Ecolab Dividend yield

Ecolab is part of Chemicals business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. Ecolab is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Ecolab stock dividend

Ecolab paid a total dividend of 601 million USD last year, for a market value of 52,386 millions (Market Cap 45,594 millions). Ecolab dividend per share is 2.11 USD, and his stock market price 183.81 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Ecolab has a dividend yield of 1.15%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Basic Materials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Ecolab stocks dividend with other Chemicals companies or other of the highest USA dividend stocks list.

Ecolab Dividend Payout

About the ability of Ecolab to maintain his current dividend of USD 2.11 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.15%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Ecolab payout on ernings is currently 42.63%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Basic Materials industry, which are 39.34% and 38.07% respectively. Both figures show that Ecolab can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Ecolab is USD 6.27 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 2.11, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Ecolab, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Basic Materials industry and Chemicals sector companies.

Ecolab Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Ecolab's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	1.15%	2.11	42.63%	285
2022	1.46%	2.13	44.47%	286
2021	0.87%	2.04	49.28%	286
2020	0.89%	1.93	29.24%	284
2019	0.97%	1.87	29.17%	288
2018	1.15%	1.69	29.49%	289
2017	1.22%	1.64	31.30%	290
2016	1.20%	1.40	31.53%	293
2015	1.11%	1.32	25.93%	298

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Ecolab dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Chemicals stocks.

Ecolab Stock performance

Finally, last moth Ecolab showed a return of 0.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.66% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 12.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Chemicals firms.