ICTSF vs ECL vs ADT Stock Comparison

Icts International N V, Ecolab and Adt Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ECL Ecolab Inc.
$288.96 +3.3% 1M +4.2% 1Y
Market cap
$82.57B
P/E
39.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.84B
Div. yield
0.01%
Water Treatment Industrials
7 wins
ADT ADT Inc.
$6.88 +7.3% 1M -21.5% 1Y
Market cap
$5.25B
P/E
8.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.16B
Div. yield
–
Security Services Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Ecolab leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Ecolab 7, Adt 3, Icts International N V 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionICTSFECLADTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $207.76M $82.57B $5.25B ECL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -14.0x 39.0x 8.6x ADT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 36.6x 8.0x ADT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +7.1% +2.1% ECL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 12.6% 11.9% ECL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 11.0% 8.2% ECL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.1x 2.7x ECL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +27.6% +4.2% -21.5% ICTSF
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -6.6%/yr +5.5%/yr -3.5%/yr ECL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 79.1% 21.9% 29.9% ECL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 66/100 68/100 ADT

Percentile Scorecard

ICTSFECLADT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisICTSFECLADT
Valuation 33 #75 of 112 50 #11 of 21 96 #5 of 112
Growth – 83 #4 of 19 50 #49 of 96
Profitability – 88 #3 of 17 91 #9 of 91
Financial Health 52 #60 of 125 48 #12 of 22 13 #109 of 125
Shareholder Returns – 60 #5 of 11 92 #6 of 67
Overall – 66 68
  • ICTSF ranked among 130 companies in Business Services
  • ECL ranked among 22 companies in Environmental Equipment
  • ADT ranked among 130 companies in Business Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodICTSFECLADTSPY
1 month -5.8%+3.3%+7.3% -0.8%
3 months +0.9%+6.3%-3.8% +3.5%
6 months +27.6%+7.9%-4.7% +7.0%
Year to date +66.2%+10.1%-14.7% +12.2%
1 year +27.6%+4.2%-21.5% +13.0%
3 years +20.7%+83.5%+20.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year +6.5%+22.5%+6.5% +23.1%
5 years -28.8%+30.7%-16.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year -6.6%+5.5%-3.5% +11.0%
10 years +681.7%+150.5%— +258.0%
10 years, per year +22.8%+9.6%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureICTSFECLADTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 79.1%21.9%29.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 124.9%22.0%35.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.310.480.70 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.350.19-0.72 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -68.3%-44.3%-49.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -13.6%-6.3%-22.2% -1.8%
52-week high $6.42$308.35$8.84 $779.14
52-week low $3.10$245.73$6.08 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleICTSFECLADT
P/E now vs peer median -14.0xmedian 21.9x 38.3xmedian 25.6x 8.5xmedian 21.9x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 0.9x 4.8xmedian 2.5x 0.9xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 12.2x 22.9xmedian 19.1x 4.3xmedian 12.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median -6.3xmedian 14.3x 43.2xmedian 25.2x 2.4xmedian 14.3x
P/B now vs peer median -9.8xmedian 2.3x 8.0xmedian 2.0x 1.3xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.02 1.72median 1.54 0.05median 1.02

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsICTSFECLADT
Revenue – $16.84B $5.16B
Gross profit – $7.43B $4.17B
Operating income – $2.85B $1.29B
Net income – $2.13B $612.75M
Free cash flow – $1.87B $1.97B
EPS (diluted) – $7.50 $0.75
Cash & equivalents $16.89M $5.14B $3.88M
Total debt $25.53M $13.18B $7.69B
Shares (diluted) 36.18M 282.20M 820.13M
Enterprise value $95.20M $74.32B $4.98B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricICTSFECLADT
P/E -14.0x 38.3x 8.5x
P/FCF -6.3x 43.2x 2.4x
P/Operating cash flow – 26.5x 2.2x
P/S 0.4x 4.8x 0.9x
P/B -9.8x 8.0x 1.3x
P/Tangible book -9.8x 12.2x -3.5x
EV/EBITDA – 22.9x 4.3x
EV/EBIT – 31.2x 9.6x
EV/Revenue – 5.3x 2.4x
EV/FCF – 47.5x 6.3x
EV/Operating cash flow – 29.1x 5.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.72 0.05

