Ecolab Inc is a provider of water, hygiene and energy technologies and services. The company's programs and services helps in promoting safe food, maintaining clean environments, optimizing water and energy use and improving operational efficiencies for customers in the food, energy, healthcare, industrial and hospitality markets globally. Ecolab operates via 4 reportable segments. Global Industrial consists of the Water, Food & Beverage, Downstream and Paper operating units. The segment provides water treatment & process applications and cleaning & sanitizing solutions. Global Institutional & Specialty comprises Institutional and Specialty operating units providing specialized cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, hospitality, lodging, healthcare, government and education and retail industries. Global Healthcare & Life Sciences comprises Healthcare and Life Sciences businesses. Other comprises the remaining three units Pest Elimination, Textile Care and Colloidal Technologies businesses.
| Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) | $15.74B |
| Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) | $2.11B |
| PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) | 35.22 |
| PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) | 38.75 |
| PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) | 2.58 |
| Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) | 4.78 |
| Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) | 8.42 |
| Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) | 26.33 |
| Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) | 16.72% |
| Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) | 13.41% |
| Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) | 22.53% |
| Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) | 8.82% |
| Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | 1.32 |
| Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | 0.98 |
| Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | 0.79 |
| Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) | 5.80 |
| Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | $31.39 |
| Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | $1.50 |
| Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) | $6.65 |
| Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) | $7.36 |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Industry | Specialty Chemicals |
| Common Shares Outstanding | 283.63M |
| Free Float | 283.52M |
| Market Capitalization | $74.96B |
| Average Volume (Last 20 Days) | 1.00M |
| Beta (Past 60 Months) | 1.05 |
| Percentage Held By Insiders (Latest Annual Proxy Report) | 0.04% |
| Percentage Held By Institutions (Latest 13F Reports) | 74.91% |
| Annual Dividend (Based on Last Quarter) | $2.60 |
| Dividend Yield (Based on Last Quarter) | 0.98% |