Compare U.S. Stocks

Put up to three companies side by side on valuation, growth, profitability, and debt.

Metric	ECLEcolab	SHWSherwin-Williams	PPGPPG Industries
Snapshot
Price	$282.22	$334.93	$112.26
Market cap	$79.75B	$86.93B	$27.94B
Valuation
P/E	37.6x	31.8x	15.9x
Forward P/E	37.4x	32.2x	11.3x
Growth
Revenue growth	4.9%	3.9%	-3.9%
EPS growth	0.6%	-1.4%	50.5%
Profitability
Net margin	12.8%	10.9%	9.8%
ROE	21.7%	58.2%	20.2%
Balance sheet & cash
Debt / equity	0.84x	2.41x	0.92x
Free cash flow yield	2.8%	3.6%	7.0%
Dividend yield	1.1%	1.0%	2.3%
Verdict
Investment rating	Neutral· 46	Weak· 41	Neutral· 57

5-Year Price Projections

Base case

Projected using each stock's current EPS, growth rate (EPS or revenue growth), and P/E ratio. P/E assumed to compress 25% on the low end and remain steady on the high end. Not a forecast — for comparative analysis only.

Year	ECLtoday $282	SHWtoday $335	PPGtoday $112
2027	$215.90 – $316.65+12% CAGR	$256.22 – $375.79+12% CAGR	$126.70 – $185.82+66% CAGR
2028	$220.22 – $322.98+7% CAGR	$261.35 – $383.31+7% CAGR	$190.65 – $279.62+58% CAGR
2029	$224.62 – $329.44+5% CAGR	$266.57 – $390.97+5% CAGR	$286.89 – $420.78+55% CAGR
2030	$229.11 – $336.03+4% CAGR	$271.90 – $398.79+4% CAGR	$431.72 – $633.19+54% CAGR
2031	$233.70 – $342.75+4% CAGR	$277.34 – $406.77+4% CAGR	$649.65 – $952.82+53% CAGR
5-yr CAGR	-3.7% – 4.0%	-3.7% – 4.0%	42.1% – 53.4%