Ecolab (ECL) Cash from Financing Activities (2009 - 2025)

Ecolab (ECL) posted Cash from Financing Activities of -$431.6 million for Q4 2025, up 9.59% on a QoQ basis from -$477.4 million in Q3 2025, and down 208.07% year-over-year from $399.4 million in Q4 2024.

Ecolab (ECL) Cash from Financing Activities (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Ecolab's Cash from Financing Activities history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$431.6 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Cash from Financing Activities fell 208.07% year-over-year to -$431.6 million in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was -$853.3 million (up 57.84% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$853.3 million, up 57.84% from the prior year.
  • Cash from Financing Activities was -$431.6 million for Q4 2025 at Ecolab, up from -$477.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Cash from Financing Activities topped out at $2.8 billion in Q4 2021 and bottomed at -$889.3 million in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of -$158.3 million and a median of -$212.4 million in 2021 frame the typical range for Cash from Financing Activities.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Cash from Financing Activities soared 845.61% — and 2024, when it plunged 434.44%.
  • Ecolab's Cash from Financing Activities stood at $2.8 billion in 2021, then plunged by 105.85% to -$161.7 million in 2022, then sank by 262.09% to -$585.5 million in 2023, then surged by 76.07% to -$140.1 million in 2024, then plunged by 208.07% to -$431.6 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows ECL's Cash from Financing Activities at -$431.6 million in Q4 2025, -$477.4 million in Q3 2025, and $297.3 million in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash from Financing Activities (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.95 Bn 233.99 Bn 4.26 Bn -1.97 Bn
2 Sherwin Williams 78.17 Bn 77.95 Bn 2.78 Bn 47.60 Mn
3 Ecolab 76.02 Bn 75.37 Bn 1.85 Bn -431.60 Mn
4 Air Products & Chemicals 66.38 Bn 65.43 Bn 987.40 Mn -101.00 Mn
5 Ppg Industries 26.02 Bn 24.40 Bn 1.66 Bn -334.00 Mn
6 LyondellBasell Industries 22.51 Bn 19.87 Bn 701.00 Mn -236.00 Mn
7 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 19.70 Bn 15.83 Bn 778.60 Mn -
8 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.51 Bn 18.95 Bn 1.02 Bn -301.00 Mn
9 DuPont de Nemours 18.80 Bn 18.71 Bn 602.00 Mn -44.00 Mn
10 Rpm International 13.63 Bn 13.32 Bn 950.03 Mn -116.23 Mn

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 -431.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -431.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -477.40 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -477.40 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 297.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 297.30 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -241.60 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -241.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -140.10 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -140.10 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -548.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -548.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -446.40 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -446.40 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -889.30 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -889.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -585.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -585.50 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -147.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -147.00 Mn