Ecolab (LTS:0IFA) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share: $31.87 (As of Mar. 2026)

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LTS:0IFA Ecolab Inc LTS:0IFA
87 GF Score
Price $270.62
GF Value $267.35
Valuation Fairly Valued
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What is Ecolab Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share?

Ecolab LTS:0IFA -1.68% 87 Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is $31.87 as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus rates LTS:0IFA with a GF Score™ of 87/100 and a GF Value™ of $267.35 (Fairly Valued).

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

Ecolab's adjusted book value per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was $35.546. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $31.87 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2026.

During the past 12 months, Ecolab's average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 4.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 2.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 4.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 7.90% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate of Ecolab was 19.20% per year. The lowest was 2.60% per year. And the median was 11.30% per year.

As of today (2026-07-14), Ecolab's current stock price is $270.62. Ecolab's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was $31.87. Ecolab's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is 8.49.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of Ecolab was 9.84. The lowest was 4.63. And the median was 7.76.


Ecolab  (LTS:0IFA) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share may underestimate the company's equity. Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can seem to be too high even the actual PB Ratio is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, the book value of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/B calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is also called CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Ecolab's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=270.62/31.87
=8.49

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of Ecolab was 9.84. The lowest was 4.63. And the median was 7.76.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real book value.


Ecolab Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Related Terms


Ecolab Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Ecolab's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Ecolab Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Chart

Ecolab Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 27.27 29.37 29.77 30.42 31.53

Ecolab Quarterly Data
Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25 Jun25 Sep25 Dec25 Mar26
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 30.29 30.63 31.25 31.53 31.87

LTS:0IFA vs SHW, APD, PPG: Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Ecolab's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Ecolab Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio vs Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Ecolab's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ecolab's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Ecolab Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

What is Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share?

Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the book value per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 book value per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent book value in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's book value is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent book value in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's book value is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 book value in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent book value per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

For example, Ecolab's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was:

Adj_Book= Book Value per Share /CPI of Mar. 2026 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2026)
=35.546/330.2130*330.2130
=35.546

Current CPI (Mar. 2026) = 330.2130.

Ecolab Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201606 22.636 241.018 31.013
201609 23.562 241.428 32.227
201612 23.648 241.432 32.344
201703 23.477 243.801 31.798
201706 23.912 244.955 32.235
201709 24.998 246.819 33.444
201712 26.214 246.524 35.113
201803 26.345 249.554 34.860
201806 27.170 251.989 35.604
201809 27.449 252.439 35.906
201812 27.817 251.233 36.562
201903 28.520 254.202 37.048
201906 28.585 256.143 36.851
201909 29.724 256.759 38.227
201912 30.115 256.974 38.698
202003 30.505 258.115 39.026
202006 20.517 257.797 26.280
202009 21.071 260.280 26.732
202012 21.584 260.474 27.363
202103 22.006 264.877 27.434
202106 23.451 271.696 28.502
202109 24.195 274.310 29.126
202112 25.180 278.802 29.823
202203 24.791 287.504 28.474
202206 24.890 296.311 27.738
202209 24.796 296.808 27.587
202212 25.434 296.797 28.298
202303 25.794 301.836 28.219
202306 26.512 305.109 28.693
202309 27.340 307.789 29.332
202312 28.183 306.746 30.339
202403 28.734 312.332 30.379
202406 29.126 314.175 30.613
202409 30.187 315.301 31.615
202412 30.906 315.605 32.337
202503 31.307 319.799 32.326
202506 32.861 322.561 33.641
202509 34.314 324.800 34.886
202512 34.645 324.054 35.303
202603 35.546 330.213 35.546

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

What does a Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share of $31.87 mean?
Ecolab (LTS:0IFA) has a Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share of $31.87 as of Mar. 2026. Cyclically adjusted book value per share represents the company's inflation-adjusted book value per share over a 10-year period. View historical data on Ecolab and its competitors.
Is Ecolab's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share too high?
Ecolab's current Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is $31.87. Overall, Ecolab has a GF Score™ of 87/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Ecolab's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share compare to SHW and APD?
Ecolab's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share of $31.87 can be compared against companies in the Chemicals industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for a Chemicals company?
A good Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share depends on the Chemicals industry context. However, Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share mean?
A high Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Cyclically adjusted book value per share represents the company's inflation-adjusted book value per share over a 10-year period. View historical data on Ecolab and its competitors. Ecolab's current Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is $31.87. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Ecolab stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Ecolab (LTS:0IFA) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is $267.35, compared to a current price of $270.62 — trading 1.2% above its estimated fair value. The current Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is $31.87. Ecolab's overall GF Score™ is 87/100. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share calculated?
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Ecolab (LTS:0IFA), the current Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is $31.87 as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is Ecolab (LTS:0IFA) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Ecolab stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $270.62 is trading 1.2% above its estimated GF Value™ of $267.35. GuruFocus considers Ecolab to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for LTS:0IFA:

  • Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share: $31.87
  • GF Value™: $267.35 vs. price of $270.62 (1.2% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 87/100

No single metric tells the full story. See the LTS:0IFA stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Ecolab Business Description

Address 1 Ecolab Place, Saint Paul, MN, USA, 55102
Ecolab produces and markets cleaning and sanitation products for the industrial manufacturing, data center, hospitality, healthcare, and life sciences markets. The firm is the global market share leader in this category with a wide array of products and services, including dish and laundry washing systems, pest control, and infection control products. Additionally, Ecolab sells customized water management and cooling solutions across its end markets. The company has a strong hold on the US market and is growing its presence abroad.
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