profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Ecolab
$309.27+1.60% today
+18.1% in 1 year
1-year low $245.731-year high $315.01
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $41.79 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Ecolab sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $14.2 billion in 2022 to $16.1 billion in 2025, with $2.08 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Ecolab handed back 81% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $784M$754M
Free cash flow 2025$1.9B
Bought back its own shares$784M
Paid as dividends$754M
Cash vs. debt$646M vs. $9.0B
Ecolab vs. similar companies
Ecolab grows the fastest of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecolab | 41.8× · Expensive | ||
 Linde | 35.0× · Expensive | ||
 L'Air Liquide | 35.1× · Expensive | ||
 The Sherwin-Williams | 32.9× · Expensive | ||
 Air Products and Chemicals | No profit yet |
Compare Ecolab with Agnico Eagle Mines · BHP Group · Church & Dwight · Linde · Newmont · Procter & Gamble · Rio Tinto Group · Rio Tinto Group
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Ecolab's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11,790 | 12,733 | 14,188 | 15,320 | 15,741 | 16,081 | |
| 4,884 | 5,117 | 5,357 | 6,165 | 6,842 | 7,150 | |
| – | – | 1,703 | 2,104 | 2,614 | 2,893 | |
| 2,280 | 2,488 | 2,534 | 3,028 | 3,847 | 3,831 | |
| -1,205 | 1,130 | 1,092 | 1,372 | 2,112 | 2,076 | |
| -4.15 | 3.91 | 3.81 | 4.79 | 7.37 | 7.28 | |
| 41.4% | 40.2% | 37.8% | 40.2% | 43.5% | 44.5% | |
| – | – | 12.0% | 13.7% | 16.6% | 18.0% | |
| -10.2% | 8.9% | 7.7% | 9.0% | 13.4% | 12.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 18,126 | 21,206 | 21,464 | 21,847 | 22,388 | 24,696 |
| Cash | 1,260 | 360 | 599 | 920 | 1,257 | 646 |
| Total debt | 7,096 | 8,748 | 9,027 | 8,733 | 8,283 | 8,998 |
| Total liabilities | 11,925 | 13,953 | 14,206 | 13,774 | 13,599 | 14,892 |
| 6,167 | 7,224 | 7,236 | 8,045 | 8,757 | 9,771 | |
| 290 | 289 | 287 | 287 | 287 | 285 | |
| 8.7% | 8.1% | 7.8% | 9.9% | 13.5% | 12.0% | |
| -19.5% | 15.6% | 15.1% | 17.1% | 24.1% | 21.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,860 | 2,062 | 1,788 | 2,412 | 2,814 | 2,953 | |
| 489 | 643 | 713 | 775 | 995 | 1,048 | |
| 1,371 | 1,419 | 1,076 | 1,637 | 1,819 | 1,904 | |
| Dividends paid | 561 | 566 | 603 | 617 | 664 | 754 |
| 146 | 107 | 518 | 14 | 987 | 784 | |
| 82 | 90 | 88 | 95 | 135 | 137 |
Valuation
- 41.8×
- 36.9×
- –
- 8.7×
- 5.4×
- 45.5×
- 24.8×
- 2.2%
- 2.4%
- 1.1%
Profitability
- 44.5%
- 18.0%
- 12.9%
- 20.0%
- 12.3%
- 11.1%
- 21.7%
- 8.4%
- 15.2%
- –
Growth
- +6.4%
- –
- +4.7%
- +7.2%
- −0.2%
Financial health
- 2.2×
- 0.92
- 36.3%
- 9.3×
- 1.08
- 0.73
- 0.66
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 23%of 989
Top 27%of 954
Bottom 22%of 778
Top 41%of 940
Top 50%of 990
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $327.11
- Range
- $293.00 – $345.00
- 10 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | 1.70 | 1.70 | +0.0% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 2.08 | 2.07 | +0.5% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 2.07 | 2.07 | +0.0% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | 1.89 | 1.90 | −0.5% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | 1.50 | 1.50 | +0.0% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | 1.81 | 1.81 | +0.0% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | 1.83 | 1.82 | +0.5% |
| Jul 30, 2024 | 1.68 | 1.67 | +0.6% |
1.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$11a year at today's yield, before tax
+7.2%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$1.34 in 2015 → $2.68 in 2025
How safe it looks
36.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 39.6%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
46No pass
Benjamin Graham
30No pass
Philip Fisher
41No pass
Peter Lynch
51No pass
Joel Greenblatt
10No pass
Charlie Munger
39No pass
Terry Smith
36No pass
Questions about Ecolab
Is Ecolab a good stock to buy?
A solid business, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Ecolab AI analysis
What does Ecolab do?
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. It is in Specialty Chemicals, based in Saint Paul, MN, United States, with 48,000 employees.
Does Ecolab pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.1% a year, about 36% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $754 million in dividends.
Is Ecolab stock halal?
Yes. Ecolab passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 10% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Ecolab stock done over the past year?
Up 18.1% over the past twelve months, to $309.27. It traded between $245.73 and $315.01, close to its high.
Who are Ecolab's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Linde, L'Air Liquide, The Sherwin-Williams and Air Products and Chemicals. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Ecolab's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.