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

Ecolab's (ECL) quarterly Cash from Investing Activities came in at -$2.0 billion in Q4 2025, down 215.25% YoY from $1.7 billion in Q4 2024, and down 604.99% on a QoQ basis from -$280.6 million in Q3 2025.

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

Ecolab (ECL) has 17 years of Cash from Investing Activities data on file, last reported at -$2.0 billion in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Cash from Investing Activities fell 215.25% year-over-year to -$2.0 billion in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was -$2.7 billion (down 524.07% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$2.7 billion, down 524.07% from the prior year.
  • Cash from Investing Activities declined to -$2.0 billion in Q4 2025, 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.
  • A 5-year average of -$471.4 million and a median of -$217.2 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Cash from Investing Activities.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Cash from Investing Activities sank 6277.35% — and 2024, when it jumped 457.84%.
  • Tracing ECL's Cash from Investing Activities over 5 years: 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.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash from Investing Activities (Qtr)
1 Linde 225.67 Bn 220.77 Bn 4.43 Bn -1.66 Bn
2 Sherwin Williams 84.74 Bn 84.44 Bn 3.34 Bn -207.70 Mn
3 Ecolab 78.90 Bn 73.77 Bn 1.95 Bn -
4 Air Products & Chemicals 68.19 Bn 67.21 Bn 1.04 Bn -992.70 Mn
5 Ppg Industries 25.36 Bn 23.77 Bn 1.81 Bn -179.00 Mn
6 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 23.48 Bn 19.61 Bn 778.60 Mn -
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.91 Bn 19.28 Bn 2.04 Bn -515.00 Mn
8 International Flavors & Fragrances 21.51 Bn 20.94 Bn 853.00 Mn -156.00 Mn
9 DuPont de Nemours 18.83 Bn 17.09 Bn 639.00 Mn 1.09 Bn
10 Albemarle 16.94 Bn 15.31 Bn 590.30 Mn -80.44 Mn

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 -1.98 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 -1.98 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -280.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -280.60 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -224.40 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -224.40 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -224.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -224.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -627.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -627.50 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 639.10 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 639.10 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -244.40 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -244.40 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -201.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -201.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -348.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -348.40 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -178.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -178.60 Mn