ECOLAB INC.ECL

Market cap

$75.7B

P/E ratio

	Dec 31, 2010	Dec 31, 2011	Dec 31, 2012	Dec 31, 2013	Dec 31, 2014	Dec 31, 2015	Dec 31, 2016	Dec 31, 2017	Dec 31, 2018	Dec 31, 2019	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024
Net income including noncontrolling interest	531	463	701	974	1,222	1,017	1,247	1,522	1,440	1,576	-1,185	1,144	1,109	1,393	2,132
Depreciation	-	-	468	514	558	560	561	586	621	654	594	604	619	617	635
Amortization	-	-	246	302	314	300	290	308	317	319	218	239	320	307	301
Deferred income taxes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-38	-46	-1	-143	-56	-190
Share-based Compensation	29	40	66	70	71	78	86	91	94	91	82	90	88	95	135
Pension and postretirement plan contributions	47	157	255	80	77	65	212	144	60	186	71	60	64	109	54
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Expense	91	83	115	142	84	114	54	37	32	28	42	42	46	3	14
Restructuring Costs	-	50	67	-40	0	38	-60	5	44	35	8	-42	66	-33	24
Gain on sale of global surgical solutions business	-	-	89	-2	5	-14	1	51	-	-	-	-	-	-	382
Other, net	-	-9	-6	-16	-8	-12	-14	-37	-24	-20	-61	-16	-25	-32	-24
Accounts receivable	39	106	190	147	175	24	-1	92	164	137	-156	178	320	84	147
Inventories	-19	36	2	31	211	49	-19	86	141	-41	180	73	403	-320	116
Other assets	-42	60	-19	69	106	69	35	49	81	82	-42	93	278	-72	24
Accounts payable	7	61	79	51	175	-46	-55	121	114	22	56	200	395	-232	300
Other liabilities	16	-85	26	-1	135	108	99	145	-47	76	-283	144	329	87	163
Cash provided by operating activities	950	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,091	2,278	2,421	1,860	2,062	1,788	2,412	2,814
Capital expenditures	261	342	575	625	749	771	707	790	847	801	489	643	713	775	995
Property and other assets sold	-	3	16	18	11	15	31	11	30	11	5	12	2	10	11
Acquisitions and investments in affiliates, net of cash acquired	43	1,633	43	1,438	83	266	50	989	230	391	487	3,924	7	180	313
Divestiture of businesses, net of cash divested	16	-	131	-8	10	1	1	119	9	7	116	-	-	-	890
Other, net	-	-	-	-	-8	-	-	-	6	25	3	25	-1	45	27
Cash used for investing activities	-304	-	-	-	-	-	-	-1,673	-1,030	-1,199	-414	-4,580	-717	-990	-434
Proceeds from (Repayments of) Short-term Debt	-67	907	-387	-278	600	-312	-606	-44	342	-252	-65	394	-404	-2	2
Long-term debt borrowings	-	4,239	1,001	900	-	1,224	2,390	1,309	-	-	1,856	2,775	494	-	-
Long-term debt repayments	7	1,420	1,695	511	908	1,035	1,570	799	552	401	1,570	1,018	-	500	630
Reacquired shares	349	690	210	308	429	755	740	600	562	354	146	107	518	14	987
Dividends paid	146	163	307	218	344	401	428	449	497	555	561	566	603	617	664
Exercise of employee stock options	89	89	164	97	65	83	77	84	115	187	242	144	29	97	259
Hedge settlements	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-172	15	1
Other, net	-	-	-10	0	-4	-	-	-16	-8	26	-18	11	-7	-3	-4
Cash used for financing activities	-462	-	-	-	-	-	-	-523	-1,173	-1,350	-342	1,603	-837	-1,055	-2,024
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	20	-30	14	4	-46	-19
Increase in cash and cash equivalents	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	337
Income taxes paid	210	224	223	434	522	533	359	403	395	356	367	276	309	469	647
Net interest paid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	239	206	189	263	209	222	325	343