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Ecolab price to free cash flow ECL

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
43.1×
10-year median
37.0×
Against its 10-year history
74th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
22.5× to 55.5×
Peer median
25.5×

Ecolab's price to free cash flow is 43.1× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 37.0×, higher than on 74% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 22.5× in Oct 2016 to 55.5× in Feb 2026.

The median for 8 specialty chemicals stocks of a similar size is 25.5×.

Price to free cash flow over time

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

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far43.1×37.3×55.5×
202548.5×32.5×51.7×
202433.6×31.5×40.3×
202333.2×29.3×55.0×
202249.3×32.1×52.7×
202144.2×41.1×48.3×
202043.5×25.2×45.4×
201933.2×31.6×43.0×
201834.4×28.4×39.9×
201734.4×24.7×34.7×
201624.4×21.1×28.0×
201526.9×26.5×37.1×
201429.6×28.3×39.3×
201339.0×34.4×61.5×
201257.9×24.5×141×
201124.3×16.1×24.3×
201022.1×19.0×24.8×

Against its peers

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

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
ECLEcolab43.1×
SHWSherwin-Williams25.5×
APDAir Products and Chemicalsn/m
LINLinde47.1×
PPGPPG Industries17.5×
IFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances44.5×
LYBLyondellBasell Industries13.6×
RPMRPM International17.8×
CLXClorox25.8×
Peer median25.5×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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