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Year Founded & Workforce

1923

48,000 Employees

Industry

Chemicals & Materials

Services

Healthcare Cleaning Equipment
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Ecolab Overview

Ecolab is the world's largest pure-play provider of water treatment, hygiene and infection-prevention solutions. It sells mission-critical chemistry, dispensing and monitoring equipment, digital analytics and on-site service, mostly under recurring, programme-based customer relationships.

FY2025 net sales were $16.08bn. The mix by segment was:

  • Global Water: about 49%

  • Global Institutional & Specialty: about 38%

  • Global Pest Elimination: about 8%

  • Global Life Sciences: about 5%

The company says it helps protect about one-third of the world's food production and about a quarter of global power generation.

Under CEO Christophe Beck, Ecolab is moving its portfolio toward higher-growth, higher-margin "growth engines": Global High-Tech, Life Sciences, Pest Elimination and Ecolab Digital. The pivot accelerated in 2025–26 with two acquisitions:

  • Ovivo Electronics (ultrapure water for semiconductor fabs)

  • CoolIT Systems (direct-to-chip liquid cooling for AI data centres)

Together these make Ecolab a full-stack "water-for-AI" supplier. The equity is valued as a quality compounder at about 34x 2026 adjusted EPS. The investment case rests on 12–15% EPS growth with margins above 20%.


Company's own description (paraphrased from the FY2025 10-K and 2026 releases)

Ecolab describes itself as a global leader in water, hygiene and infection-prevention solutions and services that protect people and vital resources. It says it combines science-based solutions, data-driven insights, AI technology and on-site service so that customers can define best-in-class operations and scale them across sites.

The company lists its served markets as food, hospitality, healthcare, data centres, microelectronics, life sciences and heavy industry. It positions itself as "the world's water company" in the AI value chain, with three roles:

  • ultrapure water for chip fabrication

  • water treatment for the power plants that supply AI

  • direct liquid cooling for high-density compute

Its 2030 impact goals are to help protect 2 billion people from infections and to conserve enough drinking water for 1 billion people (Q2-2026 release, "About Ecolab").

Business model and revenue model

Ecolab's model is a razor/razor-blade service model with three layers:

  1. Consumable chemistry. Detergents, sanitisers, water-treatment chemicals, process aids, pest products and purification resins. These are replenished continuously and drive most revenue and gross profit.

  2. Equipment. Dispensers, controllers, sensors and liquid-cooling hardware. These are often placed at customer sites under lease or service arrangements, which creates switching costs.

  3. Field service and digital. The 25,000-plus sales-and-service workforce audits, optimises and documents outcomes such as water saved, energy saved and regulatory compliance. Ecolab Digital (software and enabling hardware subscriptions) is a fast-growing overlay.

Characterisation of the mix:

  • About 78% of revenue is product and equipment, though much of it is contractually recurring.

  • About 22% is service and lease.

  • Subscription revenue is a small but fast-growing slice. Ecolab Digital sales were $121m in Q2-2026, up 27% (8-K, 28 Jul 2026), implying a run-rate of roughly $0.45–0.5bn.

  • Licensing is not material.

  • The single largest product class is warewashing, at about 13% of FY2025 consolidated sales (10-K FY2025).

Value-chain position

Ecolab sits downstream of commodity and specialty chemical producers. Its main inputs are:

  • caustic soda, surfactants, phosphonates and polymers

  • solvents and resins

  • energy and plastics packaging

It formulates, packages and distributes its products. It then captures margin through application know-how and service rather than molecule ownership.

Pricing power comes from three sources:

  • customer total-cost-of-operation savings, which Ecolab quantifies as "value pricing"

  • the low cost of chemistry relative to the customer processes it protects (food safety, uptime, compliance)

  • embedded equipment and digital monitoring

The 2026 energy surcharge shows both the pass-through ability and its lag. Organic gross margin dipped in early 2026 and then stabilised within one quarter (Q2-2026 release).

Customer types and end-markets

End-market clusterTypical customersSegment
Heavy industryPower generation, refining and downstream, chemicals, mining, primary metalsGlobal Water (Heavy Water)
Light industry and commercial waterManufacturing, commercial buildings, institutional campusesGlobal Water (Light Water)
High-TechSemiconductor fabs (ultrapure water), hyperscale and colocation data centres (cooling water, direct liquid cooling)Global Water (High-Tech)
Food & beverage processingDairy, protein, beverage, brewing, packaged foodGlobal Water (Food & Beverage)
Pulp & paperPaper and board millsGlobal Water (Paper)
Hospitality and foodserviceFull-service restaurants, hotels, lodging, contract foodserviceGlobal Institutional & Specialty
HealthcareHospitals, long-term careGlobal Institutional & Specialty (healthcare moved here in the 2025 realignment)
Quick-service restaurants and food retailQSR chains, groceryGlobal Institutional & Specialty (Specialty)
Pest-sensitive commercial sitesRestaurants, food retail, food plants, hospitalityGlobal Pest Elimination
Biopharma and personal careBioprocessing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, personal care, industrial purificationGlobal Life Sciences

Independent characterisation

Ecolab is best understood as a service-intensive specialty-chemicals compounder with three core features:

  • a defensive base: hospitality, food safety and healthcare hygiene, about 45% of sales

  • a cyclical but sticky industrial water franchise (Nalco, acquired 2011)

  • a set of secular-growth options

FY2025 organic growth was about 3%. The company's long-term algorithm is 5–7% organic growth, 100–150 bps of annual operating-margin expansion, and 12–15% adjusted EPS growth. The 2026 acquisitions deliberately raise exposure to AI capital-expenditure cycles. That improves the growth mix but adds cyclicality and technology risk not historically present in the franchise.

Strategy

Stated strategy themes (paraphrased from the FY2025 Annual Report, 2026 releases and the Investor Day notice)

  1. One Ecolab growth strategy. Present a single integrated offering across water, hygiene, pest and digital to each customer, cross-selling to gain share in core businesses.

  2. Growth engines. Over-invest in Global High-Tech, Life Sciences, Pest Elimination and Ecolab Digital, which collectively grew at low-double-digit rates in Q1-2026.

  3. Value pricing. Price to the total value delivered, with the stated aim that value created for customers exceeds price increases over time.

  4. Productivity through digital and AI. One Ecolab restructuring uses AI and digital tools to consolidate functional work into global centres of excellence.

  5. Water for AI. Position Ecolab across the whole AI water value chain: chip fabs, power generation and data-centre cooling. This is the theme of the 17 Nov 2026 Investor Day.

  6. Purpose-led growth. 2030 goals: help protect 2 billion people from infections and conserve drinking water for 1 billion people.

