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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%+0.6pp44.5%+1.0pp44.3%+1.2pp43.9%+1.4pp43.7%+2.3pp
Operating margin17%-1.1pp17%-0.8pp16.4%-1.5pp18.4%+3.5pp18.1%+4.2pp
Net margin12.8%-0.6pp12.9%-0.5pp12.5%-0.6pp13.6%+2.6pp13.4%+3.4pp
EBITDA margin21.3%-0.9pp21.2%-0.6pp20.5%-1.4pp22.5%+3.6pp22.2%+4.3pp
Free cash flow margin11.4%+1.8pp11.8%+0.3pp9.8%-3.0pp10%-3.3pp9.6%-3.7pp
Returns
Return on equity22.3%-2.3pp22.4%-2.7pp21.7%-3.3pp24.3%+2.7pp24.6%+4.7pp
Return on assets8.9%-0.7pp8.8%-0.7pp8.6%-0.7pp9.5%+1.5pp9.6%+2.3pp
Return on invested capital26.2%-3.0pp24.8%-4.4pp28.1%-3.3pp29.7%+4.3pp29.2%+5.5pp
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×+0.2×6×0.0×5.7×0.0×5.7×0.0×5.7×+0.2×
Liquidity
Current ratio1×-0.3×1.1×-0.2×1.7×+0.4×1.4×-0.1×1.3×-0.1×
Quick ratio0.7×-0.3×0.8×-0.1×1.3×+0.4×1.1×0.0×1×0.0×
Cash ratio0.1×-0.2×0.1×-0.1×0.5×+0.2×0.4×+0.3×0.3×+0.1×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0×0.0×0.1×0.0×0×0.0×0×0.0×0×0.0×
Debt-to-assets0×0.0×0×0.0×0×0.0×0×0.0×0×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA-0.1×+0.2×0×+0.2×-0.5×-0.2×-0.5×-0.4×-0.3×-0.2×
Per Share
Book value per share$35.26+13.3%$34.26+11.8%$34.05+13.9%$32.66+13.1%$31.11+9.1%
Valuation
Market capitalization$75.13B+4.5%$74.36B+12.1%$77.67B+6.9%$75.65B+11.3%$71.91B+8.9%
Enterprise value$74.78B+5.5%$74.47B+13.1%$75.88B+6.1%$73.89B+9.1%$70.89B+8.0%
Price / earnings35.7×+1.5×35.8×+4.4×39.1×+3.6×35.4×-4.3×34.2×-8.4×
Price / sales4.6×0.0×4.6×+0.4×4.9×+0.3×4.8×+0.5×4.6×+0.3×
Price / book7.5×-0.6×7.6×0.0×8×-0.5×8.1×-0.1×8.1×+0.1×
EV / EBITDA21.4×+1.0×21.8×+2.7×23.3×+2.4×20.9×-2.1×20.4×-3.3×
EV / sales4.5×0.0×4.6×+0.4×4.8×+0.2×4.7×+0.4×4.5×+0.3×
Free cash flow yield2.5%+0.4pp2.6%-0.2pp2%-0.8pp2.1%-1.0pp2.1%-1.0pp
Earnings yield2.8%-0.1pp2.8%-0.4pp2.6%-0.3pp2.8%+0.3pp2.9%+0.6pp
Dividend yield1%+0.1pp1%0.0pp0.9%0.0pp0.9%0.0pp0.9%0.0pp
PEG ratio258.7×+258×————1.4×+0.6×1×-0.3×

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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.