Ecolab Inc. (ECL) Stock

About Ecolab Inc.

Ecolab Inc. is led by CEO Christophe Beck, employs 48,000 people, headquartered in Saint Paul, US, publicly traded since 1957.

Ecolab Inc. (ECL) stock trades at $281.69 with a market capitalization of $79.28B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 37.27, price-to-book of 7.82, price-to-sales of 4.67. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $243.15 and $309.27, and currently trades 8.9% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.04%.

On profitability, Ecolab Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 21.41% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 12.22%, an operating margin of 18.11%, a net profit margin of 12.57%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Ecolab Inc. reported annual revenue of $16.1B, net profit of $2.1B, revenue has compounded at 6.4% a year over the last five years.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.37, a current ratio of 0.99, total assets of $24.7B, $646.0M in cash and equivalents.

ECL has a beta of 0.89.