ECL
Ecolab
Materials · Specialty Chemicals · US
$257.97
Data: 2025-12-31
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

MODERATE MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$71.5B
Total market value of the company
34.40
Premium valuation
26.40
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+10.0%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
0.0%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
22.4%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$317.48
+23% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 21 analysts covering this stock
About Ecolab

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.

https://www.ecolab.com

Country: United States Employees: 48,000 Industry: Specialty Chemicals
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
36.4% FAIL
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
15.8% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.4% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$192.00
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
-34.4%
Trading above fair value — no margin of safety
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
26.7th
Ranks in the top 73% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
10.0
Valuation Score
44.5
Quality Score
49.0
Combined
32.2

Trading at $254, 32% above fair value of $192. Moderate competitive position. Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 15% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

DISTRIBUTION
Smart money appears to be selling into strength — caution
0.412
Positive but modest risk-adjusted returns
0.0371
Modest edge detected — smaller position warranted
0.324
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
6.5%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-20.1%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
CRISIS
Elevated risk detected — extreme caution warranted
Days in State
1
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.93
Less volatile than the market — more defensive
52W High
$309.27
17% below the year high
52W Low
$246.00
5% above the year low
Avg Volume
1,502,725
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
2.1
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
1.1%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
115.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$7.40
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

0.92
Moderate leverage — manageable
0.99
Below 1 means short-term obligations exceed liquid assets — risk flag
Quick Ratio
0.68
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
44.4%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
16.9%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$1.6B
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$16.5B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$2.1B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
21
Target High
$352.00
Target Median
$317.48
Target Low
$270.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-05-13 MACLENNAN DAVID W Director 1,000 $250,650
2026-05-04 MACLENNAN DAVID W Director 800 $205,530
2026-05-04 COOK GREGORY B Officer 8,396
2026-03-31 REICH VICTORIA J Director 137
2026-03-31 NOWELL LIONEL L III Director 137
2026-03-31 ALTHOFF JUDSON Director 137
2026-03-31 GROSS MARION K Director 137
2026-03-31 DOUKERIS MICHEL Director 137
2026-03-31 MACLENNAN DAVID W Director 186 $12,812
2026-03-31 VAUTRINOT SUZANNE M. Director 137
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2025-12-31

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