Ecolab (ECL)
Materials · Industrial water treatment and hygiene solutions
Ecolab is a $77 billion water, hygiene and infection prevention leader helping industrial, institutional and life sciences customers optimize operations while reducing water, energy and emissions across 170 countries.
What Ecolab does
Ecolab is a global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services serving more than 170 countries across 40 industries. The company operates through four reportable segments: Global Water (treating water and providing process cleaning solutions to industrial customers), Global Institutional & Specialty (institutional and specialty cleaning products), Global Pest Elimination, and Global Life Sciences. Ecolab generates approximately $16 billion in annual sales with 48,000 employees and helps customers reduce water and energy use while protecting people and vital resources.
Themes: ["Water scarcity solutions","Industrial water treatment","Infection prevention and hygiene","Sustainability and carbon reduction","Data center operations support","Microelectronics manufacturing","Food production safety","AI-enabled efficiency optimization","Climate change mitigation","Energy conservation"]
Fundamentals
- Price$273.03 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$76.4B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+1.8% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E36.26 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+12.8% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+44.4% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+21.7% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.85 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+4.9% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+4.3% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.90 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +1.1%; 5-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Foreign currency translation exposure with significant international operations affecting reported sales and margins","Dependence on large industrial customers in capital-intensive industries (manufacturing, energy, food processing) that are cyclically sensitive","Integration risks from acquisitions, including the impact on organic growth comparability and operational complexity"]
Competitors & peers
- Nalco Water (Chemours subsidiary)
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.