About Ecolab Inc.
Ecolab Inc. (ECL) is a Basic Materials company in the Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics industry with a market capitalisation of $76.2B. The stock trades at 36.24x trailing earnings and yields 1.08%.
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics
- Market cap
- $76.2B
- P/E ratio
- 36.24
- EPS (TTM)
- $7.28
- Revenue (TTM)
- $16.1B
- Free cash flow
- $1.9B
- Profit margin
- 12.9%
- Dividend yield
- 1.08%
- Shares outstanding
- 280.3M
Financial health: Strong7.5/10
5 strengths, 1 concern. Weakest points: earnings growth.
- Current ratio: 1.08 (Watch, benchmark > 1.5) — Short-term assets cover 1.08x short-term liabilities, against Graham's 1.5x floor. It has deteriorated over the last 4 years.
- Return on equity: 21.2% (Strong, benchmark > 15%) — Earns 21.2% on shareholder equity, comfortably past the > 15% mark.
- Gross margin: 44.1% (Strong, benchmark > 40%) — Keeps 44.1% of revenue after the direct cost of sales, comfortably past the > 40% mark.
- Net margin: 12.9% (Strong, benchmark > 10%) — Turns 12.9% of revenue into profit, comfortably past the > 10% mark.
- Free cash flow: $1.9B (Strong, benchmark positive) — Generated $1.9B of free cash flow after capital spending. It has improved over the last 4 years.
- Revenue growth: 2.2% (Watch, benchmark > 10%) — Revenue changed 2.2% year on year, short of the > 10% mark.
- Earnings growth: -1.7% (Concern, benchmark > 10%) — Earnings changed -1.7% year on year, well short of the > 10% mark.
- Payout ratio: 36.3% (Strong, benchmark < 60%) — Pays out 36.3% of earnings as dividends, leaving room to keep paying.