Ecolab
Ecolab (NYSE: ECL) provides water treatment, hygiene, cleaning, infection prevention and pest elimination products and services to customers in more than 170 countries and across 40 industries. Its offerings serve industrial and food and beverage processors; hotels, hospitals, schools, restaurants and retailers; and… From the company’s description.
In fiscal 2025, Ecolab reported revenue of $16.08B, up 2.2% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $2.09B. Its operating margin was 17.0%, and operations generated $2.95B in cash. Over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, revenue was $16.84B.
Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.
What Ecolab does
In the company’s own words
Ecolab (NYSE: ECL) provides water treatment, hygiene, cleaning, infection prevention and pest elimination products and services to customers in more than 170 countries and across 40 industries. Its offerings serve industrial and food and beverage processors; hotels, hospitals, schools, restaurants and retailers; and pharmaceutical and personal care manufacturers. Ecolab reports four segments: Global Water, which supplies water treatment and process solutions; Global Institutional & Specialty, which provides cleaning, sanitation, infection prevention and food safety programs; Global Pest Elimination, which delivers commercial pest detection and control services; and Global Life Sciences, which supplies contamination control and purification solutions. Products and programs are sold mainly through direct field and corporate account sales teams, while some offerings use distributors. Key brands include Ecolab, Nalco, 3D TRASAR, Purolite, Bioquell and Kay. The company traces its incorporation to 1924 and has approximately 48,000 employees as of December 31, 2025; warewashing products represented approximately 13% of consolidated net sales in 2025. Its website is https://www.ecolab.com.
Company details
- Sector
- Materials
- Industry (SIC)
- Chemicals
- Headquarters
- SAINT PAUL, MN
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 31462
- SIC
- 2840
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2013–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Ecolab — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Superinvestors in Ecolab · what they did last quarter
Share of each manager’s reported 13F portfolio. Change is in shares held, since the previous quarter.
Largest fund holders · Ecolab’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
Ecolab’s bonds, as funds hold them
Funds report holding 19 issues of Ecolab’s debt, $1.58B at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 4.55%, maturing 2026 to 2055.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Fund ownership is a subset of institutional 13F ownership — the two describe overlapping populations and must not be added together.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
All filings →Each filing opens into its own statements and disclosures here.
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