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Quarterly report 2026-Q2
added 08-06-2026

Ecolab Financial Ratios 2025-2006 | ECL

Brief overview of Ecolab 's valuation multiples

This overview follows the five latest available observations from 2021 through 2025.

The current valuation set is P/E 41.65x (median 41.65x), EV/EBITDA 29.53x (median 29.2x), P/S 5.38x (median 4.25x). Current valuation broadly matches recent historical reference points; the difference from five-year medians is +11.5%.

The inverse P/E implies an earnings yield of 2.4%. This is not a dividend yield, but current earnings relative to market price.

End-period return metrics are ROE 21.2%, ROA 8.4%, ROCE 28%. Profitability forms a strong profile, with capital and assets producing substantial returns.

The PEG ratio is 3.37x; investors pay a high price per unit of expected growth.

The cash conversion cycle shortened from 73.7 days to 50.5 days, or 23.2 days. Working capital returns faster.

Valuation takeaway

Ecolab 's market valuation is near its own historical norm, while quality ratios provide no extreme signal.

Annual Financial Ratios Ecolab

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006

P/E

 41.7 35.6 46.1 41.4 47.9 -49.0 36.9 31.7 26.4 28.9 31.9 25.9 31.2 30.0 30.9 82.9 78.8 24.3 24.9 -

P/S

 5.4 4.8 4.1 3.2 4.3 4.9 3.9 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.2 2.3 1.8 2.1 - - - - -

EPS

 7.3 7.4 4.8 3.8 4.0 -4.2 5.4 5.0 5.2 4.2 3.4 4.0 3.2 2.4 1.9 2.3 1.8 1.8 1.7 -

EV (Enterprise Value)

 101 B 87.5 B 76.2 B 58.8 B 67.7 B 68.7 B 69.5 B 57.2 B 51.9 B 46.6 B 43.5 B 43 B 42.1 B 31.4 B 24.9 B 10.6 B 9.05 B 10.8 B 10.5 B -484 M

EBITDA per Share

 12 12.1 9.15 7.65 7.69 6.93 11.1 10.4 10 9.59 9.57 9.65 8.5 7.35 5.41 4.95 4.29 4.27 3.89 -

EV/EBITDA

 29.5 25.5 29.2 26.9 30.7 26.9 19.9 17.2 16.1 14.9 13.3 12.6 14.3 12.0 14.9 9.2 8.9 10.3 10.9 -

PEG

 3.37 7.23 -201.37 -12.26 -20.65 10.97 3.97 -6.59 1.11 1.19 -2.03 1.07 0.92 1.27 -2.19 - - - - -

P/B

 8.8 8.6 7.8 6.2 7.5 9.4 6.6 5.6 5.2 5.1 4.6 4.2 4.1 3.4 2.5 2.2 1.8 2.3 - -

P/CF

 29.3 26.7 26.3 25.2 26.2 31.2 35.5 31.6 32.6 30.0 27.0 30.5 33.7 35.5 44.7 11.5 13.1 14.4 13.3 -

ROE %

 21.24 24.12 17.06 15.09 15.58 -19.12 17.87 17.74 19.62 17.64 14.36 16.29 13.06 11.42 8.06 6.17 5.79 28.51 21.99 -

ROA %

 8.40 9.44 6.28 5.09 5.33 -6.54 7.47 7.12 7.56 6.71 5.38 6.18 4.93 4.00 2.54 2.69 2.31 9.42 - -

ROCE %

 28.02 32.00 24.77 21.59 22.04 22.51 12.91 12.65 12.20 12.77 14.24 13.42 10.73 9.88 5.87 37.89 34.05 45.36 34.43 -

Current Ratio

 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.7 - - - - -

DSO

 69.4 66.1 65.9 66.6 68.1 72.1 71.7 69.8 71.3 67.9 68.1 67.1 70.7 68.6 112.5 - - - - -

DIO

 60.4 60.7 65.6 67.9 66.5 62.5 63.0 65.4 71.3 69.8 70.1 69.7 66.6 61.3 112.3 57.0 58.9 27.1 - -

DPO

 79.3 69.2 65.7 64.3 61.0 59.1 53.7 53.1 58.0 52.0 53.0 55.3 51.5 49.5 85.7 43.0 44.2 20.9 - -

Operating Cycle

 129.8 126.8 131.5 134.5 134.7 134.6 134.7 135.3 142.6 137.7 138.3 136.9 137.4 129.9 224.8 57.0 58.9 27.1 - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

 50.5 57.6 65.8 70.1 73.7 75.5 81.0 82.1 84.6 85.7 85.2 81.6 85.8 80.3 139.2 14.0 14.7 6.2 - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios Ecolab

2026-Q2 2026-Q1 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q4 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q4 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1 2010-Q3 2010-Q2 2010-Q1 2009-Q3 2009-Q2

EPS

 1.91 1.53 2.06 1.85 1.42 - 2.6 1.72 1.44 - 1.42 1.16 0.82 - 1.22 1.08 0.6 1.05 1.13 1.09 0.68 1.05 0.86 -7.06 0.98 1.49 1.61 1.28 1.03 1.37 1.51 1.22 0.86 1.95 1.36 1.02 0.87 1.26 1.28 0.88 0.78 0.71 0.87 1.02 0.78 1.12 1.22 1.04 0.64 0.95 1.02 0.71 0.54 0.79 0.81 0.63 0.17 0.35 0.67 0.54 0.4 0.75 0.55 0.41 0.61 0.42

