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ECOLAB INC. ECL

Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics · CIK 0000031462 · Fiscal year ends 1231

AnnualQuarterlyTTM
Revenue
$4.69B
Fiscal year ended 2026-09-30
Operating income
$810.50M
Fiscal year ended 2026-09-30
Free cash flow
$450.30M
Fiscal year ended 2026-09-30

Valuation, from the filing

Public float$67.09BMarket value of stock held by non-affiliates, as stated on the cover page for 2025-06-30
Float per share$237.93Float divided by shares outstanding in the same filing. A floor under the share price on that date, not the price itself.
Float / net income32.3×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / revenue4.2×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / equity6.8×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.

Every figure here is drawn from the 10-K cover page and the statements behind it, so each one traces to a filing. Public float counts only stock held by non-affiliates, which makes these floors rather than estimates: a high multiple is conclusive, a low one may mean cheap or may mean closely held. The float was measured on 2025-06-30, not today, and each multiple below it uses the figures for the fiscal year ending 2025-12-31 — the year that filing covered.

Valuation over time

32.3× earnings today, against a median of 38.7× across 5 years on record. Below its own history.

Float measuredPublic floatFloat / net income
2025-06-30$67.09B32.3×
2024-06-30$58.99B27.9×
2023-06-30$53.18B38.7×
2022-06-30$43.78B40.1×
2021-06-30$58.66B51.9×

Each float is paired with the fiscal year the filing that stated it covers. Only years where the company reported positive net income appear, because a multiple against a loss is not a multiple.

How this compares in its industry

Percentile among the Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics filers on this site, highest value first. A high percentile means a large figure, which is good for a margin and not for leverage — the ranking says where the company sits, not whether that is where it should be.

MeasureReportedPercentile
CapEx / revenue6.5%100th
R&D / revenue1.3%0th
Current ratio1.08x80th
Gross margin44.5%25th
Net margin12.9%75th
Operating margin17.0%60th
Revenue YoY growth2.2%40th
FCF margin11.8%50th
SBC / revenue0.8%50th

ECOLAB INC. (ECL) reported revenue of $4.69B and net income of $551.30M for the fiscal year ended 2026-09-30. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from ECOLAB INC.’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics.

Income

ECOLAB INC. income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-09-302026-06-302026-03-312025-12-312025-09-302025-06-302025-03-312024-12-312024-09-302024-06-30
Revenue$4.69B$4.42B$4.07B$4.20B$4.16B$4.03B$3.70B$4.01B$4.00B$3.99B
Cost of revenue$2.63B$2.47B$2.30B$2.35B$2.30B$2.22B$2.06B$2.27B$2.26B$2.24B
Gross profit$2.07B$1.95B$1.77B$1.85B$1.87B$1.80B$1.63B$1.74B$1.74B$1.74B
Operating income$810.50M$757.90M$622.00M$712.00M$760.20M$710.10M$555.30M$582.80M$1.04B$656.90M
Net income$551.30M$534.90M$432.60M$563.90M$585.00M$524.20M$402.50M$472.90M$736.50M$490.90M
Research & developmentUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 282.10Mshares 282.20Mshares 283.70MUnavailableshares 285.40Mshares 285.40Mshares 285.30Mshares 285.70Mshares 286.00Mshares 287.00M
Pretax income$694.50M$693.60M$558.10M$660.30M$717.70M$659.90M$510.00M$534.30M$987.30M$590.70M
Income tax expense$140.10M$154.90M$121.50M$91.70M$128.00M$131.40M$103.50M$54.80M$246.50M$95.70M
Diluted EPS$1.95$1.90$1.52Unavailable$2.05$1.84$1.41$1.66$2.58$1.71
Selling, general & administrative$1.18B$1.14B$1.10B$1.06B$1.08B$1.07B$1.05B$1.05B$1.02B$1.08B
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

