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Ecolab ECL Ratios & Valuation

Income StatementBalance SheetCash FlowRatiosSegments
QuarterlyAnnualTTM
YoYQoQ
SimplifiedDetailed
Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin44.3%-0.2pp44.5%+0.2pp44.3%+0.3pp43.9%+0.3pp43.7%+0.2pp
Operating margin17%0.0pp17%+0.6pp16.4%-2.0pp18.4%+0.3pp18.1%+0.3pp
Net margin12.8%-0.1pp12.9%+0.4pp12.5%-1.1pp13.6%+0.2pp13.4%0.0pp
EBITDA margin21.3%0.0pp21.2%+0.7pp20.5%-2.0pp22.5%+0.3pp22.2%+0.3pp
Free cash flow margin11.4%-0.5pp11.8%+2.1pp9.8%-0.2pp10%+0.4pp9.6%-2.0pp
Returns
Return on equity22.3%-0.1pp22.4%+0.7pp21.7%-2.5pp24.3%-0.4pp24.6%-0.5pp
Return on assets8.9%+0.1pp8.8%+0.2pp8.6%-0.8pp9.5%-0.2pp9.6%+0.1pp
Return on invested capital26.2%+1.4pp24.8%-3.3pp28.1%-1.6pp29.7%+0.5pp29.2%0.0pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.7×0.0×0.7×0.0×0.7×0.0×0.7×0.0×0.7×0.0×
Inventory turnover5.9×-0.2×6×+0.3×5.7×0.0×5.7×+0.1×5.7×-0.3×
Liquidity
Current ratio1×-0.1×1.1×-0.6×1.7×+0.3×1.4×+0.1×1.3×+0.1×
Quick ratio0.7×-0.1×0.8×-0.5×1.3×+0.2×1.1×+0.1×1×0.0×
Cash ratio0.1×0.0×0.1×-0.4×0.5×+0.1×0.4×+0.1×0.3×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0×-0.1×0.1×+0.1×0×0.0×0×0.0×0×-0.1×
Debt-to-assets0×0.0×0×0.0×0×0.0×0×0.0×0×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA-0.1×-0.1×0×+0.6×-0.5×0.0×-0.5×-0.2×-0.3×-0.1×
Per Share
Book value per share$35.26+2.9%$34.26+0.6%$34.05+4.3%$32.66+5.0%$31.11+1.5%
Valuation
Market capitalization$75.13B+1.0%$74.36B-4.3%$77.67B+2.7%$75.65B+5.2%$71.91B+8.4%
Enterprise value$74.78B+0.4%$74.47B-1.9%$75.88B+2.7%$73.89B+4.2%$70.89B+7.7%
Price / earnings35.7×-0.1×35.8×-3.3×39.1×+3.7×35.4×+1.2×34.2×+2.8×
Price / sales4.6×-0.1×4.6×-0.3×4.9×+0.1×4.8×+0.2×4.6×+0.4×
Price / book7.5×-0.1×7.6×-0.4×8×-0.1×8.1×0.0×8.1×+0.5×
EV / EBITDA21.4×-0.4×21.8×-1.4×23.3×+2.4×20.9×+0.5×20.4×+1.2×
EV / sales4.5×-0.1×4.6×-0.1×4.8×+0.1×4.7×+0.2×4.5×+0.3×
Free cash flow yield2.5%-0.1pp2.6%+0.6pp2%-0.1pp2.1%0.0pp2.1%-0.7pp
Earnings yield2.8%0.0pp2.8%+0.2pp2.6%-0.3pp2.8%-0.1pp2.9%-0.3pp
Dividend yield1%0.0pp1%+0.1pp0.9%0.0pp0.9%0.0pp0.9%-0.1pp
PEG ratio258.7×—————1.4×+0.5×1×+0.4×

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Questions, answered.

What are Ecolab's profit margins?
Ecolab (ECL) runs a 44.3% gross margin and a 17.0% operating margin, with a 12.8% net margin.
Where do Ecolab's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Ecolab's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.