RSKIA vs ECL vs ADT Stock Comparison

George Risk Industries, Ecolab and Adt Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ECL Ecolab Inc.
$291.28 +4.1% 1M +4.1% 1Y
Market cap
$82.08B
P/E
39.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.37B
Div. yield
–
Water Treatment Industrials
2 wins
ADT ADT Inc.
$6.88 +7.3% 1M -21.3% 1Y
Market cap
$5.61B
P/E
9.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.16B
Div. yield
–
Security Services Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

George Risk Industries leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (George Risk Industries 5, Ecolab 2, Adt 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionRSKIAECLADTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $102.61M $82.08B $5.61B ECL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 10.5x 39.4x 9.1x ADT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 36.9x 8.0x ADT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +13.9% +9.3% +2.1% RSKIA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 37.9% — 11.9% RSKIA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 8.2% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 2.7x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 5.96% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +23.5% +4.1% -21.3% RSKIA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.6%/yr +5.7%/yr -4.0%/yr RSKIA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 25.4% 21.9% 29.8% ECL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 87/100 55/100 69/100 RSKIA

Percentile Scorecard

RSKIAECLADT

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

AxisRSKIAECLADT
Valuation 78 #26 of 112 35 #14 of 21 96 #5 of 112
Growth 87 #13 of 96 83 #4 of 19 50 #49 of 96
Profitability 86 #14 of 91 81 #4 of 17 91 #9 of 91
Financial Health 99 #2 of 125 19 #18 of 22 14 #108 of 125
Shareholder Returns 85 #11 of 67 – 92 #6 of 67
Overall 87 55 69
  • RSKIA 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

PeriodRSKIAECLADTSPY
1 month -6.3%+4.1%+7.3% -0.2%
3 months +10.5%+2.8%-6.1% +3.9%
6 months +13.5%+9.1%-4.3% +8.2%
Year to date +21.7%+11.0%-14.7% +12.9%
1 year +23.5%+4.1%-21.3% +12.3%
3 years +78.6%+85.0%+20.9% +87.4%
3 years, per year +21.4%+22.8%+6.5% +23.3%
5 years +57.8%+31.8%-18.3% +67.9%
5 years, per year +9.6%+5.7%-4.0% +10.9%
10 years +182.1%+153.4%— +261.1%
10 years, per year +10.9%+9.7%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureRSKIAECLADTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 25.4%21.9%29.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.7%22.0%35.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.020.480.70 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.920.19-0.71 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -39.0%-44.3%-49.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -7.7%-5.5%-22.2% -1.2%
52-week high $22.75$308.35$8.84 $779.14
52-week low $16.30$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.

MultipleRSKIAECLADT
P/E now vs peer median 10.5xmedian 21.2x 39.3xmedian 25.6x 8.5xmedian 21.2x
P/S now vs peer median 4.0xmedian 0.9x 4.7xmedian 2.4x 0.9xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.0xmedian 11.9x —median 16.7x 4.3xmedian 11.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 24.3xmedian 13.7x 41.5xmedian 23.6x 2.4xmedian 13.7x
P/B now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 2.4x 7.8xmedian 2.0x 1.3xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.60median 1.00 1.98median 1.68 0.05median 1.00

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 monthsRSKIAECLADT
Revenue $25.81M $17.37B $5.16B
Gross profit $12.15M – $4.17B
Operating income $7.06M $2.90B $1.29B
Net income $9.79M – $612.75M
Free cash flow $4.22M – $1.97B
EPS (diluted) $1.99 $7.38 $0.75
Cash & equivalents $6.84M $722.30M $3.88M
Total debt – – $7.69B
Shares (diluted) 4.91M 282.20M 820.13M
Enterprise value -$85.67M $82.08B $5.34B

