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Company Profile & Ownership

Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Global Water, Global Institutional & Specialty, Global Pest Elimination, and Global Life Sciences. The Global Water segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions to manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, primary metals and mining, power generation, global refining, petrochemical, pulp and paper industries. The Global Institutional & Specialty segment provides cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, healthcare, hospitality, lodging, government, education and retail industries. The Global Pest Elimination segment provides pest elimination services to detect, prevent, and eliminate pests comprising rodents and insects in full-service and quick-service restaurants, food and beverage processors, hotels, grocery operations, and other commercial segments, including education, life sciences, and healthcare. The Global Life Sciences segment provides cleaning and contamination control solutions to pharmaceutical and personal care manufacturers. It offers its products under the Ecolab, Kay, Purolite, and Bioquell brand names. The company sells its products through field sales and corporate account personnel, distributors, and dealers. Ecolab Inc. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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Ecolab Inc

Common Stock · Materials · Specialty Chemicals

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Company

Company / asset: Ecolab Inc
Security type: Common Stock
Sector: Materials
Industry: Specialty Chemicals
HQ: 🇺🇸 United States
Head office: 1 Ecolab Place, Saint Paul, MN, United States, 55102-2233

Leadership & scale

Chief executive: Mr. Christophe Beck
CEO year born: 1968
Full-time employees: 48K
Fiscal year end: December
IPO date: 1988-01-05

Fundamentals snapshot

Updated 2026-09-13

Market Cap: USD 76.2B
P/E: 36.0x
Revenue (Q2 26): USD 4.4B
Profit (Q2 26): USD 534.9M
Dividend Yield: 0.8%
Revenue (FY 25): USD 16.1B
Shares in public float: 279.8M
Insider ownership: 0.15%

Reporting & identifiers

Symbol: ECL.NYSE
Listing: 🇺🇸 United States | Dividend Tax: 30%
Ticker Currency: USD
Income Statement Currency: USD
Balance Sheet Currency: USD
Cash Flow Currency: USD
EPS Currency: USD
Contract Type: SPOT
ISIN: US2788651006
Asset ID: equity_7e48cabb-84f7-5887-a4f5-4bf0071d6671

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Shares Outstanding

Shares outstanding

Annual reported shares outstanding. Values in shares.

Top holders

BlackRock Inc22,807,096 shares · 8.14% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC16,522,569 shares · 5.89% · Reported 2026-03-31
JPMorgan Chase & Co11,662,354 shares · 4.16% · Reported 2026-03-31
State Street Corp11,222,653 shares · 4.00% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest8,065,019 shares · 2.88% · Reported 2026-07-31
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts7,791,023 shares · 2.78% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard 500 Index Investor6,648,135 shares · 2.37% · Reported 2026-07-31

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Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC6,319,029 shares · 2.25% · Reported 2026-03-31
CI Private Wealth LLC6,182,952 shares · 2.21% · Reported 2026-06-30
Geode Capital Management, LLC5,990,534 shares · 2.14% · Reported 2026-03-31
Gates Bill & Melinda Foundation5,218,044 shares · 1.86% · Reported 2026-06-30
Aristotle Capital Management LLC3,708,479 shares · 1.32% · Reported 2026-03-31
UBS Asset Mgmt Americas Inc3,565,713 shares · 1.27% · Reported 2026-03-31
Royal Bank of Canada3,496,925 shares · 1.25% · Reported 2026-03-31
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF3,372,851 shares · 1.20% · Reported 2026-08-31

Earnings, Profitability & Valuation

Earnings & Revenue

AI Review

The company's financial performance shows a clear split between steady, slow-growing traditional sales and rapid growth in its high-tech divisions. While overall sales growth has been modest, the company has successfully boosted its net income and cash flow by raising prices. Most reports agree that the company's ability to generate cash is excellent, which helps protect it during economic downturns. However, there is a clear disagreement about the future outlook. Optimistic views believe that the new high-tech cooling business will supercharge earnings and justify the stock's expensive price. Cautious views warn that the heavy debt taken on to buy this new business will increase interest expenses and limit the company's ability to buy back its own shares, which historically helped boost earnings per share. Overall, the company remains financially strong, but its expensive stock price requires flawless execution.

Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow

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Annual reported financial results, converted using the statement's recorded USD conversion. Missing values are omitted. Values in USD.

Valuation

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Published P/E

Published valuation snapshots. Trailing four-quarter earnings where available; annual earnings otherwise. Non-positive earnings are omitted. Values in times earnings.

Profitability & Margins

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The company's profit margins are exceptionally strong, driven by its ability to raise prices and pass on rising raw material costs to its customers. Gross and operating margins have expanded significantly, proving the strength of the company's competitive position. Reports agree that the company's pricing power is real and will help protect profits from inflation. However, there is a sharp clash over the future margin outlook. Bullish views expect margins to keep rising as high-margin digital services and tech cooling systems become a larger part of the business. Bearish views warn that are currently at a cyclical peak and will likely shrink. They point out that selling physical cooling hardware is less profitable than selling chemicals, and customer pushback against further price hikes could cause margins to fall back to historical averages.

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Annual earnings and profitability
Period end	Revenue	Free cash flow	Net income	Gross margin	Operating margin	Net margin	Free cash flow margin
2016-12-31	13,152,800,000	1,182,900,000	1,229,600,000	47.92	15.26	9.35	8.99
2017-12-31	13,835,900,000	1,222,700,000	1,504,600,000	42.13	15.9	10.87	8.84
2018-12-31	14,668,200,000	1,430,600,000	1,429,100,000	41.31	13.51	9.74	9.75
2019-12-31	12,562,000,000	1,689,400,000	1,558,900,000	44.01	15.19	12.41	13.45
2020-12-31	11,790,200,000	1,371,200,000	-1,205,100,000	41.54	14.5	-10.22	11.63
2021-12-31	12,733,100,000	1,418,900,000	1,129,900,000	41.01	13.23	8.87	11.14
2022-12-31	14,187,800,000	1,075,600,000	1,091,700,000	38.2	11.34	7.69	7.58
2023-12-31	15,320,200,000	1,637,000,000	1,372,300,000	40.32	14.1	8.96	10.69
2024-12-31	15,741,400,000	1,819,400,000	2,112,400,000	43.47	16.6	13.42	11.56
2025-12-31	16,081,200,000	1,904,300,000	2,075,600,000	44.51	18.11	12.91	11.84

Published valuation snapshots
Period end	P/E (times earnings)	Earnings basis
2025-12-31	35.95	Trailing four quarters
2024-12-31	31.69	Trailing four quarters
2023-12-31	41.5	Trailing four quarters
2022-12-31	38.11	Annual net income
2021-12-31	60.11	Annual net income

Shares outstanding — chart values
Reporting date	Shares outstanding
2017-01-01	293,600,000
2018-01-01	292,200,000
2019-01-01	292,600,000
2020-01-01	288,700,000
2021-01-01	289,500,000
2022-01-01	285,800,000
2023-01-01	287,100,000
2024-01-01	285,700,000
2025-01-01	284,200,000
2026-01-01	282,900,000

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