Growth Metrics

Ecolab (ECL) Cash & Current Investments (2009 - 2025)

Ecolab posted quarterly Cash & Current Investments of $648.8 million for Q4 2025, down 48.92% year-on-year from $1.3 billion in Q4 2024, and down 66.86% on a QoQ basis from $2.0 billion in Q3 2025.

Ecolab (ECL) has 17 years of Cash & Current Investments data on file, last reported at $648.8 million in Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Cash & Current Investments fell 48.92% year-over-year to $648.8 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at $648.8 million (down 48.92% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $648.8 million, down 48.92% from the prior year.
  • Cash & Current Investments for Q4 2025 stood at $648.8 million, down from $2.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Cash & Current Investments topped out at $2.0 billion in Q3 2025 and bottomed at $165.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Cash & Current Investments is $789.4 million (2022), against an average of $868.3 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Cash & Current Investments slumped 86.72%; it then soared 393.72% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Cash & Current Investments shows it stood at $421.3 million in 2021, then surged by 55.73% to $656.1 million in 2022, then surged by 40.65% to $922.8 million in 2023, then jumped by 37.65% to $1.3 billion in 2024, then plunged by 48.92% to $648.8 million in 2025.
  • The last three Cash & Current Investments figures came in at $648.8 million (Q4 2025), $2.0 billion (Q3 2025), and $1.9 billion (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash & Current Investments (Qtr)
1 Linde 230.79 Bn 226.84 Bn 4.26 Bn 3.96 Bn
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn 3.87 Bn
3 Sherwin Williams 72.51 Bn 72.30 Bn 2.78 Bn 216.90 Mn
4 Ecolab 70.96 Bn 70.34 Bn 1.85 Bn 648.80 Mn
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.15 Bn 63.70 Bn 987.40 Mn 951.00 Mn
6 Ppg Industries 25.04 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.66 Bn 1.62 Bn
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.62 Bn 21.73 Bn 701.00 Mn 4.00 Mn
8 Albemarle 20.26 Bn 19.42 Bn 500.97 Mn 1.09 Bn
9 DuPont de Nemours 19.45 Bn 19.56 Bn 602.00 Mn 86.00 Mn
10 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.02 Bn 18.49 Bn 1.02 Bn 562.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 648.80 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 1.96 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.93 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.18 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.27 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.26 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 390.10 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 487.10 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 922.80 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 1.05 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 616.40 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 467.10 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 656.10 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 234.10 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 187.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 165.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 421.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 923.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 1.41 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 1.20 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 1.26 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 1.04 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 1.40 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 1.72 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 172.10 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 231.20 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 142.90 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 107.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 157.50 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 236.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 72.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 182.20 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 240.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 238.10 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 304.90 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 249.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 373.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 205.90 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 190.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 289.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 151.50 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 244.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 439.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 372.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 267.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 197.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 187.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 300.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 339.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 394.40 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 375.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 824.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 1.16 Bn
Sep 30, 2012 324.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 304.90 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 354.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 1.84 Bn
Sep 30, 2011 207.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 163.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 151.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 242.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 168.40 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 121.30 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 85.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 73.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 107.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2009 82.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2009 79.50 Mn