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
MetricRSKIAECLADT
P/E 10.5x 39.3x 8.5x
P/FCF 24.3x 41.5x 2.4x
P/Operating cash flow 22.9x – 2.2x
P/S 4.0x 4.7x 0.9x
P/B 1.6x 7.8x 1.3x
P/Tangible book 1.6x 15.2x -3.5x
EV/EBITDA 7.0x – 4.3x
EV/EBIT 7.4x – 9.6x
EV/Revenue 2.0x 4.7x 2.4x
EV/FCF 12.4x – 6.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.7x – 5.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.60 1.98 0.05

Growth

14 metrics
MetricRSKIAECLADT
Revenue growth (1Y) 13.9% 9.3% 2.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.8% 4.9% 1.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 10.6% – 1.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 10.2% – -1.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 12.6% 11.3% -0.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 13.9% 17.2% 19.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 19.1% – -1.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 17.2% – 164.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 19.2% 6.1% 0.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.5% 19.8% 178.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 7.8% – 8.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 29.7% – 5.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 13.2% – 7.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 45.3% – 5.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricRSKIAECLADT
Gross margin 47.1% – 80.7%
EBITDA margin 29.0% – 55.6%
Operating margin 27.4% – 25.0%
Pretax margin 50.9% – 16.6%
Net margin 37.9% – 11.9%
FCF margin 16.4% – 38.1%
Operating cash flow margin 17.3% – 41.8%
Return on equity 15.2% 20.4% 16.8%
Return on assets 13.4% 6.9% 3.9%
Return on invested capital – – 8.2%
Return on capital employed 10.4% – 8.8%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.6x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.5x – 3.5x
Stock comp / revenue – – 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricRSKIAECLADT
Debt / assets – – 48.8%
Debt / equity – – 2.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 2.7x
Debt / FCF – – 3.9x
Liabilities / assets 11.9% 66.4% 77.9%
Equity / assets 88.1% 33.6% 22.1%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 14.6x 1.1x 0.7x
Quick ratio 11.2x – 0.4x
Cash ratio 10.3x – 0.0x
Altman Z-score 10.02 – 0.56

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricRSKIAECLADT
Dividend yield 6.0% 1.0% 3.4%
Net buyback yield – – 15.2%
Shareholder yield 6.0% 1.0% 18.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusRSKIAECLADT
Forward P/E – 36.9xFY2026 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
HoldersRSKIAECLADT
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.

RSKIAECLADT
RSKIA 1.00 0.02 0.09
ECL 0.02 1.00 0.34
ADT 0.09 0.34 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, RSKIA, ECL and ADT?

Ecolab (ECL) is the largest by market capitalisation: George Risk Industries (RSKIA) $102.61M, Ecolab (ECL) $82.08B, Adt (ADT) $5.61B.

Which stock is cheaper, RSKIA, ECL and ADT?

Adt (ADT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (George Risk Industries (RSKIA) 10.5x, Ecolab (ECL) 39.4x, Adt (ADT) 9.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Adt (ADT) is cheapest (Ecolab (ECL) 36.9x, 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?

George Risk Industries (RSKIA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: George Risk Industries (RSKIA) +13.9%, Ecolab (ECL) +9.3%, Adt (ADT) +2.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

George Risk Industries (RSKIA) has the highest net margin (George Risk Industries (RSKIA) 37.9%, Adt (ADT) 11.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year George Risk Industries (RSKIA) returned the most: George Risk Industries (RSKIA) +23.5%, Ecolab (ECL) +4.1%, Adt (ADT) -21.3%. Over five years, George Risk Industries (RSKIA) compounded fastest (George Risk Industries (RSKIA) +9.6%/yr, Ecolab (ECL) +5.7%/yr, Adt (ADT) -4.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: George Risk Industries (RSKIA) 5.96%, Ecolab (ECL) 0.00%, Adt (ADT) 0.00%. Ecolab (ECL) and Adt (ADT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ecolab (ECL) has been the steadiest (George Risk Industries (RSKIA) 25.4%, Ecolab (ECL) 21.9%, Adt (ADT) 29.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, RSKIA, 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, George Risk Industries (RSKIA) leads on 5. 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.