Ecolab forward PE ECL

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1996.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 33.5×
10-year median: 33.3×
Against its 10-year history: 50th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 24.1× to 58.3×
Peer median: 23.9×

Ecolab's forward PE is 33.5× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 33.3×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 24.1× in Nov 2016 to 58.3× in Jun 2020.

The median for 8 specialty chemicals stocks of a similar size is 23.9×.

Forward PE over time

median 33.3×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	33.5×	29.6×	37.8×
2025	33.1×	31.2×	35.8×
2024	32.7×	30.7×	37.3×
2023	31.1×	25.9×	33.7×
2022	30.0×	27.8×	50.7×
2021	51.7×	44.2×	51.9×
2020	47.4×	33.9×	58.3×
2019	41.3×	25.9×	41.3×
2018	25.4×	24.4×	28.9×
2017	26.4×	25.6×	28.3×
2016	25.5×	23.5×	27.4×
2015	26.2×	23.1×	27.9×
2014	24.5×	23.4×	27.5×
2013	26.1×	22.0×	27.5×
2012	21.4×	20.2×	22.8×
2011	21.0×	16.9×	22.3×
2010	20.7×	19.1×	22.3×
2009	20.8×	15.3×	22.5×
2008	18.6×	17.9×	27.9×
2007	28.8×	23.3×	28.8×

Against its peers

Companies in Chemicals - Specialty nearest Ecolab's size, closest first, today.

Company	Forward PE
ECLEcolab	33.5×
SHWSherwin-Williams	26.3×
APDAir Products and Chemicals	21.6×
LINLinde	27.2×
PPGPPG Industries	13.4×
IFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances	27.3×
LYBLyondellBasell Industries	9.2×
RPMRPM International	n/m
CLXClorox	n/m
Peer median	23.9×

Where Ecolab ranks

#20of 21Materials stocks with the lowest forward PE

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.