Growth Metrics

Ecolab (ECL) Cash from Investing Activities (2016 - 2025)

Ecolab's Cash from Investing Activities history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at -$2.0 billion for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Cash from Investing Activities fell 215.25% year-over-year to -$2.0 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached -$2.7 billion, down 524.07%, while the annual FY2025 figure was -$2.7 billion, 524.07% down from the prior year.
  • Cash from Investing Activities reached -$2.0 billion in Q4 2025 per ECL's latest filing, down from -$280.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Cash from Investing Activities ranged from a high of $639.1 million in Q3 2024 to a low of -$3.9 billion in Q4 2021.
  • Average Cash from Investing Activities over 5 years is -$471.4 million, with a median of -$217.2 million recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Cash from Investing Activities: crashed 6277.35% in 2021, then surged 457.84% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Cash from Investing Activities shows it stood at -$3.9 billion in 2021, then soared by 94.66% to -$210.4 million in 2022, then plummeted by 65.59% to -$348.4 million in 2023, then plummeted by 80.11% to -$627.5 million in 2024, then tumbled by 215.25% to -$2.0 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ECL's Cash from Investing Activities are -$2.0 billion (Q4 2025), -$280.6 million (Q3 2025), and -$224.4 million (Q2 2025).