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

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

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

Ecolab's Cash & Current Investments history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $648.8 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Cash & Current Investments fell 48.92% year-over-year to $648.8 million in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $648.8 million (down 48.92% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $648.8 million, down 48.92% from the prior year.
  • Cash & Current Investments was $648.8 million for Q4 2025 at Ecolab, 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.
  • A 5-year average of $868.3 million and a median of $789.4 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Cash & Current Investments.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Cash & Current Investments tumbled 86.72% — and 2025, when it soared 393.72%.
  • Ecolab's Cash & Current Investments stood at $421.3 million in 2021, then soared by 55.73% to $656.1 million in 2022, then soared by 40.65% to $922.8 million in 2023, then surged by 37.65% to $1.3 billion in 2024, then tumbled by 48.92% to $648.8 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows ECL's Cash & Current Investments at $648.8 million in Q4 2025, $2.0 billion in Q3 2025, and $1.9 billion in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash & Current Investments (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.95 Bn 233.99 Bn 4.26 Bn 3.96 Bn
2 Sherwin Williams 78.17 Bn 77.95 Bn 2.78 Bn 216.90 Mn
3 Ecolab 76.02 Bn 75.37 Bn 1.85 Bn 648.80 Mn
4 Air Products & Chemicals 66.38 Bn 65.43 Bn 987.40 Mn 951.00 Mn
5 Ppg Industries 26.02 Bn 24.40 Bn 1.66 Bn 1.62 Bn
6 LyondellBasell Industries 22.51 Bn 19.87 Bn 701.00 Mn 2.64 Bn
7 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 19.70 Bn 15.83 Bn 778.60 Mn 3.87 Bn
8 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.51 Bn 18.95 Bn 1.02 Bn 562.00 Mn
9 DuPont de Nemours 18.80 Bn 18.71 Bn 602.00 Mn 86.00 Mn
10 Rpm International 13.63 Bn 13.32 Bn 950.03 Mn 315.19 Mn

Historic Data

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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