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Ecolab vs Sherwin-Williams (ECL vs SHW)
The two stocks side by side, as of the latest close. Performance is rebased to 100 at the start of the window.
Over the past year Ecolab (ECL) returned +16.1% and Sherwin-Williams (SHW) +2.5%; so far this year the figures are +14.5% and +6.2%.
Ecolab is the larger company by market value, though the two are close in size.
On trailing earnings, ECL trades at 40.9 times and SHW at 31.6 times.
Revenue grew +9.3% at ECL and +7.0% at SHW over the last year.
ECL yields 0.97%. SHW yields 0.93%.
Data as of the latest close. Not investment advice.
Relative performance
| ECL | SHW | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $300.68 | $344.10 |
| 1-day | -1.68% | -1.41% |
| YTD | +14.54% | +6.19% |
| 1 year | +16.12% | +2.48% |
| 3 years | +79.82% | +44.03% |
| Market cap | $84.3B | $83.1B |
| P/E | 40.9 | 31.6 |
| P/S | 4.85 | 3.34 |
| P/B | 8.09 | 20.90 |
| Revenue growth | +9.30% | +7.00% |
| EPS growth | +5.60% | +6.10% |
| Gross margin % | 43.9 | 48.6 |
| Net margin % | 12.0 | 10.7 |
| ROE % | 20.0 | 67.3 |
| Debt / equity | 1.27 | 2.37 |
| FCF yield % | 2.1 | 3.7 |
| Dividend yield % | 0.97 | 0.93 |
| Beta | 0.50 | 0.84 |
| RSI (14) | 57.3 | 54.1 |
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