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Also trades as: 0IFA.L (LSE) · $vol 1M

ECL NYSE

Ecolab Inc.
1W: +1.1% 1M: +3.4% 3M: +2.1% YTD: +10.0% 1Y: +5.4% 3Y: +84.4% 5Y: +38.6%
$292.56
+3.67 (+1.27%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±2.2%
$276 $282 $289 $295 $301
NYSE · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty · Tech Score Strong Buy · Power 76 · $81.0B mcap · 251M float · 0.547% daily turnover · Short 38% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 88% of companies Debt: 14.5% of company value Bonds: $393.5M held by 296 funds, 52 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $2.60 (down 99.1%), Ecolab Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $13.75B against a stock market value of $81.00B.
Distance to default 12.58 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $7.22B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 21.8%; Altman Z 4.16. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$3.0B +4.9% ▲
5Y CAGR: +9.7%
Capital Expenditures
$1.0B -5.4% ▼
5Y CAGR: +16.5%
Free Cash Flow
$1.9B +4.7% ▲
5Y CAGR: +6.8%
Dividends Paid
$754M -13.4% ▼
Buybacks
$784M +20.5% ▲
Net Change in Cash
-$611M -281.0% ▼

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$1.1B$1.1B$1.4B$2.1B$2.1B
Depreciation & Amort.$843M$939M$924M$935M$673M
Stock-Based Comp.$90M$88M$95M$135M$137M
Change in Working Capital$600K-$277M$163M$176M-$206M
Other Non-Cash Items-$14M$72M-$86M-$374M$290M
Operating Cash Flow$2.1B$1.8B$2.4B$2.8B$3.0B
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$643M-$713M-$775M-$994M-$1.0B
Acquisitions (Net)-$3.9B-$7M-$180M$577M-$1.6B
Investment Purchases$0$0$0$0$0
Investment Sales$0$0$0$0$0
Other Investing-$13M$3M-$35M-$16M-$38M
Investing Cash Flow-$4.6B-$717M-$990M-$434M-$2.7B
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance$2.1B$90M-$502M-$628M$470M
Stock Repurchased-$107M-$518M-$14M-$986M-$784M
Dividends Paid-$566M-$603M-$617M-$664M-$754M
Other Financing$155M$194M$78M$255M-$14M
Financing Cash Flow$1.6B-$837M-$1.1B-$2.0B-$853M
Net Change in Cash-$900M$239M$321M$337M-$611M
Cash End of Period$360M$599M$920M$1.3B$646M
Free Cash Flow$1.4B$1.1B$1.6B$1.8B$1.9B

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