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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.
#3 of 130
Chemicals - Specialty
Basic Materials · Large Cap · 23 peers
Market Share
9.4%
Top 4 Concentration: 55.8%

Technical Signal Map

17 Bullish
1 Neutral
6 Bearish

Peer Comparison

Symbol Mkt Cap P/E ROE % ROIC % Net Mgn % Rev Grw % Piotroski Signal 1Y Ret %
ECL Ecolab Inc. $81B 39.2 21.8 12.7 12.1 7.1 5 BULLISH 5.4
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. $24B 84.7 2.0 3.1 2.6 -11.7 8 BULLISH 43.3
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. $68B -1467.5 -0.3 -1.5 -45.6 4.5 5 BULLISH 19.9
GVDNY Givaudan S.A. $45B 29.2 22.7 12.3 12.5 -0.7 4 BULLISH 6.6
NVZMY Novozymes A/S $34B 44.8 5.8 12.5 15.4 -34.4 6 BULLISH 10.5
SYIEY Symrise AG $16B 37.5 10.2 9.7 10.4 23.7 7 BULLISH 18.8
EVKIY Evonik Industries AG $11B 82.4 1.5 3.0 2.2 -4.1 4 BULLISH 35.9
LIN Linde plc $235B 32.5 18.8 11.6 20.8 6.6 6 BULLISH 13.2
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. $21B -60.4 -3.1 3.6 6.1 -11.3 3 BULLISH 48.0
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company $82B 29.5 65.1 17.3 12.4 5.8 6 BULLISH 1.3
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. $25B 15.8 19.6 11.1 9.7 12.3 8 BULLISH 6.9
NPCPF Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. $18B 14.7 11.3 6.9 10.1 15.2 9 BULLISH 26.2
AKZOY Akzo Nobel N.V. $34B 15.4 14.6 9.7 -7.0 -4.9 5 BULLISH -6.0
BNTGY Brenntag SE $10B 24.9 8.5 6.2 4.2 -4.5 5 BULLISH 19.4
EMSHF Ems-Chemie Holding AG $24B 42.0 22.7 36.3 25.4 -3.1 5 BULLISH 31.4
NDEKY Nitto Denko Corporation $15B 17.8 12.7 16.3 12.5 5.0 6 BULLISH -7.6
AIQUY L'Air Liquide S.A. $124B 29.9 14.0 10.3 13.2 -0.7 4 BULLISH 9.4
SXYAY Sika AG $35B 26.8 16.2 9.7 9.9 -3.2 4 NEUTRAL -3.0
PTPIF PT Chandra Asri Pacific Tbk $46B 58.0 2.9 176.8 4.7 144.8 6 LEAN BEAR inf
RPM RPM International Inc. $13B 18.1 21.1 12.8 11.6 6.0 6 BEARISH -12.8
COVTY Covestro AG $14B -23.7 -4.5 -1.6 1.8 -7.6 6 BEARISH -7.4
ALB Albemarle Corporation $11B 205.3 2.2 4.4 27.5 18.3 7 BEARISH -3.7
DALQF D&L Industries, Inc. $10B 7.8 12.1 8.7 5.6 14.7 7 BEARISH -45.2
SQM Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. $16B 12.4 23.9 22.6 26.7 59.3 7 BEARISH 27.9

Profile Radar

Valuation vs Profitability

Performance Comparison

Industry Market Share

ECL vs Benchmarks

ROIC
ECL
12.7
Industry
6.1
Gross Margin
ECL
44.1
Industry
28.3
Op Margin
ECL
17.2
Industry
7.9
Net Margin
ECL
12.1
Industry
3.2
Sector
14.1
Revenue Growth
ECL
7.1
Sector
5.0
P/E Ratio
ECL
39.2
Sector
30.3
ROE
ECL
21.8
Sector
13.1
Piotroski F
ECL
5.0
Sector
7.0

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