Strategic initiatives, last 24 months

InitiativeAnnouncedTargets / status
One Ecolab initiative and restructuring30 Jul 2024; expanded Feb 2026Annualised savings raised from $225m to about $325m by 2027. About $425m of pre-tax charges through 2027, mostly cash severance (Q4-2025 release). One Ecolab special charges were $140.2m in FY2025 and $59.1m in H1-2026.
Segment realignmentEffective Q1-2025 and Q1-2026Improves transparency on growth engines; see Section 4.5
Ovivo Electronics acquisitionClosed 16 Dec 2025Doubles Global High-Tech and creates an end-to-end water-circularity offering for fabs. Mid-teens growth expected in 2026; $0.13 per share of 2026 amortisation.
CoolIT Systems acquisitionSigned 20 Mar 2026; closed 2 Jul 2026Adds about 1 pt to company organic growth and about 2 pts to Global Water one year after closing. Doubles High-Tech addressable market from about $5bn to about $10bn (company / Futurum).
Global High-Tech 2030 target2 Jul 2026About $150m sales in 2021, approaching $1.5bn annualised in 2026, $4bn by 2030 at about 25% OI margin
Global energy surchargeQ1-2026Pricing rose to +4% in Q2-2026; 5–6% guided for H2-2026 to offset commodity inflation
Cooling-as-a-Service and 3D TRASAR cooling platformLaunch at SC26, Nov 2026Integrates CoolIT hardware with 3D TRASAR digital and fluids
Leadership restructure (co-COO model)1 Apr 2026Sharpen accountability between markets and businesses
Life Sciences capacity investmentOngoingAddresses industrial purification capacity constraints flagged in Q4-2025
Pest Intelligence digital rolloutOngoingCited as a growth investment in 2025–26 segment commentary
Water Resilience Coalition advocacy (Climate Week NYC)Sep 2026Corporate water-security agenda

Medium-term financial framework

MetricTargetSource
Organic sales growth+5% to 7% per year (long-term)Q2-2026 supplemental deck
Operating income margin+100–150 bps per year; above 20% (company says "well beyond 20%")Q2-2026 release and deck
Adjusted EPS growth+12% to 15% per yearQ2-2026 deck; Dec 2025 dividend release
LeverageAbout 3x net debt / adjusted EBITDA at CoolIT close, back to about 2x within two yearsCoolIT 8-K
EPS tailwindNalco merger amortisation (about $28m per quarter) rolls off in 2027CoolIT closing release

Products & Services

Ecolab does not publish a priced SKU catalogue. Its pricing is programme-based: chemistry consumption plus equipment placement, service visits and digital subscriptions, usually under multi-year agreements. The catalogue below draws on 10-K descriptions, segment commentary and Ecolab brand literature.

Launch years are given only where publicly dated. Otherwise "n.d." means not disclosed. No list prices are disclosed for any offering.

Global Water

Offering / brandDescription and capabilitiesTarget customerLaunch / latestPricing model
Nalco Water (franchise brand)Cooling-water, boiler-water and wastewater treatment chemistry: scale and corrosion inhibitors, biocides, dispersants, membrane treatmentsPower, refining, chemicals, manufacturing, commercial buildingsNalco merger 2011Chemistry consumption plus service
3D TRASARPatented fluorescent-tracer monitoring and automated control for cooling, boiler and membrane systems. Continuous sensing, dosing optimisation and remote alarms. The trademark is named in the 10-K as material to all segments.Industrial and institutional water systemsOriginal TRASAR 1990s; continuous upgrades; new 3D TRASAR cooling platform to launch at SC26 in Nov 2026Equipment lease / subscription bundled with chemistry
ECOLAB3DCloud-based IIoT platform aggregating 3D TRASAR and other site data into enterprise dashboards and AI-driven insightsMulti-site industrial and commercial customersn.d. (part of Ecolab Digital)Software subscription
Global High-Tech — microelectronics UPW (Ovivo Electronics)Ultrapure water system design, build and service for semiconductor fabs; water reuse and circularity. Expected to grow mid-teens in 2026 versus pre-acquisition sales.Semiconductor fabsAcquired Dec 2025Capital projects plus recurring services and consumables
Global High-Tech — data-centre waterCooling-tower and evaporative water treatment, water-reuse programmes, alternative water sourcing for AI data centresHyperscalers, colocation operatorsn.d.; growth engine since about 2021Chemistry plus monitoring subscription
CoolIT SystemsDirect liquid cooling: coolant distribution units (CDUs), custom cold plates and direct-to-chip technology. Expected to deliver about $550m of next-12-month sales at announcement; pre-acquisition sales grew more than 100% in H1-2026.AI and HPC data centres; server OEMs and hyperscalers; designs for NVIDIA and AMD platforms per industry analystsAcquired 2 Jul 2026Hardware sales plus service; integration into "Cooling-as-a-Service"
3D TRASAR Cooling Platform (end-to-end)Integrates CoolIT CDUs and cold plates with 3D TRASAR digital optimisation and advanced cooling fluids to optimise water, power and compute performanceAI data-centre operatorsTo be introduced at SC26, Nov 2026Not yet disclosed
Heavy Water programmesProcess and water treatment for downstream refining, power, primary metals and miningHeavy industryLegacy NalcoChemistry plus service
Light Water programmesWater treatment for light manufacturing, F&B utilities and institutional campusesMid-size plants, commercial real estate—Chemistry plus service
Food & BeverageCleaning-in-place (CIP) and open-plant cleaning, sanitisers, membrane cleaning, animal-health and teat-dip programmes, food-safety auditsDairy, beverage, brewing, protein, packaged food processorsLong-standing; recent One Ecolab cross-selling winsChemistry plus service
PaperRetention, drainage, sizing, deposit control and microbial control programmes for paper and board millsPulp & paper millsLegacy NalcoChemistry plus service

Global Institutional & Specialty

Offering / brandDescription and capabilitiesTarget customerLaunch / latestPricing model
Warewashing (e.g. Apex, Solid Power solid-detergent systems)Machine and manual dishwashing detergents, rinse aids, sanitisers, dispensers and monitoring. The largest product class at about 13% of FY2025 sales.Restaurants, hotels, contract foodservice, healthcare kitchensSoilax 1924 heritage; continuous reformulationProduct plus dispenser placement and service
On-premise laundryLaundry detergents, softeners and destainers with automated dosingHotels, healthcare, long-term care—Product plus equipment and service
Housekeeping / surface care (e.g. Oasis)Multi-surface cleaners and disinfectants with closed-loop dispensingHospitality, facilities—Product plus dispenser
Hand hygiene (e.g. Nexa dispensers)Soaps and alcohol-based hand rubs, dispensers, compliance monitoringHealthcare, foodservice—Product plus dispenser
Healthcare infection prevention (incl. Anios in Europe)Surface disinfectants, instrument reprocessing chemistries, environmental hygiene programmesHospitals, clinicsAnios acquired 2017. Surgical solutions divested Aug 2024.Product plus programme
Kay Chemical / SpecialtyCleaning and sanitation systems tailored to quick-service restaurants and food retail; kitchen, front-of-house and food-safety programmesQSR chains, groceryKay acquired 1994Programme pricing per location
Ecolab Science CertifiedPublic-health and food-safety certification programme for hospitality venuesHotels, restaurants, venuesIntroduced during COVID-19 (2020)Programme fee

