The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

ECL

Concerning the House

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.

United States · www.ecolab.com

The Long Run

FY 2009–2025 · 17 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$16.08B+6.2%
Operating income$2.80B+8.9%
Net income$2.08B+48.5%
Cash from ops$2.81B+15.0%
Quotation

$276.26

-2.17 (-0.8%)

52w hi$306.69
52w lo$245.06
Vol858.02K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.06

Short+0.25
Medium-0.01
Long-0.20

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Ecolab Inc.

Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals

Market cap$77.44B
Enterprise value$86.86B
Trailing P/E37.03x
Forward P/E29.28x
EV / EBITDA21.00x
P / S (ttm)4.60x
Profit margin12.6%
Return on equity22.0%
Revenue growth+9.7%
Earnings growth+3.3%
Debt / equity138.02
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.57
Corr SPX0.45
Annual vol20.5%
Annual ret+9.7%
Sharpe0.47
Max DD-20.3%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.14
Sector+0.03
Technical+0.18
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$278.95$279.62$274.53$276.26858.02K
Aug 12$282.47$282.85$277.88$278.431.20M
Aug 11$282.79$286.34$281.63$284.63724.90K
Aug 10$284.25$284.89$281.31$284.40942.90K
Aug 7$282.72$287.71$282.20$285.171.11M