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Ecolab ECL EV / sales

EV / sales at other companies

STERIS logo
STERISSTE
3.9×-0.5×
Veralto logo
VeraltoVLTO
4.1×-0.7×
Entegris logo
EntegrisENTG
6.5×+1.3×
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. logo
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.DD
3.1×-2.4×
WAT
Waters CorporationWAT
+1.3×
Republic Services logo
Republic ServicesRSG
-0.6×

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
Debt / equity0.0×
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 EV / sales?
Ecolab (ECL) reported EV / sales of 4.5× in Q1 2026.
How has Ecolab's EV / sales changed year-over-year?
Ecolab's EV / sales increased by 0.6% year-over-year, from 4.5× to 4.5×.
What is the long-term trend for Ecolab's EV / sales?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Ecolab's EV / sales has grown at a -1.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 20× to 18.6×.
What does EV / sales mean?
What the whole business costs relative to its annual sales.
How do you interpret EV / sales?
A fallback valuation gauge for pre-profit or cyclical firms. Like P/S, only comparable across similar-margin businesses, but it accounts for debt and cash unlike P/S.
How does EV / sales compare across companies?
Compare within a margin cohort; the debt-and-cash adjustment makes it cleaner than P/S for leveraged firms.