Global Pest Elimination

Offering / brandDescription and capabilitiesTarget customerLaunch / latestPricing model
Commercial pest elimination serviceInspection, prevention, monitoring and elimination by trained specialists, plus regulatory documentationRestaurants, food retail, food & beverage plants, hospitality, healthcareLong-standingRecurring service contract
Pest Intelligence (digital)Connected sensors and traps with remote monitoring and analytics. Management cites it as a growth investment in 2025–26 releases.SameScaling 2024–26Service plus digital subscription
North American tuck-insTargeted route-density acquisitions, contributing about 2% to segment sales in Q2-2026—2025–26—

Global Life Sciences

Offering / brandDescription and capabilitiesTarget customerLaunch / latestPricing model
Bioprocessing resins (Purolite; e.g. Praesto agarose Protein A chromatography resins)Affinity and ion-exchange chromatography resins for monoclonal-antibody and biologics purification. Bioprocessing sales more than doubled in Q1-2026.Biopharma manufacturers, CDMOsPurolite acquired Dec 2021; capacity expansions ongoingProduct sales, often qualified into drug processes (high switching cost)
Pharmaceutical & personal-care contamination controlCleanroom disinfectants, sterile alcohols, sporicides, cleaning validation, hydrogen-peroxide vapour bio-decontamination (Bioquell)Pharma fill-finish, personal-care manufacturing—Product plus service
Industrial purification (Purolite ion-exchange resins)Ion-exchange resins for water and industrial process purification. Capacity-constrained in Q4-2025; performance improved in Q2-2026.Industrial water, food, hydrometallurgyPurolite heritageProduct sales

Cross-cutting: Ecolab Digital

Ecolab Digital covers software and enabling-hardware subscriptions. Quarterly sales were:

  • Q1-2025: $80m (+12%)

  • Q2-2025: $95m (+29%)

  • Q3-2025: $96m (+25%)

  • Q4-2025: $99m (+24%)

  • Q1-2026: $99m (+24%)

  • Q2-2026: $121m (+27%)

Source: quarterly 8-K releases. Pricing is subscription-based.

Financial Narrative

Sources by year:

  • FY2024–FY2025: Q4-2025 release and FY2025 10-K (GAAP).

  • FY2021–FY2023: S&P Global Market Intelligence standardised data via StockAnalysis.com, and the FY2023 10-K for capex, buybacks and dividends.

Standardised "operating income" from S&P excludes unusual items and is therefore not equal to GAAP operating income. Both are shown where available.

Income statement

Notes:

  • FY2021–23 pre-tax income is derived from S&P pre-tax margins (11.11%, 9.47%, 11.46%) and is rounded.

  • EBITDA is not reported by Ecolab. Barchart lists trailing EBITDA of about $3,829m; that is a third-party calculation. Annual history is left blank rather than estimated.

  • FY2024 GAAP figures include the $340.3m pre-tax gain on the surgical solutions sale, which is why GAAP EPS fell 1% in FY2025 even as adjusted EPS rose 13%.

Margins and growth

  • Revenue CAGR FY2021–FY2025 (derived): 6.0% per year (16,081 / 12,733 over 4 years).

  • Adjusted EPS CAGR FY2021–FY2025 (derived): 9.7% per year.

  • Adjusted EPS CAGR FY2022–FY2025 (derived): 14.9% per year.

Commentary.

The five-year arc has three phases:

  1. FY2021–22: inflation shock. Revenue grew 8% and then 11%, helped by Purolite and price. Gross margin compressed about 270 bps to 38.3% in FY2022 as raw-material, freight and energy inflation outran pricing. Adjusted EPS fell to $4.97.

  2. FY2023–24: margin recovery. Value pricing caught up and delivery costs normalised. Gross margin rebuilt by more than 500 bps to 43.5%. Adjusted EPS rose 34% across the two years.

  3. FY2025: margin-led compounding on low volume. Reported sales grew only 2% (organic 3%), yet adjusted operating income grew 11% and adjusted EPS 13%. Drivers were productivity (One Ecolab), mix toward the growth engines and pricing. Organic OI margin reached 17.9% for the year and 18.5% in Q4, against a stated target of above 20%.

2026 inflection.

  • H1-2026 reported sales rose 10%, with Ovivo Electronics adding about 2.7 points company-wide.

  • Organic growth accelerated to 4% in Q1 and 5% in Q2.

  • A Middle East conflict-driven energy spike lifted commodity costs. Adjusted gross margin fell 60 bps in Q2 to 44.2%; organic gross margin excluding Ovivo was stable at 44.9%.

  • TTM revenue at 30 Jun 2026 was $16,843m.

Balance sheet

Notes and post-year-end position.

  • FY2021–23 debt lines are from S&P standardised data. FY2024–25 are from the company balance sheet; S&P long-term debt differs slightly ($6,927m and $7,235m respectively).

  • The 30 Jun 2026 balance sheet (Q2-2026 release) shows cash of $5,135.3m, short-term debt of $1,271.1m, long-term debt of $11,905.1m and total equity of $10,084.4m. Cash was elevated because the $5bn note proceeds were held for the CoolIT closing on 2 Jul 2026.

  • Pro forma for the roughly $4.75bn CoolIT payment, net debt rises to about $12.8bn. This is a derived approximation. Management guided pro forma net debt to adjusted EBITDA of about 3x at transaction close, returning to about 2x within two years (CoolIT 8-K, 20 Mar 2026).

Commentary.

Balance-sheet quality is defined by acquisition goodwill and intangibles. These totalled $12.9bn at FY2025 against equity of $9.8bn, so tangible book value is negative (about -$3.1bn per S&P).

Leverage fell steadily from FY2021 to FY2024 as Purolite debt was paid down. The FY2025 uptick reflects Ovivo Electronics, which also drove the $1.32bn goodwill increase. FY2025 working capital fell to $421m, mainly because cash was used for Ovivo and current maturities rose.

Cash flow

Notes:

  • FY2021–23 capex, buybacks and dividends are from the FY2023 10-K. FY2024–25 OCF and capex are from S&P; the company's FY2025 10-K gives OCF of $3.0bn and capex of $1.0bn, rounded. FY2025 dividends paid are from AlphaQuery's standardised data.

