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

Ecolab (ECL) has disclosed Cash from Investing Activities for 17 consecutive years, with -$2.0 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Cash from Investing Activities fell 215.25% year-over-year to -$2.0 billion, compared with a TTM value of -$2.7 billion through Dec 2025, down 524.07%, and an annual FY2025 reading of -$2.7 billion, down 524.07% over the prior year.
  • Cash from Investing Activities was -$2.0 billion for Q4 2025 at Ecolab, down from -$280.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Cash from Investing Activities topped out at $639.1 million in Q3 2024 and bottomed at -$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.
  • The sharpest move saw Cash from Investing Activities tumbled 680.44% in 2021, then surged 457.84% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Cash from Investing Activities 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.
  • Business Quant data shows Cash from Investing Activities for ECL at -$2.0 billion in Q4 2025, -$280.6 million in Q3 2025, and -$224.4 million in Q2 2025.