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Is ECL overvalued?

boothcheck doesn't label ECL overvalued or undervalued, and it doesn't publish a fair value. It shows what the price assumes instead. At today's price, ECL is priced for today's economics sustained for about 5.5 years, and an operating margin near 21.4% versus the 16.6% it earns today. Every valuation family lands below the price. The price therefore requires assumptions beyond what those standard frames encode. The more the price assumes beyond what ECOLAB INC. has actually delivered, the more has to go right to justify it. Whether that bar is too high is your call, and the full bull and bear cases are in the report.

Derived from ECOLAB INC.'s SEC EDGAR filings via a reverse-DCF inversion. Last analyzed June 27, 2026.

Implied growth
For about5.5 yrs
Margin needed21.4%
Margin today16.6%
Price vs asset value3.38x
Price vs earnings power4.05x
Price vs peer multiples2.34x
Price vs forward growth1.42x
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