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ECL - Ecolab Inc.

Materials
Dividend Aristocrat

Price History

About

Industry

Specialty Chemicals

Employees

48,000

Headquarters

United States


Company Overview

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.

Price

$266.02

52-Week Range

$222 $309

Dividend Yield

1.05%

Dividend Score

B

Dividend

Yield 1.05%
Annual $2.76
Payout 37%
5Y Avg 1.05%

Valuation

P/E (TTM) 36.6
Fwd P/E 27.5
P/B 11.34
PEG 2.93

Profitability

Profit Margin 12.9%
Op Margin 14.7%
ROE 22.5%
ROA 7.8%

Financial Health

Current Ratio 1.08
Quick Ratio 0.77
Debt/Equity 104%

Cash Flow

Free CF $1.6B
Op CF $3.0B
Total Cash $1.4B

Analyst Consensus

Buy

21 analysts

Target: $320 $270 - $352
+20.4% implied

Dividend Growth

Most Recent Annual Growth

13.56%

3-Year Avg Growth

9.22%

5-Year Avg Growth

7.30%

Annual Dividends

Year-over-Year Growth

Recent Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Date Amount
Mar 17, 2026 $0.7300
Dec 16, 2025 $0.7300
Sep 16, 2025 $0.6500
Jun 17, 2025 $0.6500
Mar 18, 2025 $0.6500
Dec 17, 2024 $0.6500
Sep 17, 2024 $0.5700
Jun 18, 2024 $0.5700
Mar 18, 2024 $0.5700
Dec 18, 2023 $0.5700
Sep 18, 2023 $0.5300
Jun 16, 2023 $0.5300
Mar 20, 2023 $0.5300
Dec 19, 2022 $0.5300
Sep 19, 2022 $0.5100
Jun 17, 2022 $0.5100
Mar 14, 2022 $0.5100
Dec 13, 2021 $0.5100
Sep 13, 2021 $0.4800
Jun 14, 2021 $0.4800

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