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Ecolab ECL Price / book

Price / book at other companies

STERIS logo
STERISSTE
-0.4×
Veralto logo
VeraltoVLTO
7.2×-3.3×
Entegris logo
EntegrisENTG
4.4×+0.9×
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. logo
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.DD
1.3×0.0×
WAT
Waters CorporationWAT
1.9×-9.3×
Republic Services logo
Republic ServicesRSG
5.6×-0.8×

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 price / book?
Ecolab (ECL) reported price / book of 7.5× in Q1 2026.
How has Ecolab's price / book changed year-over-year?
Ecolab's price / book decreased by 7.3% year-over-year, from 8.1× to 7.5×.
What is the long-term trend for Ecolab's price / book?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Ecolab's price / book has grown at a -3.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 36.5× to 31.8×.
What does price / book mean?
How the market price compares to the company's accounting net worth.
How do you interpret price / book?
Below 1.0 can flag a market discount to book value (common for distressed or asset-heavy firms); high values reflect intangible value the balance sheet doesn't capture. Most informative for financials and asset-heavy businesses.
How does price / book compare across companies?
A core valuation gauge for banks and insurers; weak for asset-light firms where book value understates economic value.