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Ecolab ECL Debt-to-equity

Debt-to-equity at other companies

STERIS logo
STERISSTE
0.3×-0.1×
Veralto logo
VeraltoVLTO
-0.3×
Entegris logo
EntegrisENTG
0.9×-0.2×
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. logo
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.DD
0.2×-0.1×
WAT
Waters CorporationWAT
0.3×-0.4×
Republic Services logo
Republic ServicesRSG
0.0×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$4.1B+10.0%
Gross profit$1.8B+8.3%
Operating income$622.0M+12.0%
Net income$432.6M+7.5%
EPS (diluted)$1.52+7.8%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$519.8M-55.3%
Total debt$167.3M+13.6%
Total equity$10.0B+12.7%
Total assets$25.0B+12.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$445.9M+20.7%
CapEx$348.5M+46.5%
Free cash flow$97.4M-25.9%

Valuation

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Market cap$75.72B+4.5%
Enterprise value$75.37B+5.5%
P/E36×+1.5×
P/S4.6×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin44.3%+0.6pp
Operating margin17%-1.1pp
Net margin12.8%-0.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity22.3%-2.3pp
Current ratio-0.3×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Ecolab’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Ecolab’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Ecolab's debt-to-equity?
Ecolab (ECL) reported debt-to-equity of 0× in Q1 2026.
How has Ecolab's debt-to-equity changed year-over-year?
Ecolab's debt-to-equity increased by 0.6% year-over-year, from 0× to 0×.
What is the long-term trend for Ecolab's debt-to-equity?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Ecolab's debt-to-equity has grown at a 4.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 0.1× to 0.1×.
What does debt-to-equity mean?
How much debt the company carries for every dollar of shareholder equity.
How do you interpret debt-to-equity?
Lower is generally safer, but moderate leverage can boost returns. Read in the context of cash-flow stability — a utility tolerates more debt than a cyclical. Negative equity makes the ratio meaningless and it is suppressed there.
How does debt-to-equity compare across companies?
Comparable within an industry; capital structures differ sharply across sectors. Not meaningful for banks.