240.28
200-day SMA	EUR 236.36
3M price change	-1.09%
3M total return	-0.83%
3Y price change	51.25%
3Y return CAGR	15.98%
3Y total return	56.02%
50-day SMA	EUR 242.14
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	EUR 279.00
52-week high date	2026-02-16
52-week low	EUR 208.70
52-week low date	2026-05-15
5Y price change	33.99%
5Y return CAGR	7.23%
5Y total return	41.73%
6M price change	5.3%
6M total return	5.88%
All-time high	EUR 279.00
All-time high date	2026-02-16
All-time low	EUR 122.82
All-time low date	2020-03-23
Average true range (ATR)	EUR 3.37
Average volume	0
Change from 52-week high	-12.47%
Change from 52-week low	17.01%
Change from all-time high	-12.47%
Change from all-time low	98.83%
Change from open	0%
Day's gap	2.43%
High price	EUR 244.20
Low price	EUR 244.20
Monthly RSI	56.21
Open price	EUR 244.20
Previous close	EUR 238.40
Price vs 150-day SMA	4.01%
Price vs 20-day SMA	1.63%
Price vs 200-day SMA	3.32%
Price vs 50-day SMA	0.85%
Relative volume	0.83
RSI	53.11
Sharpe ratio	0.16
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.61
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.21
Sortino ratio	0.45
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.17
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.54
Weekly RSI	54.69
YTD price change	8.68%
YTD total return	9.56%

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	279.7M
Shares change (QoQ)	-0.04%
Shares change (YoY)	-0.78%
Shares held by insiders	0.11%
Shares held by institutions	92.43%

Deeper analysis on BIT/1ECL

14 sections in the full report · jump straight to what you need

Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Scorecard

Six-factor overlay and 9-category weighted scorecard.

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Recommendation

Final action, action steps, opportunity, and biggest risk.

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Perspectives

Growth, value, and income investor reads.

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Frequently asked questions

About this BIT/1ECL report

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Market cap

73.3B

Revenue (ttm)

15.3B

Net income (ttm)

1.8B

EPS (ttm)

€6.61

P/E (trailing)

37.0x

P/E (forward)

32.5x

Dividend

€2.52 (1.03%)

Metric

Value

Amount currency

EUR

Country

United States

Country code

Earnings date

2026-10-27

Employees

48,000

Employees change

Employees growth

Enterprise value

EUR 85B

Exchange

Borsa Italiana

Financial currency

USD

Financial report date

2026-09-30

First seen

2026-05-10

Fiscal year end

December

Founded

1923

Industry

Specialty Chemicals

Is primary listing

ISIN number

US2788651006

Last earnings date

2026-10-27

Last refreshed

2026-10-28

Market cap

EUR 73.3B

Next earnings date

2027-02-09

Price

EUR 244.20

Price currency

EUR

Sector

Materials

SIC code

2842

Stock price date

2026-10-02

Symbol

bit/1ECL

Website

https://www.ecolab.com

Metric

Value

Average P/E ratio (10Y)

36.8x

Average P/E ratio (3Y)

37.08x

Average P/E ratio (5Y)

39.48x

Earnings yield

2.71%

EV/Earnings

46.36x

EV/EBIT

29.51x

EV/EBITDA

20.99x

EV/FCF

50.47x

EV/Sales

5.45x

FCF / EV yield

1.98%

FCF yield

2.3%

Forward P/E

32.47x

Graham number

64.95057

Graham upside

-73.4%

Lynch fair value

EUR 79.60

Lynch upside

-67.4%

P/(FCF - SBC) ratio

46.9x

P/(OCF - SBC) ratio

27.92x

P/B ratio

7.96x

P/E ratio

36.96x

P/FCF ratio

43.5x

P/OCF ratio

26.68x

P/S ratio

4.79x

Price/EBITDA ratio

19.47x

Sector forward P/E

11.74x

Sector P/E

12.13x

Metric

Value

EBIT margin

18.48%

EBITDA margin

24.6%

Effective tax rate

19.5%

FCF margin

11.13%

Gross margin

43.99%

Operating margin

18.48%

Pretax margin

15%

Profit margin

11.99%

Profit per employee

EUR 38,209

Profitable quarters

Profitable years

Revenue per employee

EUR 318,709

ROA

7.3%

ROA (5Y)

6.61%

ROCE

12.98%

ROE

20.77%

ROE (5Y)

19.65%

ROIC

12.2%

ROIC (5Y)

11.92%

SBC / revenue

0.81%

Tax / revenue

2.93%

Metric

Value

EPS growth

5.79%

EPS growth (Q)

-4.88%

EPS growth (QoQ)

2.63%

EPS growth 10Y

7.41%

EPS growth 3Y

19.48%

EPS growth 5Y

13.45%

EPS growth quarters

EPS growth years

FCF growth

19.1%

FCF growth 3Y

12.22%

FCF growth 5Y

5.77%

Gross profit growth

8.41%

Gross profit growth (Q)

10.9%

Gross profit growth 3Y

8.68%

Gross profit growth 5Y

8.17%

Net income growth

4.94%

Net income growth (Q)

-5.76%

Net income growth (QoQ)

3.07%

Net income growth 3Y

19.14%

Net income growth 5Y

13.02%

Net income growth quarters

Net income growth years

OCF growth

16.47%

OCF growth 10Y

3.17%

OCF growth 3Y

13.92%

OCF growth 5Y

9.98%

Operating income growth

12.5%

Operating income growth (Q)

11.56%

Operating income growth 3Y

15.87%

Operating income growth 5Y

11.4%

Revenue growth

9.33%

Revenue growth (Q)

