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Ecolab Inc. (ECL) stock score

Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals · United States

$281.83 ▲ +0.05% today

39.1
Dad Score, out of 100
weak

Ecolab Inc. (ECL) is a Specialty Chemicals company in the Basic Materials sector, listed in the United States. On DadFin's weekly run it scores 39.1 out of 100 on the Dad Score, a weak reading that places the business ahead of 39% of the 5,774 US and Canadian stocks DadFin fully scores. Inside Basic Materials it ranks #200 of 397. Its strongest axes are quality, conviction and liquidity; its weakest are valuation and macro.

Scores from the run of Oct 4, 2026. The Dad Score answers one question: how good is this business, measured against its own sector. How it is built →

The eight axes

Valuation
Below average
Quality
Strong
Growth
Average
Price action
Average
Risk
Average
Conviction
Strong
Liquidity
Strong
Macro
Weak

Each axis is ranked inside the stock's own sector. Subscribers see the percentile and every input behind each bar.

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)36.8×
P/E (forward)29.1×
Dividend yield1.05%
Return on capital14.8%
Operating margin18.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+2.2%
FCF yield2.3%
Net debt / EBITDA2.12×
Piotroski F-Score6 / 9
52-week change-1.1%
Market cap$76.7B
Next earningsOct 27, 2026

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Specialty Chemicals peers

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IFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances14.4poor$21.0B
LYBLyondellBasell Industries N.V.28.3weak$18.9B
SQMSociedad Química y Minera de Chile51.9middling$18.4B
DDDuPont de Nemours, Inc.93.9strong$17.5B

Prices from DadFin's live feed (refreshed about every 15 minutes in the session); scores from the weekly run of Oct 4, 2026. Fundamentals as reported in the latest filings. Research, not investment advice.