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Ecolab WBAG:ECL Stock Report

Last Price

€241.50

Market Cap

€68.3b

7D

4.5%

1Y

31.2%

Updated

02 Feb, 2025

Data

Company Financials +

ECL Stock Overview

Provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. More details

ECL fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation1/6
Future Growth3/6
Past Performance6/6
Financial Health3/6
Dividends0/6

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Ecolab
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceUS$241.50
52 Week HighUS$243.80
52 Week LowUS$182.05
Beta1.14
1 Month Change7.10%
3 Month Change7.96%
1 Year Change31.21%
3 Year Change46.59%
5 Year Change28.44%
Change since IPO46.75%

Recent News & Updates

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

ECLAT ChemicalsAT Market
7D4.5%1.7%0.9%
1Y31.2%0.9%5.9%

Return vs Industry: ECL exceeded the Austrian Chemicals industry which returned 0.9% over the past year.

Return vs Market: ECL exceeded the Austrian Market which returned 5.9% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is ECL's price volatile compared to industry and market?
ECL volatility
ECL Average Weekly Movement2.3%
Chemicals Industry Average Movement4.7%
Market Average Movement4.0%
10% most volatile stocks in AT Market6.1%
10% least volatile stocks in AT Market2.0%

Stable Share Price: ECL has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the Austrian market.

Volatility Over Time: ECL's weekly volatility (2%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

FoundedEmployeesCEOWebsite
192348,000Christophe Beckwww.ecolab.com

Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Global Industrial; Global Institutional & Specialty; and Global Healthcare & Life Sciences. The Global Industrial segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions to manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, metals and mining, power generation, pulp and paper, commercial laundry, petroleum, refining, and petrochemical industries.

Ecolab Inc. Fundamentals Summary

How do Ecolab's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
ECL fundamental statistics
Market cap€68.34b
Earnings (TTM)€1.97b
Revenue (TTM)€15.12b

34.6x

P/E Ratio

4.5x

P/S Ratio

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
ECL income statement (TTM)
RevenueUS$15.67b
Cost of RevenueUS$8.91b
Gross ProfitUS$6.77b
Other ExpensesUS$4.72b
EarningsUS$2.04b

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

Feb 11, 2025

Earnings per share (EPS)7.22
Gross Margin43.18%
Net Profit Margin13.04%
Debt/Equity Ratio88.6%

How did ECL perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

1.0%

Current Dividend Yield

32%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/02 10:51
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/31 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Ecolab Inc. is covered by 47 analysts. 20 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John EadeArgus Research Company
Colin IsaacAtlantic Equities LLP
Andrew WittmannBaird