Ecolab ECL
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Ecolab (ECL) Change in Intangibles (2009 - 2017)

Updated

Ecolab (ECL) posted Change in Intangibles of $23.2 million for Q4 2017, up 34.9% from $17.2 million a year earlier and up 30.3% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Ecolab (ECL) Change in Intangibles (2009 - 2017) Analysis & Trends

For FY2017, Ecolab's Change in Intangibles came in at $79 million, up 59.9% from FY2016.

  • Annual Change in Intangibles shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 19.1% (FY2012 to FY2017).
  • In prior years, Ecolab's Change in Intangibles was $49.4 million in FY2016 (+11.8%), $44.2 million in FY2015 (-2.2%), $45.2 million in FY2014 (+21.5%) and $37.2 million in FY2013 (+12.7%).
  • The Q4 2017 figure stands as the highest quarterly Change in Intangibles in data going back to Q1 2009.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Change in Intangibles has increased in each of the last four quarters, with growth averaging 43.8% over the last eight quarters.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Change in Intangibles in the past five years was Q2 2013, with growth of 167.6%; the weakest was Q3 2015, with a decline of 36.6%.
  • According to Business Quant data, Change in Intangibles for the three prior quarters was $17.8 million (Q3 2017), $22.5 million (Q2 2017) and $15.5 million (Q1 2017).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change Intangibless (Qtr)
1 Ecolab 76.74 Bn 68.51 Bn 1.95 Bn -
2 Xylem 23.78 Bn 19.27 Bn 963.00 Mn -
3 Veralto 23.12 Bn 15.77 Bn 902.00 Mn -
4 Badger Meter 3.70 Bn 2.97 Bn 90.77 Mn -
5 Ceco Environmental 3.19 Bn 3.02 Bn 86.47 Mn -
6 NWPX Infrastructure 1.02 Bn 983.22 Mn 34.36 Mn -
7 Energy Recovery 346.45 Mn 21.62 Mn 8.96 Mn -
8 Cadiz 322.34 Mn 290.78 Mn -24,000.00 -
9 AirJoule Technologies 287.52 Mn 167.15 Mn - -
10 LanzaTech Global 79.06 Mn -36.08 Mn 1.91 Mn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2017 23.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 17.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 22.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 15.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 17.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 10.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 13.60 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 8.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 19.50 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 10.40 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 7.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 6.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 13.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 16.40 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 6.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 8.70 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 11.50 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 9.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 9.90 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 6.30 Mn
API Access

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