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ECL Ecolab Inc
NYSE USD Basic Materials
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As of 30 Oct 2026
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Market facts
- Market cap
- 81B
- P/E ratio
- 38.78
- Analyst target
- 325.0476
- Dividend yield
- 1.0%
- Beta
- 0.88
Profile
Instrument facts
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Currency
- USD
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- ISIN
- Not available
- Market cap
- 81B
- P/E ratio
- 38.78
- Analyst target
- 325.0476
- Dividend yield
- 1.0%
- Beta
- 0.88
About
About Ecolab Inc
Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Global Water, Global Institutional & Specialty, Global Pest Elimination, and Global Life Sciences. The Global Water segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions to manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, primary metals and mining, power generation, global refining, petrochemical, pulp and paper industries. The Global Institutional & Specialty segment provides cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, healthcare, hospitality, lodging, government, education and retail industries. The Global Pest Elimination segment provides pest elimination services to detect, prevent, and eliminate pests comprising rodents and insects in full-service and quick-service restaurants, food and beverage processors, hotels, grocery operations, and other commercial segments, including education, life sciences, and healthcare. The Global Life Sciences segment provides cleaning and contamination control solutions to pharmaceutical and personal care manufacturers. It offers its products under the Ecolab, Kay, Purolite, and Bioquell brand names. The company sells its products through field sales and corporate account personnel, distributors, and dealers. Ecolab Inc. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Research context
Ecolab Inc appears in PyInvesting’s US Stock catalogue. The price history above describes this recorded instrument; it does not by itself identify a company’s business or establish a continuous investment return.
- Currency
- USD
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
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5 years, 6 months ago
Ecolab Inc is currently in a long term downtrend where the price is trading 1.5% below its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 45.1% cheaper than other stocks from the Basic Materials sector with a price to sales ratio of 5.4.
Ecolab Inc's total revenue sank by 19.8% to $3B since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has dropped by 30.1% to $300M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow fell by 8.4% to $523M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, Ecolab Inc gets an overall score of 1/5.