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

Ecolab has reported Cash from Investing Activities for 17 years, with the latest figure at -$2.0 billion in Q4 2025.

• For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Cash from Investing Activities fell 215.25% year-over-year to -$2.0 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at -$2.7 billion (down 524.07% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was -$2.7 billion, down 524.07% from the prior year.
• Cash from Investing Activities for Q4 2025 stood at -$2.0 billion, down from -$280.6 million in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Cash from Investing Activities was $639.1 million in Q3 2024, with the low at -$3.9 billion in Q4 2021.
• Historically, Cash from Investing Activities has averaged -$471.4 million across 5 years, with a median of -$217.2 million in 2022.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Cash from Investing Activities sank 6277.35% — and 2024, when it jumped 457.84%.
• Ecolab's Cash from Investing Activities stood at -$3.9 billion in 2021, then jumped by 94.66% to -$210.4 million in 2022, then plunged by 65.59% to -$348.4 million in 2023, then plunged by 80.11% to -$627.5 million in 2024, then plunged by 215.25% to -$2.0 billion in 2025.
• The last three Cash from Investing Activities figures came in at -$2.0 billion (Q4 2025), -$280.6 million (Q3 2025), and -$224.4 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.