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Stock Ecolab Inc. ECL

Ecolab Inc. — Investlytic score 2/5 on the five criteria.

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Investlytic score: 2/5 criteria met. Data as of 01/11/2026.

  • ✅ Price trend passed
  • ✅ Growth passed
  • ❌ Debt failed
  • ❌ P/E failed
  • ❌ Correction failed

Price trend

Overall trend (8 years): the price has been multiplied by at least 1.5.

Price change 2018 → 2019: 30.97%

Price change 2019 → 2020: 12.11%

Price change 2020 → 2021: 8.43%

Price change 2021 → 2022: -37.95%

Price change 2022 → 2023: 36.27%

Price change 2023 → 2024: 18.13%

Price change 2024 → 2025: 12.03%

Price change 2025 → 2026: 17.63%

Price change 2026 (year to date): 17.57%

Financial growth

Revenue CAGR (8 years): 1.32%

Earnings CAGR (8 years): 5.48%

Growth status: positive trend (>1%/yr) in revenue and earnings.

Debt

Debt-to-equity ratio: 0.97

Debt/equity > 0.5 (maximum threshold).

P/E (Price/Earnings)

P/E ratio: 39.91

P/E > 25.0 (maximum threshold).

Correction (6 months)

Current correction: 0.00% from the high over 6 months.

Insufficient correction (< 10.0%).

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Accounts and financial health

Balance sheet and cash flow published by Ecolab Inc. over the last fiscal years, strength scores and valuation by discounted cash flow (DCF).

Overview
average accounts
according to Altman Z, Piotroski and net debt
Altman Z-score
3.96
safe zone (above 2.99)
Piotroski Score
5 / 9
4 to 6: average accounts
DCF Value
208.88 USD
DCF below share price · share price 302.92 USD, gap -31.0 %
Net Debt / EBITDA
3.59 x
high debt
Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Cash and investments360 m599 m920 m1.3 bn646 m
Total Debt9.2 bn9.0 bn8.7 bn8.3 bn9.4 bn
Net Debt8.8 bn8.4 bn7.8 bn7.0 bn8.8 bn
Equity7.2 bn7.2 bn8.0 bn8.8 bn9.8 bn
Total assets21.2 bn21.5 bn21.8 bn22.4 bn24.7 bn
Operating cash flow2.1 bn1.8 bn2.4 bn2.8 bn3.0 bn
Investments (capex)643 m713 m775 m994 m1.0 bn
Free cash-flow1.4 bn1.1 bn1.6 bn1.8 bn1.9 bn
Share buybacks107 m518 m13.7 m986 m784 m
Dividends paid566 m603 m617 m664 m754 m

Amounts in USD, currency of the published accounts.

Trailing 12-month ratios

Price / earnings (P/E)40.58 x
Price / book value8.09 x
Return on Equity (ROE)20.7 %
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)9.2 %
Net margin12.0 %
Debt / equity1.32 x
Current ratio1.11 x
Interest coverage8.42 x
Free cash-flow yield2.1 %

Altman Z: default risk estimated from the balance sheet and earnings. Piotroski: 9 tests on profitability, debt and efficiency. DCF: estimated value from discounted future cash flows, a model and not a forecast. Source: annual accounts published by the company, data as of 09/11/2026.

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Dividends and earnings

Ecolab Inc.: dividend history, last distributions, stock splits and earnings releases.

Frequency
quarterly
Last dividend
0.730 USD
ex-dividend on 15/09/2026
Last 12 months
2.92 USD
number of payments: 4
Yield
1.0 %
on the last known price
Years of increases
39
consecutive
Years of payments
41
uninterrupted
00.671.342.012.682007 : 0.475 USD2008 : 0.530 USD20082009 : 0.575 USD2010 : 0.640 USD20102011 : 0.725 USD2012 : 0.830 USD20122013 : 0.965 USD2014 : 1.16 USD20142015 : 1.34 USD2016 : 1.42 USD20162017 : 1.52 USD2018 : 1.69 USD20182019 : 1.85 USD2020 : 1.89 USD20202021 : 1.95 USD2022 : 2.06 USD20222023 : 2.16 USD2024 : 2.36 USD20242025 : 2.68 USD2026 : 2.19 USD2026

Annual dividend per share (USD), adjusted for splits. Light bar: current year, incomplete. Red bar: lower than the previous year.

Latest ex-dividend dates

Ex-dividendAmountPayment
15/09/20260.730 USD15/10/2026
16/06/20260.730 USD15/07/2026
17/03/20260.730 USD15/04/2026
16/12/20250.730 USD15/01/2026
16/09/20250.650 USD15/10/2025
17/06/20250.650 USD15/07/2025
18/03/20250.650 USD15/04/2025
17/12/20240.650 USD15/01/2025

Earnings releases

DatePublished EPSExpected EPSSurprise
27/10/20262.182.180.0 %
28/07/20262.092.08+0.5 %
28/04/20261.701.700.0 %
10/02/20262.082.07+0.5 %
28/10/20252.072.070.0 %
29/07/20251.891.90-0.5 %

Stock splits

DateOperation
09/06/2003split: 2 shares for 1
16/01/1998split: 2 shares for 1
19/01/1994split: 2 shares for 1
16/07/1986split: 2 shares for 1

Factual data: ex-dividend history and earnings calendar, as of 05/11/2026. A past dividend does not guarantee the next one.

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