Ecolab, Inc.
Ecolab, Inc. is classed by the SEC under Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics (industry code 2840), based in Saint Paul, MN. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, it reported revenue of $16 billion and a profit of $2.1 billion (its filed statements).
vs its business-model standard
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a product business: prior from its industry code (SEC 2840, Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 5.7 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 5.2 out of ten, present 6.0 out of ten, future 5.7 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
- Surviving crises (past): 6.7 out of ten. No warning events in its filings since 2017. 67th percentile among 15 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Track record (past): 3.9 out of ten. +2.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10. 39th percentile among 15 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Shareholder treatment (past): 5.6 out of ten. Share count shrank 0.2% a year. 47% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 15 sales, 7 purchases. 56th percentile among 13 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Financial health (present): 5.4 out of ten. ROE 21%: 21¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 60%: owes 60¢ per asset dollar. 54th percentile among 15 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Industry position (present): 8.1 out of ten. top 19% of 15 in its family; net margin 13%. 81st percentile among 15 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Leadership (present): 4.0 out of ten. bottom 40% of 12 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021. 40th percentile among 12 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
- Room to expand (future): 4.7 out of ten. bottom 47% of 15 in its family for room to expand. 47th percentile among 15 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Growth drivers (future): 6.7 out of ten. top 33% of 15 in its family for growth drivers. 67th percentile among 15 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Expectations vs reality (future): 6.3 out of ten. top 37% of 14 in its family for expectations against reality. 63rd percentile among 14 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2026-02-23 for the period ended 2025-12-31 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-08-06 for the period ended 2026-06-30 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-07-28 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 4, 2026-10-02. Filings on record since 1994. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Where the revenue comes from
Lines of business in fiscal 2025: Water Services 50%, Global Institutional 38%, Global Pest Elimination 8%, Global Healthcare and Life Sciences 5%. As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2026-02-23).
Who runs it
Beck, Christophe (CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT & CEO); Kirkland, Scott D (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER); Cook, Gregory B (Co-COO - Global Businesses); Brown, Darrell R (Co-COO - Global Markets); Mewhorter, Bryce L (SVP & Corporate Controller); Bradway, Jennifer J (SVP & CORPORATE CONTROLLER); Clark, Benjamin M. (EVP - Global Supply Chain); King, Margeaux (EVP - Human Resources); Alfano, Nicholas J. (EVP & PRES - GLOBAL WATER); Boone, Jandeen M (EVP, GC & Secretary); and 16 more. 26 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-10-02.
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