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Ticker
ECL

Price
281.48
Stock movement down
-1.52 (-0.51%)
Company name
Ecolab Inc
Exchange
(NYSE
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Basic Materials >
Specialty Chemicals
Market cap
84.74B
Ent value
98.98B
Price/Sales
5.27
Price/Book
8.64
Div yield
0.98%
Div growth
4.99%
Growth years
29
FCF payout
49.24%
Trailing P/E
40.82
Forward P/E
30.85
PEG
2.36
EPS growth
-
1 year return (CAGR)
14.17%
3 year return (CAGR)
25.54%
5 year return (CAGR)
6.63%
10 year return (CAGR)
10.92%
Last updated: 2026-02-13

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DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share2.92
Dividend yield0.98%
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Maximum yield1.55%
Average yield1.08%
Minimum yield0.84%
Discount to avg yield-10.28%
Upside potential-9.32%
Yield as % of max yield62.84%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield0.98%
Current yield distribution62.46%
Yield at 100% (Min)0.84%
Yield at 90%0.89%
Yield at 80%0.92%
Yield at 50% (Median)1.03%
Yield at 20%1.24%
Yield at 10%1.33%
Yield at 0% (Max)1.55%

Dividend per share

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Dividend per share data
Years of growth29 years
CCC statusDividend Champion
Dividend per share2.92
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Ex-div date16 Dec 2025
EPS (TTM)7.30
EPS (1y forward)9.70
EPS growth (5y)-
EPS growth (5y forward)17.33%

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
ECLS&P500
DGR MR12.31%-13.74%
DGR TTM17.54%6.60%
DGR 3 years6.57%7.31%
DGR 5 years4.99%4.69%
DGR 10 years7.41%6.30%
DGR 15 years9.87%8.16%
Time since last change announced76 days
EPS growth (5y)-
EPS growth (5y forward)17.33%

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM27.19%49.24%
Average--
Forward30.11%-

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VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E40.82
Price to OCF45.50
Price to FCF73.92
Price to EBITDA47.18
EV to EBITDA55.11

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales5.27
Price to Book8.64
EV to Sales6.16

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FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count283.24M
EPS (TTM)7.30
FCF per share (TTM)4.03

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)16.08B
Gross profit (TTM)7.15B
Operating income (TTM)2.84B
Net income (TTM)2.08B
EPS (TTM)7.30
EPS (1y forward)9.70

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)44.48%
Operating margin (TTM)17.68%
Profit margin (TTM)12.91%

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash646.20M
Net receivables3.25B
Total current assets5.96B
Goodwill9.23B
Intangible assets3.69B
Property, plant and equipment0.00
Total assets24.70B
Accounts payable2.07B
Short/Current long term debt8.83B
Total current liabilities5.53B
Total liabilities14.89B
Shareholder's equity9.80B
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)1.86B
Capital expenditures (TTM)716.20M
Free cash flow (TTM)1.15B
Dividends paid (TTM)564.40M

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity21.17%
Return on Assets8.40%
Return on Invested Capital11.51%
Cash Return on Invested Capital6.35%

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STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open300.65
Daily high303.92
Daily low298.12
Daily Volume1.07M
All-time high285.47
1y analyst estimate313.10
Beta0.99
EPS (TTM)7.30
Dividend per share2.92
Ex-div date16 Dec 2025
Next earnings date5 May 2026

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
ECLS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-1.40%-0.89%
Highest price drop-45.97%-56.47%
Date of highest drop11 Oct 19909 Mar 2009
Avg drop from high-8.32%-10.86%
Avg time to new high15 days12 days
Max time to new high841 days1805 days

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COMPANY DETAILS
ECL (Ecolab Inc) company logo
Marketcap
84.74B
Marketcap category
Large-cap
Description
Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four reportable segments: Global Industrial, Global Institutional & Specialty, Global Healthcare & Life Sciences, and Global Pest Elimination. The Global Industrial segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions to manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, metals and mining, power generation, refining, pulp and paper, and petrochemical industries. The Global Institutional & Specialty segment provides cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, hospitality, lodging, government and education, and retail industries. The Global Healthcare & Life Sciences segment offers cleaning and sanitizing products, such as infection prevention, and end-to-end cleaning and contamination control solutions to the healthcare, personal care, and pharmaceutical industries under the Ecolab, Bioquell, Purolite, and Anios brand names. 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. It 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.
Employees
48000
Investor relations
SEC filings
CEO
Douglas Baker
Country
USA
City
Saint Paul
Stock type
Common stock
CCC status
Dividend Champion
Dividend Frequency
Quarterly
EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS
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