  • Ecolab defines free cash flow as OCF less capex. Management called FY2025 free cash flow a record.

  • FY2024 conversion is depressed by the non-cash surgical gain included in net income.

  • Buybacks slowed to $375m in 9M-2025, versus $984m in 9M-2024, to conserve cash for Ovivo.

  • About 1.3m shares were repurchased in Q1-2026 and 1.2m in Q2-2026.

Ratios

All ratios below are derived by the analyst from the tables above.

Method notes:

  • ROIC uses S&P standardised OI taxed at 20% for FY2021–23. For FY2024–25 it uses company adjusted OI taxed at the adjusted rates of 19.3% and 20.2%.

  • Net debt to EBITDA is left blank because Ecolab does not report EBITDA; the company's own pro forma guide of about 3x at the CoolIT close is the authoritative leverage reference.

  • Net interest expense was $282.5m in FY2024 and $241.1m in FY2025.

  • FY2025 accounts receivable of $3,249.4m includes consolidation of Ovivo Electronics only weeks before year-end. This inflates DSO, because sales in the denominator include only $3.7m from Ovivo.

Commentary.

Returns stepped up structurally in FY2024–25 as margins recovered. ROIC rose from about 9% to about 13%, comfortably above an estimated high-single-digit cost of capital.

The cash conversion cycle improved by about 26 days over five years, largely through longer payables, a supply-chain financing discipline.

The FY2025 dip in the current ratio and the 2026 rise in leverage are deliberate consequences of the High-Tech M&A programme. Interest coverage remains above 9x, but H2-2026 interest expense will rise materially on the new $5bn of notes, with coupons of 4.60%–5.35%.

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Segment Overview

SegmentOperating units (2026)Main products and services

Global Water

Heavy Water; Light Water; Global High-Tech (microelectronics UPW via Ovivo Electronics; data-centre cooling water; CoolIT direct liquid cooling from Q3-2026); Food & Beverage; Paper

Water treatment and process chemistry, 3D TRASAR monitoring, ultrapure water systems and services, cooling-as-a-service, F&B cleaning-in-place and sanitation, paper process chemistry

Global Institutional & Specialty

Institutional (hospitality, foodservice, healthcare); Specialty (QSR, food retail)

Warewashing, laundry, housekeeping, hand hygiene, surface disinfection, infection prevention, Kay QSR programmes

Global Pest Elimination

Standalone segment since Q1-2024

Commercial pest prevention and elimination services, digital "pest intelligence" monitoring

Global Life Sciences

Standalone segment since Q1-2025

Bioprocessing purification resins (Purolite), pharma and personal-care cleaning and contamination control, industrial purification resins

Corporate

Not a business segment

Nalco, Purolite and Ovivo Electronics intangible amortisation; special gains and charges

Segment net sales, public currency (USD Mn)

Segment net sales, public currency (USD Mn)FY2023FY2024FY2025

Global Water (USD Mn)

7,2847,775.97,982.4

Global Institutional & Specialty (USD Mn)

5,9116,103.46,104.6

Global Pest Elimination (USD Mn)

1,0661,162.81,246.3

Global Life Sciences (USD Mn)

675.4699.3747.9

Consolidated net sales (USD Mn)

15,320.215,741.416,081.2

Segment operating income, public currency (USD Mn)

Segment operating income, public currency (USD Mn)FY2024FY2025

Global Water OI (USD Mn)

1,274.21,332.9

Global Institutional & Specialty OI (USD Mn)

1,227.41,385.9

Global Pest Elimination OI (USD Mn)

214.3242.9

Global Life Sciences OI (USD Mn)

101.2136.0

Corporate (USD Mn)

-14.7-360.1

Consolidated GAAP OI (USD Mn)

2,802.42,737.6

Segment OI margin (%) — derived (%)

Segment OI margin (%) — derived (%)FY2024FY2025

Global Water (%)

16.416.7

Global Institutional & Specialty (%)

20.122.7

Global Pest Elimination (%)

18.419.5

Global Life Sciences (%)

14.518.2

Segment sales growth, public currency YoY (%) — derived (%)

Segment sales growth, public currency YoY (%) — derived (%)FY2024FY2025

Global Water (%)

6.82.7

Global Institutional & Specialty (%)

3.30.0

Global Pest Elimination (%)

9.17.2

Global Life Sciences (%)

3.57.0

Contribution to FY sales (%) — derived (%)

Contribution to FY sales (%) — derived (%)FY2023FY2024FY2025

Global Water (%)

47.549.449.6

Global Institutional & Specialty (%)

38.638.838.0

Global Pest Elimination (%)

7.07.47.8

Global Life Sciences (%)

4.44.44.7

Segment Overview — Global Water

SegmentFixed-currency sales growthOrganic sales growthFixed-currency OI growthOrganic OI

Global Water

+3%

+2% (7,599.7 vs 7,452.5)

+5%

$1,253.8m vs $1,207.4m (+4%)

Institutional & Specialty

0%+3%+13%

$1,358.3m vs $1,149.3m (+18%)

Pest Elimination

+7%+6%+13%—

Life Sciences

+5%+5%+31%—

Segment Revenue

SegmentH1-2026 sales ($M)H1-2025 ($M)Reported growthOrganic growth (Q2)H1-2026 OI ($M)H1 OI growth

Global Water

4,266.43,803.7

+12% (Ovivo adds about 6 pts)

+4%648.1+11%

Institutional & Specialty

3,132.22,962.6+6%+4%738.5+11%

Pest Elimination

661.9598.0+11%+7%122.5+13%

Life Sciences

421.0355.9+18%+15%96.0+49%

Total

8,481.5

7,720.2

+10%

+5% (Q2)

1,379.9 (GAAP)

+9%

Effective Details

EffectiveChangeDisclosure

Q1-2024

Global Pest Elimination elevated to a standalone reportable segment, previously inside Institutional & Specialty

Q1-2024 8-K

Q1-2025

Global Industrial renamed Global Water, comprising Light & Heavy (formerly "Water"), Food & Beverage and Paper. Global Life Sciences elevated to a standalone segment. The healthcare business (formerly in Healthcare & Life Sciences) moved into I&S; goodwill of $717.0m was reclassified from Life Sciences to I&S. Restated 2023–24 figures were published in an 8-K on 28 Mar 2025.

8-K 11 Feb 2025; 8-K 28 Mar 2025; 10-K FY2025 goodwill table

Q1-2026

Within Global Water, "Light & Heavy" split into Heavy Water, Light Water and Global High-Tech. These are operating-unit disclosures; the reportable segment is unchanged.

