Ecolab Inc. (ECL)
NYSE · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
Profile
Ecolab Inc.
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Ticker
- ECL
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Chemicals - Specialty
- Country
- US
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.
Key facts
Ecolab Inc.: key facts
- Ecolab Inc. (NYSE: ECL) is a Chemicals - Specialty company in the Basic Materials sector.
- In fiscal 2025, Ecolab Inc. reported revenue of $16.1B and net income of $2.1B.
- Revenue grew 6.0% a year over the last 4 fiscal years.
- Free cash flow was positive in 5 of the last 5 fiscal years.
- Net income was positive in 5 of the last 5 fiscal years.
- Over the last twelve months, revenue was $17.4B and net income was $2.1B.
MonkScore
Ecolab Inc.'s MonkScore
MonkScore
MonkScore range: 80–90
as of October 2026
Sector rank: 117 of 616 in Basic Materials
How this score is madeDisclaimer
Pillar ranges
- Growth80–90
- Profitability70–80
- Quality30–40
- Market Conviction90–100
- Safety10–20
The MonkScore runs from 0 to 100. Each range is one of ten 10-point groups, from 0–10 to 90–100.
Each pillar's range uses the same ten groups. The exact score and the pillar scores are in the MonkStreet app.
Fundamentals
Figures from the statements
Ecolab Inc.'s annual figures and the last twelve months, in USD. Last report: 30 September 2026.
| Figure | Last 12 months | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $17.4B | $16.1B | $15.7B | $15.3B | $14.2B | $12.7B |
| Gross profit | $7.6B | $7.2B | $6.8B | $6.2B | $5.4B | $5.2B |
| Operating income | $3.0B | $2.9B | $2.6B | $2.2B | $1.6B | $1.7B |
| Net income | $2.1B | $2.1B | $2.1B | $1.4B | $1.1B | $1.1B |
| Operating cash flow | $3.0B | $3.0B | $2.8B | $2.4B | $1.8B | $2.1B |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.2B | -$1.0B | -$994.5M | -$774.8M | -$712.8M | -$643.0M |
| Free cash flow | $1.8B | $1.9B | $1.8B | $1.6B | $1.1B | $1.4B |
| Total debt | $13.8B | $9.4B | $8.3B | $8.7B | $9.0B | $9.2B |
| Cash | $722.3M | $646.2M | $1.3B | $919.5M | $598.6M | $359.9M |
Revenue growth a year
- 1-year
- 2.2%
- 3-year
- 4.3%
- 4-year
- 6.0%
Compound growth between fiscal years.
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