Growth Metrics

Ecolab (ECL) Change in Inventory (2016 - 2025)

Ecolab's Change in Inventory history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at -$74.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Change in Inventory fell 54.17% year-over-year to -$74.0 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached -$36.4 million, down 131.49%, while the annual FY2025 figure was -$36.4 million, 131.49% down from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory reached -$74.0 million in Q4 2025 per ECL's latest filing, down from -$39.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Inventory ranged from a high of $156.0 million in Q2 2022 to a low of -$115.5 million in Q3 2023.
  • Average Change in Inventory over 5 years is $11.7 million, with a median of $12.5 million recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Change in Inventory: surged 669.2% in 2022, then plummeted 413.37% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Change in Inventory shows it 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 grew by 10.95% to -$48.0 million in 2024, then crashed by 54.17% to -$74.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ECL's Change in Inventory are -$74.0 million (Q4 2025), -$39.3 million (Q3 2025), and $7.8 million (Q2 2025).