Ecolab (ECL) Change in Accured Expenses (2009 - 2025)

Ecolab (ECL) posted Change in Accured Expenses of -$22.4 million for Q4 2025, down 211.11% on a QoQ basis from -$7.2 million in Q3 2025, and down 27.27% year-over-year from -$30.8 million in Q4 2024.

Ecolab (ECL) Change in Accured Expenses (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Ecolab's Change in Accured Expenses history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$22.4 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Change in Accured Expenses fell 27.27% year-over-year to -$22.4 million in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was -$208.0 million (down 227.84% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$208.0 million, down 227.84% from the prior year.
  • Change in Accured Expenses was -$22.4 million for Q4 2025 at Ecolab, down from -$7.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Change in Accured Expenses topped out at $338.4 million in Q3 2022 and bottomed at -$190.1 million in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $25.8 million and a median of -$700000.0 in 2021 frame the typical range for Change in Accured Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Change in Accured Expenses surged 471.04% — and 2023, when it plunged 7042.86%.
  • Ecolab's Change in Accured Expenses stood at $149.9 million in 2021, then tumbled by 69.91% to $45.1 million in 2022, then surged by 132.15% to $104.7 million in 2023, then sank by 116.81% to -$17.6 million in 2024, then dropped by 27.27% to -$22.4 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows ECL's Change in Accured Expenses at -$22.4 million in Q4 2025, -$7.2 million in Q3 2025, and $11.7 million in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Accured Expenses (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.95 Bn 233.99 Bn 4.26 Bn 35.00 Mn
2 Sherwin Williams 78.17 Bn 77.95 Bn 2.78 Bn -
3 Ecolab 76.02 Bn 75.37 Bn 1.85 Bn -22.40 Mn
4 Air Products & Chemicals 66.38 Bn 65.43 Bn 987.40 Mn -55.10 Mn
5 Ppg Industries 26.02 Bn 24.40 Bn 1.66 Bn 209.00 Mn
6 LyondellBasell Industries 22.51 Bn 19.87 Bn 701.00 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 -140.00 Mn
9 DuPont de Nemours 18.80 Bn 18.71 Bn 602.00 Mn -
10 Rpm International 13.63 Bn 13.32 Bn 950.03 Mn 75.03 Mn

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 -22.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -22.40 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -7.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -7.20 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 11.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 11.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -190.10 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -190.10 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -17.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -17.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 225.90 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 225.90 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 6.90 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 6.90 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -52.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -52.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 104.70 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 104.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 83.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 83.70 Mn