ECL
Ecolab Inc
277.10$
+1.2%
vs. previous close
Closing price · As of: Oct 5, 2026
Statements
Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | Q3 16 | Q4 16 | Q1 17 | Q2 17 | Q3 17 | Q4 17 | Q1 18 | Q2 18 | Q3 18 | Q4 18 | Q1 19 | Q2 19 | Q3 19 | Q4 19 | Q1 20 | Q2 20 | Q3 20 | Q4 20 | Q1 21 | Q2 21 | Q3 21 | Q4 21 | Q1 22 | Q2 22 | Q3 22 | Q4 22 | Q1 23 | Q2 23 | Q3 23 | Q4 23 | Q1 24 | Q2 24 | Q3 24 | Q4 24 | Q1 25 | Q2 25 | Q3 25 | Q4 25 | Q1 26 | Q2 26 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 33.6 | 28.2 | 29.5 | 30.3 | 28.9 | 26.2 | 26.8 | 26.5 | 28.8 | 30.1 | 34.9 | 38.6 | 38.0 | 36.2 | 29.5 | – | – | – | – | 56.6 | 53.4 | 60.1 | 45.9 | 39.9 | 36.6 | 38.1 | 41.0 | 45.5 | 39.5 | 41.5 | 42.8 | 39.9 | 35.7 | 31.7 | 34.4 | 36.0 | 39.4 | 35.9 | 35.8 | 37.2 | |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | |
| 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.8 | |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.2 | |
| 14.8 | 14.3 | 15.4 | 16.5 | 15.8 | 15.9 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 17.5 | 16.5 | 19.2 | 22.1 | 22.3 | 22.4 | 18.7 | 25.8 | 27.9 | 31.1 | 31.8 | 26.8 | 25.6 | 30.3 | 24.0 | 21.1 | 19.7 | 19.5 | 21.1 | 22.9 | 20.1 | 21.2 | 22.9 | 22.3 | 20.6 | 19.1 | 20.4 | 21.1 | 24.6 | 23.6 | 23.6 | 26.0 | |
| 26.7 | 29.3 | 33.1 | 35.0 | 35.8 | 32.2 | 32.1 | 36.9 | 38.7 | 30.1 | 38.6 | 35.9 | 34.8 | 34.9 | 27.8 | 36.7 | 40.6 | 45.6 | 45.7 | 42.0 | 39.7 | 47.9 | 40.8 | 42.3 | 49.2 | 38.7 | 43.9 | 40.3 | 28.5 | 34.8 | 32.3 | 32.9 | 36.5 | 36.8 | 48.1 | 48.9 | 50.3 | 39.2 | 40.4 | 42.0 | |
| 3.7% | 3.4% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 2.7% | 2.6% | 3.3% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3.6% | 2.7% | 2.5% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2.1% | 2.5% | 2.4% | 2.0% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 3.5% | 2.9% | 3.1% | 3.0% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.6% | 2.5% | 2.4% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 47.1% | 47.6% | 47.4% | 46.3% | 44.6% | 43.1% | 41.6% | 41.7% | 41.6% | 41.3% | 41.3% | 41.7% | 42.5% | 43.4% | 44.2% | 43.4% | 42.5% | 41.8% | 41.3% | 41.7% | 41.5% | 41.0% | 40.2% | 39.3% | 38.5% | 38.2% | 38.2% | 38.5% | 39.5% | 40.3% | 41.5% | 42.6% | 43.1% | 43.5% | 43.7% | 44.0% | 44.3% | 44.5% | 44.3% | 44.1% | |
| 12.8% | 14.5% | 14.4% | 15.4% | 16.0% | 16.6% | 16.7% | 15.5% | 14.4% | 13.5% | 13.2% | 13.9% | 14.4% | 15.0% | 15.4% | 14.6% | 15.0% | 14.7% | 14.6% | 15.6% | 14.2% | 13.2% | 12.5% | 11.2% | 10.4% | 11.3% | 11.8% | 12.7% | 13.9% | 14.1% | 14.9% | 15.7% | 16.2% | 16.6% | 16.9% | 17.1% | 17.3% | 17.7% | 17.5% | 17.4% | |
| 8.1% | 9.3% | 9.5% | 9.6% | 9.7% | 10.9% | 10.6% | 10.8% | 11.0% | 9.7% | 10.1% | 10.5% | 11.2% | 11.9% | 12.2% | -7.0% | -9.0% | -10.2% | -11.1% | 8.7% | 9.1% | 8.9% | 8.4% | 8.2% | 8.1% | 7.7% | 8.0% | 8.0% | 8.2% | 9.0% | 10.0% | 11.0% | 13.0% | 13.4% | 13.4% | 13.6% | 12.5% | 12.9% | 12.8% | 12.6% | |
