Ecolab Inc. (ECL)

Ecolab Ratios and Metrics

Market cap in millions USD. Fiscal year is January - December.

Total Valuation

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021
Period Ending	Oct 23, 2026	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021
Market Capitalization	80,883	74,355	66,350	56,557	41,460	67,226
Market Cap Growth	3.32%	12.06%	17.32%	36.42%	-38.33%	8.85%
Enterprise Value	89,667	81,264	73,423	64,733	50,325	72,685
Last Close Price	288.53	260.41	230.07	192.87	139.82	222.28

Price Ratios

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021
Period Ending	Oct 23, 2026	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021
PE Ratio	38.71	35.82	31.41	41.21	37.98	59.50
Forward PE	33.60	31.74	32.26	33.54	30.79	41.55
PS Ratio	4.80	4.62	4.22	3.69	2.92	5.28
PB Ratio	8.04	7.58	7.55	7.01	5.71	9.27
P/FCF Ratio	43.15	39.05	36.47	34.55	38.55	47.38
P/OCF Ratio	26.46	25.18	23.58	23.45	23.18	32.60
PEG Ratio	2.51	2.38	2.07	2.32	2.30	2.80

EV Ratios

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021
Period Ending	Oct 23, 2026	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021
EV/Sales Ratio	5.32	5.05	4.66	4.22	3.55	5.71
EV/EBITDA Ratio	21.68	20.69	20.36	20.82	18.06	26.83
EV/EBIT Ratio	28.88	27.53	27.50	29.61	27.23	38.95
EV/FCF Ratio	47.84	42.67	40.35	39.54	46.79	51.23

Financial Efficiency

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021
Period Ending	Oct 23, 2026	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021
Debt / Equity Ratio	1.38	0.92	0.94	1.08	1.24	1.26
Debt / EBITDA Ratio	3.18	2.16	2.17	2.63	3.03	3.17
Debt / FCF Ratio	7.43	4.72	4.55	5.34	8.39	6.45
Net Debt / Equity Ratio	0.87	0.85	0.80	0.97	1.16	1.21
Net Debt / EBITDA Ratio	2.12	2.13	1.95	2.51	3.02	3.25
Net Debt / FCF Ratio	4.69	4.39	3.86	4.77	7.84	6.20
Asset Turnover	0.63	0.68	0.71	0.71	0.67	0.65
Inventory Turnover	5.85	6.04	6.01	5.55	5.34	5.42
Quick Ratio	1.50	0.77	0.89	0.91	0.83	0.84
Current Ratio	1.84	1.08	1.26	1.30	1.31	1.32
Return on Equity (ROE)	21.96%	22.52%	25.29%	18.17%	15.28%	17.00%
Return on Assets (ROA)	7.23%	7.84%	7.54%	6.31%	5.41%	5.93%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)	13.38%	14.28%	13.97%	10.99%	9.61%	10.74%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	13.00%	15.40%	15.20%	12.50%	10.70%	10.60%

Yields

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021
Period Ending	Oct 23, 2026	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021
Earnings Yield	2.58%	2.79%	3.18%	2.43%	2.63%	1.68%
FCF Yield	2.32%	2.56%	2.74%	2.89%	2.59%	2.11%
Dividend Yield	1.01%	1.02%	1.01%	1.09%	1.41%	0.83%
Payout Ratio	39.18%	36.31%	31.45%	44.98%	55.22%	50.13%
Buyback Yield / Dilution	0.58%	0.49%	-0.03%	0.03%	0.86%	0.41%
Total Shareholder Return	1.59%	1.50%	0.97%	1.13%	2.28%	1.24%

SEC Filings: 10-K · 10-Q

Data Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence Last updated: Aug 6, 2026

Financial data is provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence and updates within hours after each earnings release, which is every three months for this company.

Update frequency:

Quarterly

Last checked:

Oct 21, 2026

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