Q1-2026 10-Q and release

Q3-2026

CoolIT Systems consolidated from 2 Jul 2026 within Global Water / High-Tech. Its amortisation is expected to sit in Corporate, consistent with treatment of Ovivo Electronics.

Q2-2026 10-Q; CoolIT closing release

Income statement (USD Mn)

Income statement (USD Mn)FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025

Revenue (USD Mn)

12,73314,18815,320.215,741.416,081.2

Gross profit, standardised/adjusted (USD Mn)

5,2115,4276,1886,8477,158

Gross profit, GAAP (USD Mn)

———6,841.77,150.4

Operating income, S&P standardised (USD Mn)

1,8661,8482,1862,6702,952

Operating income, GAAP (USD Mn)

———2,802.42,737.6

Adjusted operating income, company non-GAAP (USD Mn)

———2,618.82,900.7

Pre-tax income (USD Mn)

1,4151,3441,7562,571.22,547.9

Net income attributable to Ecolab (USD Mn)

1,1301,0921,372.32,112.42,075.6

EPS basic (USD)

———7.437.33

EPS diluted, GAAP (USD)

3.913.814.797.377.28

EPS diluted, adjusted (USD)

5.204.975.216.657.53

Dividends declared per share (USD)

1.952.062.162.362.68

Margins (%)

Margins (%)FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025

Gross margin (%)

40.938.340.443.544.5

Operating margin, S&P standardised (%)

14.713.014.317.018.4

Operating margin, GAAP (%)

———17.817.0

Organic operating margin, company (%)

———16.417.9

Net margin (%)

8.97.79.013.412.9

Revenue growth YoY (%)

8.011.48.02.72.2

Balance Sheet

Balance sheet, year-end (USD Mn)FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025

Total assets (USD Mn)

21,20621,46421,84722,387.824,696.3

Cash and equivalents (USD Mn)

359.9598.6919.51,256.8646.2

Short-term debt incl. current LTD (USD Mn)

411.0505.1630.4615.7870.4

Long-term debt (USD Mn)

8,3398,0637,5386,949.27,365.9

Total debt excl. leases (USD Mn)

8,7508,5688,1687,564.98,236.3

Net debt excl. leases (USD Mn)

8,3907,9707,2496,3087,590

Total debt incl. leases, S&P (USD Mn)

9,1569,0278,7338,2838,998

Total equity incl. NCI (USD Mn)

7,2537,2598,0728,789.29,804.5

Goodwill (USD Mn)

8,0648,0138,1487,907.39,227.0

Other intangibles, net (USD Mn)

4,2243,6813,4943,308.83,688.5

Working capital (USD Mn)

1,1341,2841,2981,232.9420.9

Cash flow (USD Mn)

Cash flow (USD Mn)FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025

Operating cash flow (USD Mn)

2,0621,7882,4122,8142,953

Capital expenditures (USD Mn)

6437137759951,048

Free cash flow (USD Mn)

1,4191,0761,6371,8191,904

Dividends paid (USD Mn)

566603617—754

Dividends declared, derived from retained earnings (USD Mn)

——616670759

Share repurchases (USD Mn)

10751814——

Net increase in treasury stock, proxy for buybacks (USD Mn)

—51712992774

FCF margin (%)

11.17.610.711.611.8

FCF conversion of net income (%)

126991198692

Ratios — derived

Ratios — derivedFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025

ROE on year-end common equity (%)

15.615.117.124.121.2

ROA on year-end assets (%)

5.35.16.39.48.4

ROIC, NOPAT / (equity + net debt incl. leases) (%)

9.39.411.013.412.7

Current ratio (x)

1.321.301.301.261.08

Debt to equity, S&P debt incl. leases (x)

1.261.241.080.940.92

Interest coverage, GAAP OI / net interest (x)

———9.911.4

Asset turnover (x)

0.600.660.700.700.65

Days sales outstanding (days)

71.069.467.566.473.8

Days inventory outstanding (days)

72.474.759.860.160.9

Days payables outstanding (days)

67.272.062.674.284.6

Cash conversion cycle (days)

76.272.164.752.350.1

Sales by region, % of total

Sales by region, % of totalFY2025

North America (%)

56

Europe and IMEA (%)

24

Asia Pacific incl. Greater China (%)

13

Latin America (%)

7

Sales outside the US (% of total)

Sales outside the US (% of total)FY2025

International share (%)

47

Valuation Snapshot

MetricValueSource

Share price

$277.07 close (5 Oct 2026)

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52-week range

$243.15 – $309.27

Ad-hoc News / MarketBeat

Market capitalisation

About $77.9bn

Ad-hoc News

Shares outstanding

About 280.3m

Q2-2026 data

Trailing P/E (GAAP)

About 37.2x

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Forward P/E

About 32.1x (S&P consensus basis)

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P/E on 2026 guidance midpoint ($8.15 adjusted)

About 34.0x (derived)

—

EV / Sales TTM

About 5.4x (derived; EV about $90.7bn using pro forma net debt of about $12.8bn post-CoolIT)

Derived

EV / EBITDA TTM

About 24x (derived using Barchart TTM EBITDA of about $3.83bn; indicative only)

Derived

Price / Book

About 7.7x (on $10.06bn Ecolab equity at 30 Jun 2026; derived)

Derived

Beta (60-month)

0.88

Barchart

Dividend yield (forward)

About 1.05% ($2.92 indicated)

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Share Price & Returns

DateBrokerRatingPrice target

5 Oct 2026

UBS

Buy

$344 (from $342)

Mid-2026

Wells Fargo

Equal Weight

$275

Mar 2026

RBC Capital

Outperform

$337

Mar 2026

Berenberg

Buy (upgraded from Hold)

$326

Dividend

DividendFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026

Dividends declared per share (USD)

1.952.062.162.362.682.92

DPS growth YoY (%)

3.25.64.99.313.69.0

Credit Ratings

AgencyLong-termOutlookShort-term / CPSource

Moody's

A3

Stable

P-2

FWP 19 May 2026; 10-Q Q2-2026

S&P Global

A-

Stable

A-2

Same

Fitch

A-

Stable

F-1

Same

Capital Instruments

InstrumentAmountCouponMaturity

Notes / debt due within 12 months (at 30 Jun 2026)

$1,271m

various

by mid-2027

Senior notes (May 2026)

$1,200m

4.600%2029

Senior notes (May 2026)

$900m

4.800%2031

Senior notes (May 2026)

$1,500m

5.150%2033

Senior notes (May 2026)

$1,400m

5.350%2036

Revolving credit facility (undrawn)

$2,000m

floating

Mar 2030

$4.75bn delayed-draw term loan

committed

—

Not expected to be used after the notes issuance

Analyst Conclusions

Management guidance (as of the 28 Jul 2026 release)

