Growth Metrics

Ecolab (ECL) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2025)

Ecolab posted quarterly Debt Ratio of 0.33 for Q4 2025, down 1.3% year-on-year from 0.34 in Q4 2024, and down 1.09% on a QoQ basis from 0.34 in Q3 2025.

Ecolab (ECL) has 17 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.33 in Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Debt Ratio fell 1.3% year-over-year to 0.33; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 0.33 (down 1.3% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.33, down 1.3% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q4 2025 stood at 0.33, down from 0.34 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.42 in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.33 in Q3 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.37 (2021), against an average of 0.37.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2021, when Debt Ratio slipped 13.13%; it then climbed 22.07% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.41 in 2021, then declined by 3.21% to 0.4 in 2022, then slipped by 6.31% to 0.37 in 2023, then declined by 9.78% to 0.34 in 2024, then declined by 1.3% to 0.33 in 2025.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.33 (Q4 2025), 0.34 (Q3 2025), and 0.35 (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Linde 230.79 Bn 226.84 Bn 4.26 Bn 0.29
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn 0.30
3 Sherwin Williams 72.51 Bn 72.30 Bn 2.78 Bn 0.35
4 Ecolab 70.96 Bn 70.34 Bn 1.85 Bn 0.33
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.15 Bn 63.70 Bn 987.40 Mn 0.42
6 Ppg Industries 25.04 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.66 Bn 0.32
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.62 Bn 21.73 Bn 701.00 Mn 0.37
8 Albemarle 20.26 Bn 19.42 Bn 500.97 Mn 0.12
9 DuPont de Nemours 19.45 Bn 19.56 Bn 602.00 Mn 0.15
10 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.02 Bn 18.49 Bn 1.02 Bn 0.23

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 0.33
Sep 30, 2025 0.34
Jun 30, 2025 0.35
Mar 31, 2025 0.34
Dec 31, 2024 0.34
Sep 30, 2024 0.34
Jun 30, 2024 0.35
Mar 31, 2024 0.35
Dec 31, 2023 0.37
Sep 30, 2023 0.39
Jun 30, 2023 0.40
Mar 31, 2023 0.41
Dec 31, 2022 0.40
Sep 30, 2022 0.41
Jun 30, 2022 0.42
Mar 31, 2022 0.42
Dec 31, 2021 0.41
Sep 30, 2021 0.33
Jun 30, 2021 0.36
Mar 31, 2021 0.37
Dec 31, 2020 0.37
Sep 30, 2020 0.38
Jun 30, 2020 0.40
Mar 31, 2020 0.35
Dec 31, 2019 0.30
Sep 30, 2019 0.32
Jun 30, 2019 0.34
Mar 31, 2019 0.34
Dec 31, 2018 0.35
Sep 30, 2018 0.07
Jun 30, 2018 0.08
Mar 31, 2018 0.08
Dec 31, 2017 0.08
Sep 30, 2017 0.38
Jun 30, 2017 0.39
Mar 31, 2017 0.39
Dec 31, 2016 0.36
Sep 30, 2016 0.36
Jun 30, 2016 0.38
Mar 31, 2016 0.37
Dec 31, 2015 0.35
Sep 30, 2015 0.36
Jun 30, 2015 0.38
Mar 31, 2015 0.37
Dec 31, 2014 0.34
Sep 30, 2014 0.35
Jun 30, 2014 0.36
Mar 31, 2014 0.37
Dec 31, 2013 0.35
Sep 30, 2013 0.37
Jun 30, 2013 0.38
Mar 31, 2013 0.36
Dec 31, 2012 0.37
Sep 30, 2012 0.36
Jun 30, 2012 0.38
Mar 31, 2012 0.29
Dec 31, 2011 0.42
Sep 30, 2011 0.13
Jun 30, 2011 0.13
Mar 31, 2011 0.13
Dec 31, 2010 0.17
Sep 30, 2010 0.17
Jun 30, 2010 0.21
Mar 31, 2010 0.22
Dec 31, 2009 0.19
Sep 30, 2009 0.19
Jun 30, 2009 0.22