Ecolab PE ratio ECL

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 38.7×
10-year median: 37.3×
Against its 10-year history: 60th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 24.9× to 62.0×
Peer median: 24.7×

Ecolab's PE ratio is 38.7× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $288.53 against $7.45 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 37.3×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 24.9× in Mar 2018 to 62.0× in Sep 2021.

The median for 8 specialty chemicals stocks of a similar size is 24.7×.

PE ratio over time

median 37.3×

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

Open the interactive chart, with overlays and comparisons

Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	38.7×	33.5×	43.8×
2025	38.2×	31.9×	39.6×
2024	33.3×	33.3×	50.0×
2023	46.0×	37.2×	46.8×
2022	37.0×	34.3×	58.8×
2021	60.0×	56.5×	62.0×
2020	35.4×	26.6×	43.4×
2019	36.8×	26.9×	40.6×
2018	26.5×	24.9×	31.4×
2017	30.2×	29.3×	34.4×
2016	32.6×	27.5×	38.9×
2015	30.7×	26.2×	32.0×
2014	28.5×	27.2×	35.2×
2013	34.9×	30.8×	39.0×
2012	36.7×	27.2×	40.6×
2011	27.0×	20.0×	27.0×
2010	23.3×	22.0×	26.1×

Against its peers

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

Company	PE ratio
ECLEcolab	38.7×
SHWSherwin-Williams	31.1×
APDAir Products and Chemicals	n/m
LINLinde	32.9×
PPGPPG Industries	15.8×
IFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances	82.6×
LYBLyondellBasell Industries	n/m
RPMRPM International	18.3×
CLXClorox	17.9×
Peer median	24.7×

Where Ecolab ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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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.