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	$275.48	$329.17	$107.75
Market cap	$79.75B	$86.93B	$27.94B
Valuation
P/E	36.8x	31.2x	15.2x
Forward P/E	36.5x	31.7x	10.9x
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 $275	SHWtoday $329	PPGtoday $108
2027	$210.74 – $309.09+12% CAGR	$251.82 – $369.33+12% CAGR	$121.61 – $178.36+66% CAGR
2028	$214.96 – $315.27+7% CAGR	$256.85 – $376.72+7% CAGR	$182.99 – $268.39+58% CAGR
2029	$219.26 – $321.58+5% CAGR	$261.99 – $384.25+5% CAGR	$275.37 – $403.87+55% CAGR
2030	$223.64 – $328.01+4% CAGR	$267.23 – $391.93+4% CAGR	$414.38 – $607.75+54% CAGR
2031	$228.11 – $334.57+4% CAGR	$272.57 – $399.77+4% CAGR	$623.55 – $914.54+53% CAGR
5-yr CAGR	-3.7% – 4.0%	-3.7% – 4.0%	42.1% – 53.4%