Ecolab Inc. (ECL): Price and Financial Metrics

ECL POWR Grades

• Stability is the dimension where ECL ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 90.29% of US stocks.
• ECL's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving down over the last 177 days.
• ECL ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 11th percentile.

ECL Stock Summary

• With a market capitalization of $49,020,132,874, ECOLAB INC has a greater market value than 95.36% of US stocks.
• ECL's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 481.46 -- higher than 93.8% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• ECOLAB INC's stock had its IPO on January 5, 1988, making it an older stock than 89.88% of US equities in our set.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to ECL, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are HSY, AJG, AZO, TT, and CTAS.
• ECL's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit ECOLAB INC's official web site, go to www.ecolab.com.

ECL Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Basic Materials stock, ECL's price/sales ratio is 169.23% higher, now standing at 3.5.
• ECL's price/sales ratio has moved up 1.6 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for ECL.

ECL Growth Metrics

Its 2 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -19.79%.
• Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -94.02%.
• The 2 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at -28.31%.

Over the past 52 months, ECL's revenue has gone down $370,600,000.

The table below shows ECL's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	14,187.8	1,788.4	1,091.7
2022-09-30	13,881.2	1,570.1	1,128.3
2022-06-30	13,532.7	1,756.1	1,105.7
2022-03-31	13,114.8	1,936.7	1,108.2
2021-12-31	12,733.1	2,061.9	1,129.9
2021-09-30	12,433.8	2,070.8	1,129.2

ECL's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• ECL has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 90.82% of graded US stocks.
• ECL's asset turnover comes in at 0.683 -- ranking 38th of 50 Consumer Goods stocks.
• HOG, BSET, and IMAX are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with ECL.

The table below shows ECL's key quality metrics over time.