Growth Metrics

Ecolab (ECL) EBT Margin (2009 - 2025)

Ecolab posted quarterly EBT Margin of 15.74% for Q4 2025, up 240.0% year-on-year from 4.63% in Q4 2024, and down 8.68% on a QoQ basis from 17.23% in Q3 2025.

Ecolab (ECL) has 17 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 15.74% in Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, EBT Margin rose 240.0% year-over-year to 15.74%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 15.84% (down 49.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 15.84%, down 49.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin for Q4 2025 stood at 15.74%, down from 17.23% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 24.69% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 6.74% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 12.43% (2021), against an average of 12.78%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when EBT Margin surged 1190 bps; it then plunged 746 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 10.39% in 2021, then retreated by 16 bps to 8.76% in 2022, then soared by 56 bps to 13.65% in 2023, then slipped by 2 bps to 13.34% in 2024, then rose by 18 bps to 15.74% in 2025.
  • The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 15.74% (Q4 2025), 17.23% (Q3 2025), and 16.39% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Linde 230.79 Bn 226.84 Bn 4.26 Bn 27.68%
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn 39.02%
3 Sherwin Williams 72.51 Bn 72.30 Bn 2.78 Bn 12.00%
4 Ecolab 70.96 Bn 70.34 Bn 1.85 Bn 15.74%
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.15 Bn 63.70 Bn 987.40 Mn 27.85%
6 Ppg Industries 25.04 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.66 Bn 13.16%
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.62 Bn 21.73 Bn 701.00 Mn 1.90%
8 Albemarle 20.26 Bn 19.42 Bn 500.97 Mn 28.46%
9 DuPont de Nemours 19.45 Bn 19.56 Bn 602.00 Mn 10.77%
10 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.02 Bn 18.49 Bn 1.02 Bn 7.62%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 15.74%
Sep 30, 2025 17.23%
Jun 30, 2025 16.39%
Mar 31, 2025 13.80%
Dec 31, 2024 13.34%
Sep 30, 2024 24.69%
Jun 30, 2024 14.82%
Mar 31, 2024 12.23%
Dec 31, 2023 13.65%
Sep 30, 2023 12.79%
Jun 30, 2023 10.94%
Mar 31, 2023 8.13%
Dec 31, 2022 8.76%
Sep 30, 2022 11.23%
Jun 30, 2022 10.87%
Mar 31, 2022 6.74%
Dec 31, 2021 10.39%
Sep 30, 2021 12.12%
Jun 30, 2021 12.64%
Mar 31, 2021 9.10%
Dec 31, 2020 12.33%
Sep 30, 2020 9.66%
Jun 30, 2020 5.53%
Mar 31, 2020 11.37%
Dec 31, 2019 14.99%
Sep 30, 2019 16.24%
Jun 30, 2019 13.76%
Mar 31, 2019 9.76%
Dec 31, 2018 14.57%
Sep 30, 2018 12.85%
Jun 30, 2018 12.41%
Mar 31, 2018 9.14%
Dec 31, 2017 15.02%
Sep 30, 2017 14.75%
Jun 30, 2017 10.89%
Mar 31, 2017 9.85%
Dec 31, 2016 14.58%
Sep 30, 2016 15.04%
Jun 30, 2016 10.47%
Mar 31, 2016 9.86%
Dec 31, 2015 7.63%
Sep 30, 2015 10.31%
Jun 30, 2015 11.11%
Mar 31, 2015 9.86%
Dec 31, 2014 12.46%
Sep 30, 2014 13.75%
Jun 30, 2014 12.50%
Mar 31, 2014 8.57%
Dec 31, 2013 11.32%
Sep 30, 2013 11.74%
Jun 30, 2013 8.57%
Mar 31, 2013 6.97%
Dec 31, 2012 -2.77%
Sep 30, 2012 11.15%
Jun 30, 2012 8.88%
Mar 31, 2012 2.84%
Dec 31, 2011 67.11%
Sep 30, 2011 13.04%
Jun 30, 2011 10.90%
Mar 31, 2011 9.10%
Dec 31, 2010 12.02%
Sep 30, 2010 14.74%
Jun 30, 2010 12.45%
Mar 31, 2010 9.69%
Dec 31, 2009 11.55%
Sep 30, 2009 13.44%
Jun 30, 2009 10.39%
Mar 31, 2009 6.06%