A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.
The historical rank and industry rank for Ecolab's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
ECL'
s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.3 Med: 0.64 Max: 1.79
Current: 1.3
During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Ecolab was 1.79. The lowest was 0.30. And the median was 0.64.
ECL's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than 90.34% of 1252
companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 0.34
vs ECL: 1.30
Ecolab Debt-to-Equity Historical Data
The historical data trend for Ecolab's Debt-to-Equity 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.
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Ecolab Annual Data
Trend
Dec12
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Debt-to-Equity
0.97
0.88
0.79
1.15
1.27
Ecolab Quarterly Data
Sep17
Dec17
Mar18
Jun18
Sep18
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Debt-to-Equity
1.06
0.91
1.27
1.29
1.30
Competitive Comparison
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Ecolab's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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 Debt-to-Equity Distribution
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Ecolab's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Ecolab's Debt-to-Equity falls into.
Ecolab Debt-to-Equity Calculation
Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.
Ecolab's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as
* 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.
Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.
Ecolab Debt-to-Equity Related Terms
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Ecolab produces and markets cleaning and sanitation products for the hospitality, healthcare, and industrial 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. The company has a strong hold on the U.S. market and is looking to increase its profitability abroad. Additionally, Ecolab serves customers in water, manufacturing, and life sciences end markets, selling customized solutions.
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