ItemGuidance
FY2026 adjusted diluted EPS$8.05 – $8.25, +7% to 10%. Includes CoolIT amortisation and financing drag of about $0.20 per quarter in H2.
Q3-2026 adjusted EPS$2.13 – $2.23, +3% to 8%
H2-2026 reported sales growth+12% to 14%
H2-2026 organic sales growth+6% to 7%
H2-2026 pricing+5% to 6%
H2-2026 adjusted OI marginAbout 19% (organic about 20%)
Adjusted tax rate (H2)20.5% – 21.5%
FY2026 special chargesAbout $0.75 – $0.80 per share
Long-term algorithmOrganic growth 5–7%; OI margin +100–150 bps per year; adjusted EPS +12–15%
High-Tech$4bn sales by 2030 at about 25% OI margin
2,027EPS growth expected to re-accelerate into the 12–15% range as CoolIT contribution rises and Nalco amortisation rolls off

Consensus. A forward P/E of about 32x on $277 implies next-12-month EPS of about $8.6. That is consistent with the street modelling a return to double-digit growth in 2027.

Bull case

  1. AI water-and-cooling flywheel. High-Tech is growing 29% organically, and CoolIT doubled its sales in H1-2026. Moving from $1.5bn to $4bn by 2030 at a 25% margin could add about $600–700m of segment OI. That would lift group organic growth by more than 2 points per year, as management targets.

  2. Margin runway plus mechanical EPS uplift. Organic OI margin was already 18.8% in Q2-2026 and is guided to about 20% in H2. $325m of One Ecolab savings by 2027 and the 2027 Nalco amortisation roll-off (about $112m per year pre-tax) support 12–15% EPS growth.

  3. Pricing power is proven again. Ecolab stabilised organic gross margin within one quarter of an energy shock (44.9% in Q2-2026), as it did after 2022. That validates the value-pricing model, and pricing of 5–6% plus volume growth supports 6–7% organic growth.

Bear case

  1. Expensive, cyclical M&A. CoolIT cost about 29x NTM EBITDA and lifted gross debt to about $13bn (about 3x leverage). It exposes a defensive franchise to the AI capex cycle and to large electrical-infrastructure competitors. Any hyperscaler pause risks goodwill impairment and stranded growth investment.

  2. Weak core volume. Underlying FY2025 growth was price-led: organic +3% with roughly flat volume. Heavy Water, Paper and Institutional remain soft. Surcharge-driven pricing may fade or erode customer goodwill in 2027.

  3. Valuation leaves little room for error. At about 34x 2026 adjusted EPS and about 24x EBITDA, with 2026 EPS growth temporarily cut to 7–10% from 12–15%, the stock needs flawless delivery at the November Investor Day. The 52-week range of $243–309 shows sensitivity to narrative shifts.

Catalysts and monitorables, next 12 months

Date / periodCatalystWhat to watch
27 Oct 2026Q3-2026 resultsDelivery against $2.13–2.23; H2 organic growth tracking 6–7%; first CoolIT quarter; pricing at or above 5%
17 Nov 2026Investor Day at SC26Updated long-term targets; High-Tech economics; 3D TRASAR Cooling Platform launch; capital-allocation framework and buyback resumption
Dec 2026Dividend declarationLikely 35th consecutive increase; size signals balance-sheet confidence
Feb 2027Q4 and FY2026 results; 2027 guidanceReturn to 12–15% EPS growth; Nalco amortisation roll-off; leverage path toward 2x
OngoingCommodity and energy prices; Middle EastGross-margin trajectory; surcharge retention or roll-back
OngoingAI capex announcements by hyperscalers and chipmakersCoolIT order momentum; fab construction cadence
OngoingCo-COO executionSuccession signals

Analyst verdict

Ecolab enters late 2026 as a better business than it was three years ago, but a more complicated one.

The core franchise has repaired the damage of the 2022 inflation squeeze. Gross margin rebuilt from 38% to 44.5%. Organic operating margin approaches 19%, and returns on invested capital have climbed from about 9% to about 13%. That reflects real pricing power, route density and the productivity dividend from One Ecolab. The franchise also absorbed a second commodity shock in 2026 within a single quarter, which validates the resilience thesis that underpins its premium multiple.

Management has now chosen to spend that credibility. The roughly $6.3bn deployed on Ovivo Electronics and CoolIT turns Ecolab from a defensive hygiene-and-water compounder into a company whose fastest-growing division is levered to AI infrastructure. Strategically, the logic is coherent. Water and heat are the two physical constraints of advanced compute, and Ecolab already owns the chemistry, monitoring and service relationships at fabs, power plants and data centres. Combining CoolIT hardware with 3D TRASAR is a genuine differentiation attempt. The $4bn-by-2030 High-Tech target is ambitious but grounded in current 29% organic growth.

Execution and valuation are the open questions. The 2026 EPS growth algorithm has temporarily slipped to 7–10%, leverage has risen to about 3x, and core volumes remain sluggish. At about 34x this year's earnings, the market is already paying for 2027's re-acceleration.

Our stance is constructive with discipline: high-quality hold to accumulate on weakness. Conviction would rise if the 17 November Investor Day shows two things:

  • credible CoolIT unit economics and customer breadth beyond a few hyperscalers

  • a visible path back to 2x leverage alongside resumed buybacks

Conversely, a slowdown in AI capex or any retreat in H2 pricing would expose the multiple. The long-term franchise remains among the highest-quality assets in specialty chemicals and services.

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Executive Leadership

Executive Leadership Team

NameTitleTenure / prior rolesAgeLatest disclosed total compensation

Christophe Beck

Chairman (since 2022), CEO (since 2021), President (added 1 Apr 2026)

Previously President & COO of Ecolab; joined from Nestlé (career history per company biography)

58

About $17.4m (Simply Wall St, latest proxy year)

Scott D. Kirkland

Chief Financial Officer (since 2022)

SVP & Corporate Controller 2019–21; SVP Finance, Global Energy Services 2017–19

About 52 (GlobalData)

—

Darrell R. Brown

Co-COO, Global Markets (from 1 Apr 2026)

President & COO 2022–26; EVP & President Global Industrial 2019–22; EVP & President Energy Services 2018–19; joined 2002

62—

Gregory B. Cook

Co-COO, Global Businesses (from 1 Apr 2026)

EVP & President Institutional Group 2023–26; EVP & GM Global Institutional 2021–23; SVP & GM Global Pest 2020–21; President Latin America; joined 1997

57—

Margeaux M. King

EVP, Human Resources (since 2025)

——

About $4.7m (Simply Wall St)

Jandeen Boone

EVP (General Counsel and Secretary, per third-party listings)

About 2 years tenure

——

Dan LeCloux

EVP & Chief Technical Officer

———

Chris Leong

EVP & Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer

———

Ben Clark

EVP & Chief Supply Chain Officer

Previously COO & CFO, Flagstone Foods

——

Andrew Hedberg

VP, Investor Relations

———

Board of Directors

DirectorRole / backgroundVerification status

Christophe Beck

Chairman, President & CEO; non-independent

Verified 2026

Judson B. Althoff

Independent director; Microsoft senior executive. Form 4 deferred-compensation grant on 30 Sep 2026.