EBITDA per Share

 4 2.85 4.42 2.77 2.53 - 3.94 2.57 2.36 - 2.26 1.97 1.79 - 1.98 1.77 1.43 1.35 3.21 1.75 1.57 1.46 2.99 1.68 1.81 1.8 7.88 7.39 7.54 1.8 8.34 7.8 7.27 2.11 8.26 7.72 7.2 1.91 8.01 7.49 6.98 1.09 6.72 6.24 5.71 1.73 3.3 2.63 1.62 1.56 2.85 2 1.3 1.35 2.56 1.91 0.97 0.65 2.09 1.56 1.05 2.17 1.64 1.02 1.99 1.4

ROE %

 21.29 20.50 24.79 24.68 24.07 19.54 24.70 20.43 17.69 12.68 17.58 16.75 14.82 11.65 16.31 16.09 14.83 12.41 17.28 16.66 -20.93 -19.30 -19.17 -17.81 19.40 18.15 18.15 18.22 18.35 18.00 20.49 35.04 50.65 67.57 65.46 50.94 34.73 18.07 15.91 14.03 14.68 14.72 16.19 17.62 17.45 16.71 15.96 15.09 13.72 13.26 13.17 12.93 13.02 11.65 9.36 8.15 7.33 8.17 15.47 19.70 22.61 28.35 24.97 5.13 7.39 5.49

ROA %

 8.17 8.18 9.79 9.63 9.35 7.55 9.40 7.61 6.42 4.48 6.13 5.10 5.37 4.28 5.97 4.32 5.38 4.57 6.22 5.79 -7.10 -6.57 -6.14 -5.27 7.71 7.55 7.47 7.40 7.38 7.17 8.03 13.45 19.30 25.67 24.85 19.31 13.14 6.80 5.97 5.24 5.46 5.46 6.03 6.59 6.55 6.29 6.00 5.66 5.14 4.96 4.82 4.62 4.57 4.03 3.18 2.67 2.31 2.54 5.64 7.56 8.87 11.26 9.69 2.00 2.91 2.01

ROCE %

 29.20 27.91 33.92 34.01 32.68 26.43 33.66 27.83 24.70 18.40 25.22 23.96 21.15 16.38 21.74 21.62 22.31 23.46 24.84 24.82 21.26 22.63 21.85 36.43 54.56 71.64 72.17 75.25 78.33 79.47 81.02 82.40 83.79 85.18 85.21 87.25 89.28 91.32 87.92 82.77 77.61 72.46 74.90 60.12 44.52 26.72 26.02 24.69 22.48 21.25 21.35 21.48 22.05 21.22 17.60 15.23 13.35 13.30 22.88 29.65 34.42 43.11 39.77 8.27 11.37 9.15

Current Ratio

 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 - 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 - - - - -

DSO

 69.6 71.8 67.6 67.1 70.7 - 65.7 64.8 68.3 - 64.6 64.5 68.5 - 33.8 32.0 69.7 65.9 64.8 66.4 71.9 67.7 68.7 77.3 70.3 67.0 17.3 18.8 15.3 70.7 16.6 16.6 16.3 64.3 65.8 67.8 70.9 63.7 16.2 16.2 16.4 63.9 16.1 16.1 16.9 65.1 64.9 67.2 71.0 65.8 67.3 70.2 76.1 66.7 67.2 68.6 70.1 103.6 110.1 112.5 93.6 - - - - -

DIO

 59.4 61.8 61.6 64.0 66.7 - 62.1 62.5 65.7 - 62.3 65.9 72.8 - 35.9 32.8 67.8 64.1 63.3 68.4 70.2 65.9 66.3 71.7 62.8 54.6 55.4 66.3 71.1 68.3 80.9 81.9 83.3 62.0 64.2 64.8 68.5 69.0 69.3 67.4 75.7 69.2 69.6 70.1 73.8 67.6 67.9 70.1 69.9 62.0 64.6 66.6 71.4 60.4 61.4 61.7 61.0 101.0 111.2 113.4 90.4 53.7 55.4 60.1 56.8 -

DPO

 77.8 78.0 74.5 74.9 79.2 - 70.7 67.1 68.0 - 58.2 57.6 66.2 - 31.5 29.4 61.8 58.5 55.4 57.9 61.0 59.5 59.9 64.8 59.3 54.2 55.1 60.5 63.6 59.4 65.7 66.5 67.7 50.5 52.2 52.7 53.5 51.4 51.6 50.3 56.9 52.3 52.6 53.0 57.2 53.6 53.8 55.5 54.8 47.9 50.0 51.5 56.4 48.8 49.7 49.9 47.9 77.0 84.8 86.5 68.8 40.1 38.9 43.5 42.5 -

Operating Cycle

 - - - 131.0 137.4 - 127.8 127.4 134.0 - 126.9 130.4 141.4 - 69.6 64.8 137.5 130.0 128.1 134.8 142.0 133.6 135.0 149.0 133.1 121.6 72.7 85.1 86.4 139.0 97.5 98.5 99.6 126.3 130.1 132.6 139.4 132.7 85.5 83.7 92.1 133.1 85.7 86.2 90.7 132.7 132.8 137.3 141.0 127.8 131.9 136.8 147.6 127.0 128.6 130.3 131.1 204.6 221.3 225.9 - - - - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

 - - - 56.1 58.2 - 57.1 60.2 66.0 - 68.6 72.9 75.2 - 38.1 35.4 75.7 71.5 72.6 76.9 81.0 74.1 75.2 84.2 73.8 67.3 17.6 24.6 22.8 79.6 31.8 32.0 31.9 75.8 77.8 79.8 85.9 81.3 33.9 33.4 35.3 80.8 33.1 33.2 33.5 79.2 79.0 81.7 86.2 79.9 81.9 85.3 91.2 78.2 78.9 80.4 83.2 127.6 136.5 139.5 - - - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

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