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Ecolab ECL Inventory turnover

Inventory turnover at other companies

STERIS logo
STERISSTE
5.5×+0.6×
Veralto logo
VeraltoVLTO
+0.1×
Entegris logo
EntegrisENTG
2.7×0.0×
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. logo
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.DD
2.6×+0.6×
WAT
Waters CorporationWAT
2.5×0.0×
Idexx Laboratories logo
Idexx LaboratoriesIDXX
4.3×+0.5×

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 trailing twelve months.

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 inventory turnover?
Ecolab (ECL) reported inventory turnover of 5.9× in Q1 2026.
How has Ecolab's inventory turnover changed year-over-year?
Ecolab's inventory turnover increased by 3.6% year-over-year, from 5.7× to 5.9×.
What is the long-term trend for Ecolab's inventory turnover?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Ecolab's inventory turnover has grown at a 2.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 21.2× to 23.1×.
What does inventory turnover mean?
How many times a year the company sells through and restocks its inventory.
How do you interpret inventory turnover?
Higher turnover ties up less cash in stock and reduces obsolescence risk, but too high can signal stock-outs and lost sales. Read against peers and the company's own history.
How does inventory turnover compare across companies?
Only meaningful for businesses that carry inventory; automatically null for asset-light and financial firms with no inventory line.