Verified 2026

Eric M. Green

Independent director; CEO of West Pharmaceutical Services. Form 4 grants on 30 Sep 2026.

Verified 2026

Shari L. Ballard

Independent director

Per prior proxies; confirm in 2026 DEF 14A

Arthur J. Higgins

Independent director

Per prior proxies; confirm

Michael Larson

Independent director

Per prior proxies; confirm

David W. MacLennan

Independent director (former Cargill CEO)

Per prior proxies; confirm

Tracy B. McKibben

Independent director

Per prior proxies; confirm

Lionel L. Nowell III

Independent director

Per prior proxies; confirm

Victoria J. Reich

Independent director

Per prior proxies; confirm

Suzanne M. Vautrinot

Independent director

Per prior proxies; confirm

John J. Zillmer

Independent director

Per prior proxies; confirm

Board & Management Changes

DateChangeContext

20 Feb 2026 (board action), announced 25 Feb 2026

Beck adds President; Brown becomes Co-COO Global Markets; Cook becomes Co-COO Global Businesses; effective 1 Apr 2026

Management said it was intensifying leadership focus after strong end-2025 momentum. The split creates a markets (geographies) versus businesses (product lines) matrix and visibly positions two internal succession candidates.

2025

Margeaux King appointed EVP HR

Per proxy NEO list

2022

Kirkland appointed CFO; Brown appointed President & COO; Beck becomes Chairman

Succession from the Baker era

Major Shareholders

HolderShares (M)% outstandingDate reportedSource

Cascade Investment LLC (Bill Gates)

29.1810.37

10 Mar 2026

Investing.com / 13D-G

BlackRock, Inc.

22.798.10

31 Mar 2026

Investing.com / 13F

Vanguard Capital Management LLC

16.525.87

31 Mar 2026

13F

State Street Global Advisors

11.223.99

31 Mar 2026

13F

JP Morgan Asset Management

8.242.93

latest

Simply Wall St

Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC

6.322.25

31 Mar 2026

13F

Geode Capital Management

5.992.13

latest

Simply Wall St

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust

5.221.85

31 Mar 2026

13F

UBS Asset Management AG

4.841.72

latest

Simply Wall St

Capital Research and Management

4.701.67

latest

Simply Wall St

Competitive Landscape

Competitors by Segment

Segment / arenaNamed competitorsNotes

Industrial water treatment

Veolia (Water Technologies), Kurita Water Industries, Solenis, Xylem (treatment and analytics), ChemTreat (Danaher), Suez

Veolia Water Technologies revenue was €4,954m in FY2025 (+3.6% like-for-like), EBITDA margin 13.5% (Veolia FY2025 results)

Microelectronics UPW

Veolia, Kurita, Organo, Evoqua (now part of Xylem)

Ovivo gives Ecolab a scaled UPW position

Data-centre liquid cooling

Vertiv, Schneider Electric (Motivair), nVent, Boyd, LiquidStack, server OEM in-house solutions

CoolIT is among the few scaled independent DLC platforms (Futurum)

Institutional hygiene

Solenis (including Diversey, acquired 2023), Kimberly-Clark Professional, Essity / Tork, Procter & Gamble Professional, regional distributors such as Sysco and US Foods private label

Solenis is privately held and does not publish audited results

Healthcare infection prevention

Steris, Diversey (Solenis), 3M Health Care (Solventum), GOJO / Purell, Clorox Professional

—

Pest elimination

Rollins (Orkin), Rentokil Initial (including Terminix), Anticimex

Rollins FY2025 revenue about $3.8bn (+11%), operating margin 19.3%

Bioprocess purification resins

Cytiva (Danaher), Merck KGaA (MilliporeSigma), Tosoh, Bio-Rad, Repligen

Protein A resin market is concentrated, with Cytiva the leader

Peer Comparison FY2024

MetricEcolabXylemRollinsVeolia (group)

Revenue

$16,081m

$9,035m

About $3.8bn

€44,396m (about $50.1bn)

Reported revenue growth

+2.2%

+5.5% (derived)

+11.0%

-0.7% reported; +2.8% like-for-like excluding energy

Organic growth

+3%

About 4–5% (guided)

+6.9%

+2.8% (excluding energy prices)

Margin

GAAP OI 17.0%; adjusted 18.0%

Adjusted EBITDA 22.2%

OI 19.3%; adjusted 20.0%

EBITDA 15.9%

R&D intensity

About 1.3% (FY2024)

—

Not material

—

Ownership

Public (NYSE)

Public (NYSE)

Public (NYSE)

Public (Euronext Paris)

Company Snapshot

$13,152.8M

Revenue

48,000

Employees

1923

Founded

Minnesota, US

Headquarters

SWOT Analysis

Strengths

  • Margin recovery and record profitability. Gross margin was 44.5% in FY2025 versus 38.3% in FY2022 (S&P). Organic OI margin reached 18.5% in Q4-2025, up 140 bps (Q4-2025 release).
  • Consistent earnings growth. Adjusted EPS rose 13% in FY2025 ($7.53) and 11–13% in each of Q1 and Q2-2026.
  • Shareholder-return record. 34 consecutive annual dividend increases and 89 consecutive years of dividends (Dec 2025).
  • Cash generation. FCF of $1.9bn in FY2025, about 92% of net income, and above $1.8bn in each of FY2024–25.
  • Growth engines at scale. Q2-2026 organic growth was High-Tech +29%, Life Sciences +15% and Pest +7%. Ecolab Digital reached $121m per quarter, +27%.
  • Investment-grade credit. Rated A3 / A- / A- (stable) even after $5bn of acquisition debt (FWP, May 2026).

Weaknesses

  • Low reported top-line growth. FY2025 sales grew 2.2%. FY2025 organic volume was roughly flat to slightly positive; underlying growth relied on pricing.
  • Commodity sensitivity. Q2-2026 adjusted gross margin fell 60 bps, and Water segment OI margin fell to 15.7% from 16.4% during the energy shock.
  • Intangible-heavy balance sheet. Goodwill plus intangibles is $12.9bn versus $9.8bn of equity at FY2025, and tangible book value is negative.
  • Lagging core businesses. Paper was -7% and basic industries were soft in Q4-2025 (Q4 supplemental).
  • Concentrated leadership. The CEO also holds the Chair and President titles from April 2026.
  • Low disclosed R&D intensity. About 1.3% of sales (FY2024), below technology-oriented peers.

