Ecolab (ECL) Change in Inventory (2009 - 2025)

Ecolab (ECL) posted Change in Inventory of -$74.0 million for Q4 2025, down 88.3% on a QoQ basis from -$39.3 million in Q3 2025, and down 54.17% year-over-year from -$161.5 million in Q4 2024.

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

Ecolab's Change in Inventory history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$74.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Change in Inventory fell 54.17% year-over-year to -$74.0 million in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was -$36.4 million (down 131.49% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$36.4 million, down 131.49% from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory was -$74.0 million for Q4 2025 at Ecolab, down from -$39.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Change in Inventory topped out at $156.0 million in Q2 2022 and bottomed at -$115.5 million in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $11.7 million and a median of $12.5 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Change in Inventory.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Change in Inventory jumped 669.2% — and 2023, when it tumbled 413.37%.
  • Ecolab's Change in Inventory stood at -$6.8 million in 2021, then surged by 352.94% to $17.2 million in 2022, then tumbled by 413.37% to -$53.9 million in 2023, then rose by 10.95% to -$48.0 million in 2024, then sank by 54.17% to -$74.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows ECL's Change in Inventory at -$74.0 million in Q4 2025, -$39.3 million in Q3 2025, and $7.8 million in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Inventory (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.95 Bn 233.99 Bn 4.26 Bn 48.00 Mn
2 Sherwin Williams 78.17 Bn 77.95 Bn 2.78 Bn -
3 Ecolab 76.02 Bn 75.37 Bn 1.85 Bn -74.00 Mn
4 Air Products & Chemicals 66.38 Bn 65.43 Bn 987.40 Mn -16.00 Mn
5 Ppg Industries 26.02 Bn 24.40 Bn 1.66 Bn 156.00 Mn
6 LyondellBasell Industries 22.51 Bn 19.87 Bn 701.00 Mn 96.00 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 33.00 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 -72.51 Mn

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 -74.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -74.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -39.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -39.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 7.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 7.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 69.10 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 69.10 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -48.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -48.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 71.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 71.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 26.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 26.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 65.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 65.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -53.90 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -53.90 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -115.50 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -115.50 Mn