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Ecolab ECL Price / earnings

Price / earnings at other companies

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27.7×-8.5×
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67.4×+24.8×
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45.3×-29.0×
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65×+31.7×
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31.2×-5.1×

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/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 / earnings?
Ecolab (ECL) reported price / earnings of 35.7× in Q1 2026.
How has Ecolab's price / earnings changed year-over-year?
Ecolab's price / earnings increased by 4.3% year-over-year, from 34.2× to 35.7×.
What is the long-term trend for Ecolab's price / earnings?
Over 3 years (2022 to 2025), Ecolab's price / earnings has grown at a -3.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 159.8× to 144.6×.
What does price / earnings mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual profit.
How do you interpret price / earnings?
Lower can mean cheaper — or that the market expects earnings to fall. High multiples embed growth expectations. Meaningless when earnings are negative, so it is suppressed there.
How does price / earnings compare across companies?
Compare against the company's own history and sector peers, not across sectors with different growth and risk profiles.