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ECL Financials Ecolab

14 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 6.4% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Net income has grown faster than revenue (16.4% vs 6.4% per year).
  • Operating margin has expanded, at 17.0% in the latest year.
  • Free cash flow has grown 6.8% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

  • Total debt has grown slower than revenue (0.9% vs 6.4% per year).
  • Operating income covered interest expense 8.9× in the latest year, up from 4.6× 5 years ago.

Shareholder returns

  • Dividends have been paid for 14 consecutive years, consuming 36.3% of earnings and 39.6% of free cash flow.
  • The dividend has grown 6.1% per year over the past 5 years.
Revenue & net income
$0 $8B $16B 2007 2009 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
0% 22% 44% 2007 2009 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
$0 $952M $2B 2007 2009 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $630M $1B 2007 2009 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$5B -$814M $3B $0 2007 2009 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $16.1B $2.1B 44.5% 17.0% $1.9B $646M
2024 $15.7B $2.1B 43.5% 17.8% $1.8B $1.3B
2023 $15.3B $1.4B 40.2% 13.0% $1.6B $920M
2022 $14.2B $1.1B 37.8% 11.0% $1.1B $599M
2021 $12.7B $1.1B 40.2% 12.6% $1.4B $360M
2020 $11.8B 41.4% 11.8% $1.4B $1.3B
2019 $12.6B 43.9% 14.7% $1.7B $119M
2018 $12.2B 43.7% 14.1% $1.5B $64M
2017 $11.5B 44.4% 15.2% $1.3B $211M
2016 $13.2B 42.7% 14.2% $1.2B $327M
2010 $530M $690M $813M $242M
2009 $417M $443M $877M $74M
2008 $448M $427M $799M $67M
2007 $427M $491M $137M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced ECL against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 26.2 52.4 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 2.7 5.4 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S
Dividend yield (%)
0.0 0.6 1.3 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
Dividend yield %

Frequently asked questions

Is ECL growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Ecolab's revenue has grown 6.4% per year, and net income grown 16.4% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does ECL have?

As of FY2025, Ecolab reported — of total debt against $646M of cash; operating income covered interest expense 8.9×.

What is ECL's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was 44.5%, operating margin 17.0%, and net margin 12.9%.

What is ECL's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, Ecolab traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 38.1× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S and dividend yield have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.