ECL Ecolab Inc

Price (delayed)

$269.83

Market cap

$76.5B

P/E Ratio

36.41

Dividend/share

$2.52

EPS

$7.41

Enterprise value

$83.55B

Ecolab Inc., headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, is an American corporation that develops and offers services, technology and systems that specialize in water treatment, purification, cleaning and hygiene in a ...

Highlights
The net income has grown by 36% YoY
Ecolab's EPS has increased by 36% YoY
The P/E is 14% below the 5-year quarterly average of 42.4 but 3.4% above the last 4 quarters average of 35.2
ECL's debt is up by 3% year-on-year

Key stats

What are the main financial stats of ECL
Market
Shares outstanding
283.51M
Market cap
$76.5B
Enterprise value
$83.55B
Valuations
Price to earnings (P/E)
36.41
Price to book (P/B)
8.6
Price to sales (P/S)
4.88
EV/EBIT
29.09
EV/EBITDA
21.93
EV/Sales
5.33
Earnings
Revenue
$15.68B
Gross profit
$6.85B
Operating income
$2.84B
Net income
$2.1B
EBIT
$2.87B
EBITDA
$3.81B
Free cash flow
$1.54B
Per share
EPS
$7.41
EPS diluted
$7.35
Free cash flow per share
$5.42
Book value per share
$31.36
Revenue per share
$55.34
TBVPS
$39.78
Balance sheet
Total assets
$22.37B
Total liabilities
$13.46B
Debt
$8.21B
Equity
$8.88B
Working capital
$1.47B
Liquidity
Debt to equity
0.93
Current ratio
1.32
Quick ratio
0.87
Net debt/EBITDA
1.85
Margins
EBITDA margin
24.3%
Gross margin
43.7%
Net margin
13.4%
Operating margin
18.1%
Efficiency
Return on assets
9.5%
Return on equity
24.4%
Return on invested capital
21.2%
Return on capital employed
16.2%
Return on sales
18.3%
Dividend
Dividend yield
0.93%
DPS
$2.52
Payout ratio
34%

ECL stock price

How has the Ecolab stock price performed over time
Intraday
0.5%
1 week
0.3%
1 month
1.12%
1 year
9.94%
YTD
15.15%
QTD
0.14%

Financial performance

How have Ecolab's revenue and profit performed over time
Revenue
$15.68B
Gross profit
$6.85B
Operating income
$2.84B
Net income
$2.1B
Gross margin
43.7%
Net margin
13.4%

ECL financials

The net income has grown by 36% YoY
ECL's net margin is up by 34% year-on-year
The company's operating income rose by 32% YoY
Ecolab's operating margin has increased by 30% YoY

Price vs fundamentals

How does ECL's price correlate with its fundamentals

ECL Price vs fundamentals

ECL Earnings waterfall

ECL Price vs fair value

Growth

What is Ecolab's growth rate over time

ECL growth chart

Valuation

What is Ecolab stock price valuation
P/E
36.41
P/B
8.6
P/S
4.88
EV/EBIT
29.09
EV/EBITDA
21.93
EV/Sales
5.33

Valuation vs average

Price to earnings (P/E)

Ecolab's EPS has increased by 36% YoY
The P/E is 14% below the 5-year quarterly average of 42.4 but 3.4% above the last 4 quarters average of 35.2

Price to book (P/B)

The P/B is 10% more than the 5-year quarterly average of 7.8 and 6% more than the last 4 quarters average of 8.1
Ecolab's equity has increased by 8% YoY

Price to sales (P/S)

The price to sales (P/S) is 16% higher than the 5-year quarterly average of 4.2 and 11% higher than the last 4 quarters average of 4.4

Efficiency

How efficient is Ecolab business performance
ECL's ROIC is up by 32% YoY
ECL's ROA is up by 32% year-on-year but it is down by 2.1% since the previous quarter
Ecolab's return on sales has increased by 29% YoY
Ecolab's return on equity has increased by 24% YoY but it has decreased by 2.4% QoQ

Dividends

What is ECL's dividend history
DPS
$2.52
Dividend yield
0.93%
Payout ratio
34%
Recent dividends

Special dividends are included in TTM DPS and yield

Financial health

How did Ecolab financials performed over time

Assets vs liabilities

The total assets is 66% greater than the total liabilities
ECL's current ratio is down by 6% year-on-year but it is up by 4.8% since the previous quarter
The total assets is up by 5% year-on-year

Debt vs equity

ECL's debt is 7% smaller than its equity
Ecolab's equity has increased by 8% YoY
The company's debt to equity fell by 4.1% YoY

Balance sheet

All financial data is based on trailing twelve months (TTM) periods - updated quarterly, unless otherwise specified.