Ecolab Financial Ratios
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Ecolab ratio analysis
Ecolab earned a net margin of 12.9% in FY 2025, down from 13.4% a year earlier. Gross margin was 44.5% compared with a median of 41.7% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 21.2%, meaning Ecolab generated 0.21 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.84 versus 0.86 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.08. At the end of FY 2025, ECL traded at 36.1 times earnings; across the 9 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 26.2 to 60.0, with a median of 35.5. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Ecolab financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 36.08 | 31.47 | 41.41 | 38.20 | 60.00 | — | 35.52 | 30.06 | 26.21 | 28.31 |
| Price / sales | 4.63 | 4.19 | 3.69 | 2.93 | 5.27 | 5.27 | 4.34 | 3.46 | 2.81 | 2.61 |
| Price / book | 7.62 | 7.53 | 7.03 | 5.74 | 9.30 | 10.07 | 6.28 | 5.29 | 5.12 | 4.97 |
| Gross margin | 44.5% | 43.5% | 40.2% | 37.8% | 40.2% | 41.4% | 43.9% | 43.7% | 41.7% | 42.7% |
| Operating margin | 17.0% | 17.8% | 13.0% | 11.0% | 12.6% | 11.8% | 14.7% | 14.1% | 14.1% | 14.2% |
| Net margin | 12.9% | 13.4% | 9.0% | 7.7% | 8.9% | -10.1% | 12.5% | 11.8% | 11.0% | 9.5% |
| Free cash flow margin | 11.8% | 11.6% | 10.7% | 7.6% | 11.1% | 11.6% | 13.4% | 12.3% | 8.8% | 9.0% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 21.2% | 24.1% | 17.1% | 15.1% | 15.6% | -19.2% | 18.1% | 18.0% | 20.0% | 18.1% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 8.4% | 9.4% | 6.3% | 5.1% | 5.3% | -6.5% | 7.6% | 7.2% | 7.6% | 6.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.84 | 0.86 | 1.02 | 1.19 | 1.21 | 1.08 | 0.73 | 0.88 | 0.97 | 0.97 |
| Current ratio | 1.08 | 1.26 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.32 | 1.75 | 1.33 | 1.27 | 1.32 | 1.42 |
| Revenue growth | 2.2% | 2.7% | 8.0% | 11.4% | 8.0% | -6.1% | 2.8% | -11.7% | 5.2% | -2.9% |
| EPS growth | -1.2% | 53.9% | 25.7% | -2.6% | — | -177.9% | 9.2% | -4.7% | 23.7% | 24.7% |