1ECL Stock Overview

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

1ECL fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	4/6
Past Performance	6/6
Financial Health	4/6
Dividends	4/6

Rewards

Earnings are forecast to grow 8.4% per year

Earnings grew by 35.6% over the past year

Risk Analysis

Significant insider selling over the past 3 months

Has a high level of debt

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Ecolab
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$225.90
52 Week High	US$249.50
52 Week Low	US$196.40
Beta	1.15
1 Month Change	0.49%
3 Month Change	-5.40%
1 Year Change	6.86%
3 Year Change	45.48%
5 Year Change	25.19%
Change since IPO	34.98%

Recent News & Updates

No updates

Recent updates

No updates

Shareholder Returns

	1ECL	IT Chemicals	IT Market
7D	7.5%	9.0%	2.5%
1Y	6.9%	17.1%	12.1%

Return vs Industry: 1ECL underperformed the Italian Chemicals industry which returned 17.1% over the past year.

Return vs Market: 1ECL underperformed the Italian Market which returned 12.1% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is 1ECL's price volatile compared to industry and market?
1ECL volatility
1ECL Average Weekly Movement	4.6%
Chemicals Industry Average Movement	4.4%
Market Average Movement	5.3%
10% most volatile stocks in IT Market	8.8%
10% least volatile stocks in IT Market	3.3%

Stable Share Price: 1ECL has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the Italian market.

Volatility Over Time: 1ECL's weekly volatility (5%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1923	48,000	Christophe Beck	www.ecolab.com

Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four reportable segments: Global Industrial, Global Institutional & Specialty, Global Healthcare & Life Sciences, and Global Pest Elimination. 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, refining, pulp and paper, and petrochemical industries.

Ecolab Inc. Fundamentals Summary

How do Ecolab's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
1ECL fundamental statistics
Market cap	€63.89b
Earnings (TTM)	€1.85b
Revenue (TTM)	€13.84b

34.4x

P/E Ratio

4.6x

P/S Ratio

Is 1ECL overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
1ECL income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$15.68b
Cost of Revenue	US$8.82b
Gross Profit	US$6.86b
Other Expenses	US$4.76b
Earnings	US$2.10b

Last Reported Earnings

Mar 31, 2025

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	7.41
Gross Margin	43.75%
Net Profit Margin	13.41%
Debt/Equity Ratio	85.5%

How did 1ECL perform over the long term?

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Dividends

1.0%

Current Dividend Yield

33%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/05/05 21:38
End of Day Share Price	2025/05/02 00:00
Earnings	2025/03/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

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.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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

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Analyst Sources

Ecolab Inc. is covered by 43 analysts. 22 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
John Eade	Argus Research Company
Colin Isaac	Atlantic Equities LLP
Andrew Wittmann	Baird