Summary: Ecolab Inc.

  • Overall, and from a short-term perspective, the company presents an interesting fundamental situation.
  • The company has a good ESG score relative to its sector, according to MSCI.

Highlights: Ecolab Inc.

  • For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.
  • Analysts remain confident with respect to the group's activity and, more often than not, have revised upwards their earnings per share estimates.
  • Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.
  • There is high visibility into the group's activities for the coming years. Outlooks on future revenues from analysts covering the equity remain similar. Such hardly dispersed estimates support highly predictable sales for the current and upcoming fiscal years.

Weaknesses: Ecolab Inc.

  • The company's valuation in terms of earnings multiples is rather high. Indeed, the firm is getting paid 32.55 times its estimated earnings per share for the ongoing year.
  • The company's enterprise value to sales, at 4.77 times its current sales, is high.
  • The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.
  • The company is highly valued given the cash flows generated by its activity.
  • The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.
  • The group usually releases earnings worse than estimated.

Ratings Chart: Ecolab Inc.

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ESG chart: Ecolab Inc.

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Source: MSCI

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Composite Fundamentals Composite Valuation Composite Momentum Capi. ($)
68.79B
40.39B
40.05B
25.7B
16.72B
14.41B
12.45B
11.16B
10.56B
8.6B
Average 24.88B
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