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Ecolab ECL Price / sales

Price / sales at other companies

STERIS logo
STERISSTE
3.7×-0.4×
Veralto logo
VeraltoVLTO
3.9×-0.7×
Entegris logo
EntegrisENTG
5.5×+1.4×
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. logo
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.DD
2.7×-1.9×
WAT
Waters CorporationWAT
7.7×+0.4×
Republic Services logo
Republic ServicesRSG
4.1×-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×

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 / sales?
Ecolab (ECL) reported price / sales of 4.6× in Q1 2026.
How has Ecolab's price / sales changed year-over-year?
Ecolab's price / sales decreased by 0.4% year-over-year, from 4.6× to 4.6×.
What is the long-term trend for Ecolab's price / sales?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Ecolab's price / sales has grown at a -1.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 20.2× to 18.9×.
What does price / sales mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual sales.
How do you interpret price / sales?
Useful when earnings are negative or volatile (e.g. early-stage or cyclical firms). Only comparable across companies with similar margins — a sales dollar is worth more at a high-margin business.
How does price / sales compare across companies?
Best compared within a margin cohort; a software P/S and a retailer P/S are not directly comparable.