ECOLAB INC. balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-09-302026-06-302026-03-312025-12-312025-09-302025-06-302025-03-312024-12-312024-09-302024-06-30
Cash & equivalents$722.30M$5.14B$519.80M$646.20M$1.96B$1.92B$1.16B$1.26B$1.26B$384.00M
Total assets$31.11B$29.93B$25.04B$24.70B$23.90B$23.74B$22.37B$22.39B$22.10B$21.46B
Current assets$7.10B$11.02B$6.04B$5.96B$7.11B$7.08B$6.08B$6.03B$6.12B$5.75B
Total liabilities$20.65B$19.84B$15.01B$14.89B$14.14B$14.39B$13.46B$13.60B$13.53B$13.15B
Current liabilities$6.38B$5.99B$6.10B$5.53B$4.19B$4.91B$4.61B$4.79B$4.71B$3.85B
Total equity incl. NCI$10.45B$10.08B$10.03B$9.80B$9.75B$9.35B$8.90B$8.79B$8.58B$8.31B
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Inventory$1.76B$1.64B$1.57B$1.49B$1.53B$1.57B$1.55B$1.46B$1.57B$1.51B
Accounts receivable$3.80B$3.45B$3.28B$3.25B$3.11B$3.06B$2.86B$2.86B$2.88B$2.88B
Goodwill$12.69B$9.42B$9.44B$9.23B$8.11B$8.05B$7.86B$7.91B$7.90B$7.82B
Long-term debt$11.92B$11.91B$6.92B$7.37B$8.05B$7.52B$7.00B$6.95B$6.97B$7.54B
Accounts payable$2.34B$2.16B$2.05B$2.07B$1.87B$1.88B$1.77B$1.81B$1.81B$1.69B

Cash flow

ECOLAB INC. cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-09-302026-06-302026-03-312025-12-312025-09-302025-06-302025-03-312024-12-312024-09-302024-06-30
Operating cash flow$763.70M$729.50M$445.90M$1.09B$791.30M$701.80M$369.40M$766.70M$786.70M$611.10M
Capital expenditures$313.40M$240.10M$348.50M$332.10M$261.60M$216.70M$237.90M$359.70M$236.40M$196.90M
Investing cash flow-$4.99B-$274.00M-$355.50M-$1.98B-$280.60M-$224.40M-$224.00M-$627.50M$639.10M-$244.40M
Financing cash flow-$173.60M$4.15B-$225.80M-$431.60M-$477.40M$297.30M-$241.60M-$140.10M-$548.30M-$446.40M
Net change in cashUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Stock-based compensation$40.90M$34.80M$40.30M$27.10M$33.60M$33.70M$42.20M$25.30M$26.60M$35.90M
Common dividends paid$204.60M$208.20M$215.90M$189.20M$184.40M$188.00M$192.00M$161.40M$162.20M$165.50M
Common share repurchases$2.80M$324.90M$344.40M$409.20M$175.40M$45.50M$153.70M$2.80M$464.30M$323.00M
Depreciation & amortizationUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Derived

ECOLAB INC. derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-09-302026-06-302026-03-312025-12-312025-09-302025-06-302025-03-312024-12-312024-09-302024-06-30
Free cash flow$450.30M$489.40M$97.40M$758.00M$529.70M$485.10M$131.50M$407.00M$550.30M$414.20M
Gross margin44.1%44.1%43.6%44.0%44.8%44.8%44.2%43.3%43.4%43.8%
Operating margin17.3%17.2%15.3%17.0%18.3%17.6%15.0%14.6%26.1%16.5%
FCF margin9.6%11.1%2.4%18.1%12.7%12.1%3.6%10.2%13.8%10.4%
SBC / revenue0.9%0.8%1.0%0.6%0.8%0.8%1.1%Unavailable0.7%0.9%
Current ratio1.11x1.84x0.99x1.08x1.70x1.44x1.32x1.26x1.30x1.50x
Revenue YoY growth12.7%9.7%10.0%4.8%4.2%1.0%-1.5%1.7%1.0%3.5%
Net margin11.7%12.1%10.6%13.4%14.0%13.0%10.9%Unavailable18.4%12.3%
R&D / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
CapEx / revenue6.7%5.4%8.6%7.9%6.3%5.4%6.4%Unavailable5.9%4.9%
Long-term debt / equity1.14xUnavailableUnavailable0.75xUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate20.2%22.3%21.8%13.9%17.8%19.9%20.3%10.3%25.0%16.2%

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open ECL in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-10-29View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-08-06View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-05-07View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-02-23View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-10-30View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-08-07View SEC filing

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