Opportunities

  • AI infrastructure. The CoolIT and Ovivo stack targets High-Tech sales of $4bn by 2030 at a 25% OI margin.
  • Liquid-cooling transition. CoolIT's pre-acquisition sales grew more than 100% in H1-2026.
  • Bioprocessing. Bioprocessing sales more than doubled in Q1-2026, and Life Sciences Q2 OI margin was 26.5%.
  • Productivity. One Ecolab savings rise to $325m per year by 2027.
  • Mechanical EPS lift. Nalco amortisation (about $112m per year) rolls off in 2027.
  • Water reuse and alternative water for data centres. This is a regulatory and ESG tailwind (Fortune and TechCrunch coverage, Sep 2026).

Threats

  • AI capex cyclicality. CoolIT was bought at about 29x NTM EBITDA. A capex pause would hit growth and could create impairment risk on new goodwill.
  • Geopolitics. Middle East conflict disrupted customer operations (about 1 pt volume) and drove the energy-cost spike (2026).
  • Competitive escalation in liquid cooling. Vertiv, Schneider and nVent are scaling direct liquid cooling.
  • Interest-rate and refinancing costs. The new notes carry 4.60–5.35% coupons; Q2-2026 net interest rose $10m year on year before the full CoolIT debt load.
  • Legacy liabilities. Deepwater Horizon COREXIT claims (about 5,000 plaintiffs historically) and ChampionX tax indemnity (10-K risk factors).
  • Private-equity-backed rivals. Solenis and Diversey could pressure institutional pricing.

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Key Developments

DateEventSignificance
28 Mar 20258-K recasts 2023–24 results into the new four-segment structureTransparency on Life Sciences and Water
29 Apr 2025Q1-2025: adjusted EPS $1.50 (+12%); organic sales +3%; FY guide of $7.42–7.62 maintainedIndustrial end-markets softened, offset by pricing and productivity
29 Jul 2025Q2-2025: adjusted EPS $1.89 (+13%); Ecolab Digital +29% to $95mDigital acceleration
Mid-2025Reported shift of R&D toward data centres and semiconductors (secondary source)Foreshadows the High-Tech M&A
28 Oct 2025Q3-2025: adjusted EPS $2.07 (+13%); FY guide narrowed to $7.48–7.58; 2026 growth of 12–15% signalledContinued delivery
Q4 2025Ovivo Electronics deal (about $1.8bn) agreed; buybacks reduced to fund it ($375m in 9M-2025 versus $984m)Capital redeployed to High-Tech
4 Dec 2025Dividend +12% to $0.73 per quarter, the 34th consecutive annual increaseShareholder returns
16 Dec 2025Ovivo Electronics closesGlobal High-Tech doubles
10 Feb 2026Record Q4 and FY2025: FY adjusted EPS $7.53 (+13%), reported sales $16.08bn. 2026 guide: adjusted EPS $8.43–8.63, organic growth 3–4%. One Ecolab savings target raised to $325m.Base-year confirmation
20–25 Feb 2026Leadership restructure: Beck adds President; co-COO model from 1 AprGovernance and succession signal
23 Feb 2026Shelf registration prospectus (No. 333-293635)Funding readiness
Q1 2026Global energy surcharge announced amid a geopolitical energy spike; Berenberg upgrades to Buy (PT $326), citing broad price actionsPricing response to inflation shock
20 Mar 2026Definitive agreement to acquire CoolIT for about $4.75bn; RBC reiterates Outperform (PT $337)Transformational AI-infrastructure bet
20 Mar 2026DEF 14A (2026 proxy) filedGovernance disclosure
10 Apr 2026$4.75bn delayed-draw term loan agreement signed; $450m forward-starting interest-rate locksDeal financing
28 Apr 2026Q1-2026: sales +10%, organic +4%, adjusted EPS $1.70 (+13%); Life Sciences +11%; Q2 flagged as a transition quarterVolume back to growth
7 May 2026Annual meeting; Q1 10-Q filed—
19–29 May 2026$5.0bn notes priced and settled: $1.2bn 4.600% due 2029, $0.9bn 4.800% due 2031, $1.5bn 5.150% due 2033, $1.4bn 5.350% due 2036. Ratings A3 / A- / A-, all stable.Term-loan commitment effectively replaced
2 Jun 2026Industry conference webcastInvestor communication
9–11 Jun 2026Insider transactions totalling about $6.0m (2 purchases, 1 sale, 2 conversions)Insider signal is mixed
Mid-2026Wells Fargo raises PT to $275, Equal WeightValuation caution
2 Jul 2026CoolIT closes early; High-Tech 2030 target of $4bn; $0.20 per share drag in each of Q3 and Q4. 2026 guide rebased to $8.03–8.23 including CoolIT (derived from the subsequent release).Guidance reset for dilution
28 Jul 2026Q2-2026: sales +10% to $4.42bn, organic +5%, adjusted EPS $2.09 (+11%). FY guide raised to $8.05–8.25; Q3 guide $2.13–2.23. High-Tech +29%, Life Sciences +15%.Pricing caught up with commodity costs
6 Aug 2026Quarterly dividend of $0.73 declared, payable 15 Oct 2026Routine
25 Aug 2026Investor Day announced for 17 Nov 2026 at SC26, ChicagoLikely update to long-term targets and the AI narrative
18 Sep 2026Media campaign: Fortune feature on a plan for "water-neutral" AI data centres; CEO on the Big Technology and SHIFT podcastsNarrative positioning
21 Sep 2026Water Resilience Coalition engagement at Climate Week NYCESG positioning
22 Sep 2026Q3-2026 results scheduled for 27 Oct 2026, before market openNext catalyst
30 Sep – 2 Oct 2026Director stock awards (Althoff, Green) via deferred compensationRoutine
5 Oct 2026UBS raises PT from $342 to $344, Buy; shares about $277Sell-side support

Product Offering

  • Ecolab
    • Healthcare Cleaning Equipment

Financial Performance

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Revenue

5 charts
Segment Net Sales, Public Currency: Global Water rose from USD 7,284 Mn in FY2023 to USD 7,982.4 Mn in FY2025.
Ecolab — Segment Net Sales, Public Currency
Series (USD Mn)FY2023FY2024FY2025
Global Water7,2847,775.97,982.4
Global Institutional & Specialty5,9116,103.46,104.6
Global Pest Elimination1,0661,162.81,246.3
Global Life Sciences675.4699.3747.9
Consolidated net sales15,320.215,741.416,081.2

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