Ecolab Inc.

BRSE:ECJ Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 62.6b

Ecolab Valuation

Is ECJ undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of ECJ when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: ECJ (CHF221.81) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (CHF232.97)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: ECJ is trading below future cash flow value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ECJ?

Key metric: As ECJ is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ECJ. This is calculated by dividing ECJ's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ECJ's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio35.7x
EarningsUS$2.12b
Market CapUS$76.16b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does ECJ's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for ECJ vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average48.5x
GIVN Givaudan
31.4x9.12%CHF 30.0b
SIKA Sika
28.1x11.22%CHF 29.3b
EMSN EMS-CHEMIE HOLDING
39.4x6.41%CHF 18.7b
HOLN Holcim
95.1x26.46%CHF 37.4b
ECJ Ecolab
35.7x15.22%CHF 76.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ECJ is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (35.7x) compared to the peer average (48.5x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ECJ's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Chemicals Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ECJ 35.7xIndustry Avg. 17.6xNo. of Companies12PE01632486480+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ECJ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (35.7x) compared to the European Chemicals industry average (17.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ECJ's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ECJ PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio35.7x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate ECJ's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ECJ forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCHF 221.81
CHF 266.07
+19.96%
5.58%CHF 294.77CHF 241.55n/a21
Sep ’27CHF 227.69
CHF 262.66
+15.36%
5.58%CHF 290.99CHF 238.45n/a21
Aug ’27CHF 223.01
CHF 261.25
+17.15%
5.70%CHF 289.68CHF 237.38n/a21
Jul ’27CHF 227.63
CHF 256.88
+12.85%
7.14%CHF 279.23CHF 218.53n/a21
Jun ’27n/a
CHF 248.04
0%
7.61%CHF 270.44CHF 203.81n/a21
May ’27n/a
CHF 248.17
0%
7.07%CHF 275.15CHF 211.06n/a21
Apr ’27n/a
CHF 256.10
0%
7.02%CHF 281.54CHF 215.95n/a21
Mar ’27n/a
CHF 249.10
0%
6.53%CHF 272.43CHF 208.96n/a21
Feb ’27n/a
CHF 225.22
0%
7.98%CHF 251.62CHF 189.09n/a21
Jan ’27n/a
CHF 230.21
0%
7.75%CHF 256.10CHF 195.42n/a20
Dec ’26n/a
CHF 235.73
0%
7.64%CHF 262.59CHF 200.38n/a20
Nov ’26n/a
CHF 233.35
0%
7.91%CHF 261.51CHF 199.55n/a20
Oct ’26n/a
CHF 229.34
0%
8.51%CHF 259.18CHF 195.38n/a19
Sep ’26n/a
CHF 227.17
0%
8.28%CHF 252.05CHF 192.04CHF 227.6920
Aug ’26n/a
CHF 230.33
0%
8.54%CHF 256.32CHF 187.16CHF 223.0120
Jul ’26n/a
CHF 216.43
0%
8.13%CHF 245.95CHF 182.48CHF 227.6321
Jun ’26n/a
CHF 224.35
0%
8.07%CHF 255.05CHF 189.23n/a21
May ’26n/a
CHF 226.70
0%
8.18%CHF 257.17CHF 190.80n/a22
Apr ’26n/a
CHF 250.77
0%
8.72%CHF 276.66CHF 203.29n/a21
Mar ’26n/a
CHF 253.71
0%
9.29%CHF 279.86CHF 195.92n/a20
Feb ’26n/a
CHF 248.22
0%
9.33%CHF 272.81CHF 195.51n/a20
Jan ’26n/a
CHF 246.38
0%
9.67%CHF 276.77CHF 191.95n/a21
Dec ’25n/a
CHF 242.57
0%
9.90%CHF 273.81CHF 189.90n/a21
Nov ’25n/a
CHF 235.49
0%
9.81%CHF 267.68CHF 185.65n/a21
Oct ’25n/a
CHF 218.35
0%
10.04%CHF 258.97CHF 181.95n/a21
Sep ’25n/a
CHF 215.72
0%
7.95%CHF 247.41CHF 182.80n/a21
CHF 267.49
Fair Value
17.1% undervalued intrinsic discount
21
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/09/18 00:01
End of Day Share Price 2026/09/18 00:00
Earnings2026/06/30
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

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.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Ecolab Inc. is covered by 34 analysts. 18 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
Andrew WittmannBaird
Manav PatnaikBarclays