Which is more profitable, Ecolab or Rio Tinto Group?

Rio Tinto Group keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Ecolab or Rio Tinto Group?

Ecolab grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Ecolab or Rio Tinto Group?

Rio Tinto Group costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Ecolab or Rio Tinto Group?

Rio Tinto Group would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

EcolabECLvs

Rio Tinto GroupRIO.L

Ecolab vs Rio Tinto Group stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Ecolab grows faster. Rio Tinto Group is more profitable, is cheaper for its profits and has less debt.

Side by side

	Ecolab	Rio Tinto Group
	$86.7 billion	£102 billion
	12.9%	17.3%
	+6.4%	+1.2%
	41.8×	13.6×
	2.2 years	0.7 years
	12.3%	14.3%
	1.1%	4.5%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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