| 10.2% | 9.0% | 8.5% | 8.3% | 7.8% | 8.8% | 8.8% | 7.8% | 8.2% | 9.8% | 9.1% | 11.3% | 12.2% | 12.3% | 13.0% | 13.0% | 11.9% | 11.6% | 11.6% | 11.7% | 12.2% | 11.1% | 9.5% | 7.7% | 6.1% | 7.6% | 7.4% | 9.0% | 11.3% | 10.7% | 13.3% | 13.3% | 12.8% | 11.6% | 9.6% | 10.0% | 9.8% | 11.8% | 11.4% | 11.1% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15.6% | 17.8% | 18.4% | 18.6% | 18.1% | 19.7% | 19.7% | 19.8% | 20.1% | 17.9% | 18.0% | 18.2% | 17.8% | 17.9% | 17.5% | -14.7% | -17.9% | -19.5% | -20.6% | 15.7% | 16.3% | 15.6% | 15.6% | 15.6% | 16.0% | 15.1% | 15.7% | 15.5% | 15.8% | 17.1% | 18.9% | 20.7% | 23.9% | 23.8% | 23.7% | 22.9% | 20.4% | 21.2% | 21.0% | 21.0% | |
| 5.8% | 6.7% | 6.5% | 6.6% | 6.6% | 7.5% | 7.4% | 7.8% | 8.0% | 7.1% | 7.1% | 7.2% | 7.3% | 7.5% | 6.9% | -4.7% | -5.9% | -6.6% | -7.1% | 5.7% | 6.3% | 5.3% | 5.3% | 5.2% | 5.4% | 5.1% | 5.4% | 5.5% | 5.6% | 6.3% | 7.3% | 8.0% | 9.3% | 9.4% | 9.4% | 9.0% | 8.3% | 8.4% | 8.4% | 7.1% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6,482 | 6,360 | 7,329 | 7,419 | 7,348 | 7,111 | 7,240 | 7,163 | 6,901 | 6,930 | 7,221 | 7,122 | 6,762 | 6,357 | 6,273 | 6,041 | 6,005 | 5,552 | 5,643 | 5,443 | 5,168 | 8,513 | 8,772 | 8,771 | 8,520 | 8,090 | 8,324 | 8,177 | 7,734 | 7,388 | 7,190 | 7,293 | 6,493 | 6,548 | 6,597 | 6,446 | 6,273 | 7,590 | 8,143 | 8,041 | |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | |
| 37.4% | 37.6% | 35.4% | 35.4% | 36.4% | 38.2% | 37.7% | 39.3% | 39.7% | 39.9% | 39.3% | 39.5% | 41.1% | 41.6% | 39.5% | 32.4% | 33.2% | 34.0% | 34.6% | 36.2% | 38.7% | 34.1% | 33.6% | 33.5% | 33.6% | 33.7% | 34.6% | 35.2% | 35.7% | 36.8% | 38.5% | 38.6% | 38.7% | 39.7% | 39.7% | 39.3% | 40.7% | 39.6% | 40.0% | 33.6% | |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3.63 | 4.16 | 4.25 | 4.38 | 4.46 | 5.12 | 5.12 | 5.30 | 5.44 | 4.89 | 5.06 | 5.12 | 5.21 | 5.33 | 5.28 | -2.94 | -3.73 | -4.17 | -4.48 | 3.64 | 3.90 | 3.90 | 3.85 | 3.86 | 3.94 | 3.82 | 4.03 | 4.10 | 4.29 | 4.78 | 5.39 | 5.97 | 7.15 | 7.39 | 7.37 | 7.48 | 6.95 | 7.30 | 7.42 | 7.48 | |
| 44.68 | 44.51 | 44.80 | 45.43 | 46.14 | 47.12 | 48.32 | 49.01 | 49.61 | 50.20 | 50.30 | 48.55 | 46.65 | 44.92 | 43.26 | 41.77 | 41.50 | 40.84 | 40.36 | 42.01 | 42.99 | 43.98 | 45.52 | 47.22 | 48.48 | 49.64 | 50.69 | 51.57 | 52.47 | 53.36 | 53.86 | 54.47 | 54.81 | 55.10 | 54.98 | 55.09 | 55.68 | 56.58 | 57.99 | 59.54 | |
| 23.23 | 23.35 | 23.08 | 23.53 | 24.62 | 25.95 | 25.97 | 26.76 | 27.03 | 27.39 | 28.12 | 28.16 | 29.26 | 29.68 | 30.15 | 20.09 | 20.86 | 21.36 | 21.79 | 23.23 | 23.97 | 24.95 | 24.58 | 24.75 | 24.67 | 25.32 | 25.69 | 26.39 | 27.17 | 28.02 | 28.51 | 28.88 | 29.89 | 31.07 | 31.11 | 32.66 | 34.05 | 34.38 | 35.26 | 35.54 | |
| 4.55 | 4.00 | 3.79 | 3.79 | 3.59 | 4.16 | 4.27 | 3.80 | 4.05 | 4.90 | 4.58 | 5.49 | 5.68 | 5.54 | 5.61 | 5.42 | 4.92 | 4.75 | 4.69 | 4.90 | 5.26 | 4.90 | 4.33 | 3.63 | 2.94 | 3.76 | 3.77 | 4.63 | 5.94 | 5.70 | 7.16 | 7.22 | 7.00 | 6.37 | 5.27 | 5.51 | 5.44 | 6.70 | 6.59 | 6.63 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: October 5, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.