Growth

14 metrics
MetricICTSFECLADT
Revenue growth (1Y) – 7.1% 2.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 4.5% 1.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 7.5% 1.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 9.4% -1.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -1.4% -0.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 18.4% 19.1%
Net income growth (1Y) – -1.0% -1.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 21.3% 164.5%
EPS growth (1Y) – 0.2% 0.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 22.3% 178.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 16.5% 8.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 13.9% 5.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 19.1% 7.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 12.2% 5.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricICTSFECLADT
Gross margin – 44.1% 80.7%
EBITDA margin – 23.1% 55.6%
Operating margin – 16.9% 25.0%
Pretax margin – 15.6% 16.6%
Net margin – 12.6% 11.9%
FCF margin – 11.1% 38.1%
Operating cash flow margin – 18.1% 41.8%
Return on equity – 21.2% 16.8%
Return on assets – 7.8% 3.9%
Return on invested capital – 11.0% 8.2%
Return on capital employed – 13.3% 8.8%
Asset turnover – 0.6x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.4x 3.5x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.8% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricICTSFECLADT
Debt / assets 4.7% 44.0% 48.8%
Debt / equity -0.4x 1.3x 2.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.1x 2.7x
Debt / FCF – 7.0x 3.9x
Liabilities / assets 112.8% 66.3% 77.9%
Equity / assets -12.8% 33.7% 22.1%
Interest coverage – 17.6x –
Current ratio 1.8x 1.8x 0.7x
Quick ratio 1.6x 1.5x 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.9x 0.0x
Altman Z-score – 4.15 0.56

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricICTSFECLADT
Dividend yield – 1.0% 3.4%
Net buyback yield – 1.3% 15.2%
Shareholder yield – 2.3% 18.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 37.4% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 42.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 13.4% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 9.3% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusICTSFECLADT
Forward P/E – 36.6xFY2026 8.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $7.90FY2026 $0.86FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +4.9%FY2026 -3.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +23.2% +19.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $17.26BFY2026 $4.95BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +7.3%FY2026 -3.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +5.4% +12.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersICTSFECLADT
Held by institutions – 80.0% 94.5%
Institutions holding – 1,710 456
Change in shares held, QoQ – +1.4% -2.7%
Institutions buying – 762 297
Institutions selling – 679 125
Buyers to sellers – 1.12 2.38

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ICTSFECLADT
ICTSF 1.00 0.03 -0.18
ECL 0.03 1.00 0.34
ADT -0.18 0.34 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ICTSF, ECL and ADT?

Ecolab (ECL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Icts International N V (ICTSF) $207.76M, Ecolab (ECL) $82.57B, Adt (ADT) $5.25B.

Which stock is cheaper, ICTSF, ECL and ADT?

Adt (ADT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Icts International N V (ICTSF) -14.0x, Ecolab (ECL) 39.0x, Adt (ADT) 8.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Adt (ADT) is cheapest (Ecolab (ECL) 36.6x, Adt (ADT) 8.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ecolab (ECL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ecolab (ECL) +7.1%, Adt (ADT) +2.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ecolab (ECL) has the highest net margin (Ecolab (ECL) 12.6%, Adt (ADT) 11.9%). On return on invested capital, Ecolab (ECL) leads (Ecolab (ECL) 11.0%, Adt (ADT) 8.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Icts International N V (ICTSF) returned the most: Icts International N V (ICTSF) +27.6%, Ecolab (ECL) +4.2%, Adt (ADT) -21.5%. Over five years, Ecolab (ECL) compounded fastest (Icts International N V (ICTSF) -6.6%/yr, Ecolab (ECL) +5.5%/yr, Adt (ADT) -3.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Ecolab (ECL) 0.01%, Adt (ADT) 0.00%. Icts International N V (ICTSF) and Adt (ADT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ecolab (ECL) has been the steadiest (Icts International N V (ICTSF) 79.1%, Ecolab (ECL) 21.9%, Adt (ADT) 29.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ICTSF, ECL and ADT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ecolab (ECL) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.