12.72%

Revenue growth (QoQ)

6.33%

Revenue growth 10Y

2.77%

Revenue growth 3Y

4.89%

Revenue growth 5Y

6.92%

Revenue growth quarters

Revenue growth years

Metric

Value

Capital expenditures

EUR -1.1B

Depreciation and amortization

EUR 955.2M

EBIT

EUR 2.8B

EBITDA

EUR 3.8B

EPS

EUR 6.61

Financing cash flow

EUR 2.7B

Free cash flow

EUR 1.7B

Free cash flow minus SBC

EUR 1.6B

Gross profit

EUR 6.7B

Income taxes

EUR 447.5M

Investing cash flow

EUR -2.6B

Net borrowing

EUR 4.5B

Net cash flow

EUR 2.9B

Net income

EUR 1.8B

Operating cash flow minus SBC

EUR 2.6B

Operating income

EUR 2.8B

Revenue

EUR 15.3B

Stock-based compensation

EUR 122M

Metric

Value

Book value per share

EUR 32.74

Debt / EBITDA

3.05

Debt / equity

1.32

Debt / FCF

7.2

Goodwill

EUR 11.4B

Interest coverage

8.03

Long-term assets

EUR 21B

Long-term liabilities

EUR 12.5B

Net cash (debt)

EUR -11.5B

Net cash / market cap

-15.68%

Net debt / EBITDA

3.05

Net debt / equity

1.25

Net debt / FCF

6.82

Piotroski F-Score

Property, plant and equipment

EUR 4.8B

Shareholders' equity

EUR 9.2B

Tangible book value

EUR -6.5B

Tangible book value per share

EUR -23.12

Total assets

EUR 27.4B

Total cash

EUR 636.1M

Total debt

EUR 12.1B

Total liabilities

EUR 18.2B

Metric

Value

Asset turnover

0.63

Current assets

EUR 6.4B

Current liabilities

EUR 5.7B

Current ratio

1.11

Inventory turnover

5.9

Net working capital

EUR 1.1B

Quick ratio

0.71

Working capital

EUR 634.1M

Working capital turnover

8.41

Metric

Value

Buyback yield / dilution

0.78%

Dividend growth

7.96%

Dividend growth (3Y)

8.38%

Dividend growth (5Y)

9.49%

Dividend growth years

Dividend payment date

2026-10-15

Dividend payment years

Dividend payout frequency

Quarterly

Dividend per share

EUR 2.52

Dividend yield

1.03%

Ex-dividend date

2026-09-14

Last dividend

EUR 0.63

Payout ratio

38.16%

Shareholder yield

1.81%

Metric

Value

150-day SMA

EUR 234.78

1D price change

2.43%

1M price change

0.78%

1M total return

1.05%

1W price change

1.08%

1W total return

1.08%

1Y price change

6.64%

1Y return CAGR

7.81%

1Y total return

7.8%

20-day SMA

EUR 240.28

200-day SMA

EUR 236.36

3M price change

-1.09%

3M total return

-0.83%

3Y price change

51.25%

3Y return CAGR

15.98%

3Y total return

56.02%

50-day SMA

EUR 242.14

50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA

50over200

52-week high

EUR 279.00

52-week high date

2026-02-16

52-week low

EUR 208.70

52-week low date

2026-05-15

5Y price change

33.99%

5Y return CAGR

7.23%

5Y total return

41.73%

6M price change

5.3%

6M total return

5.88%

All-time high

EUR 279.00

All-time high date

2026-02-16

All-time low

EUR 122.82

All-time low date

2020-03-23

Average true range (ATR)

EUR 3.37

Average volume

Change from 52-week high

-12.47%

Change from 52-week low

17.01%

Change from all-time high

-12.47%

Change from all-time low

98.83%

Change from open

Day's gap

2.43%

High price

EUR 244.20

Low price

EUR 244.20

Monthly RSI

56.21

Open price

EUR 244.20

Previous close

EUR 238.40

Price vs 150-day SMA

4.01%

Price vs 20-day SMA

1.63%

Price vs 200-day SMA

3.32%

Price vs 50-day SMA

0.85%

Relative volume

0.83

RSI

53.11

Sharpe ratio

0.16

Sharpe ratio (3Y)

0.61

Sharpe ratio (5Y)

0.21

Sortino ratio

0.45

Sortino ratio (3Y)

1.17

Sortino ratio (5Y)

0.54

Weekly RSI

54.69

YTD price change

8.68%

YTD total return

9.56%

Metric

Value

Float

279.7M

Shares change (QoQ)

-0.04%

Shares change (YoY)

-0.78%

Shares held by insiders

0.11%

Shares held by institutions

92.43%

BIT/1ECL (BIT/1ECL)

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Financial snapshot

Fair-value bridge

Latest news · BIT/1ECL

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Profitability

Balance sheet

Trading

Next earnings

Sector percentile context

All BIT/1ECL indicators

Profile and market data

Valuation

Profitability

Growth

Financial statements

Financial strength

Liquidity

Dividends and buybacks

Performance and technicals

Ownership and float

Deeper analysis on BIT/1ECL

Frequently asked questions

BIT/1ECL (BIT/1ECL)

Price

Financial snapshot

Fair-value bridge

Latest news · BIT/1ECL

Valuation

Profitability

Balance sheet

Trading

Next earnings

Sector percentile context

All BIT/1ECL indicators

Profile and market data

Valuation

Profitability

Growth

Financial statements

Financial strength

Liquidity

Dividends and buybacks

Performance and technicals

Ownership and float

Deeper analysis on BIT/1ECL

Frequently asked questions