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Ecolab (ECL) Equity Ratio (2009 - 2025)

Ecolab posted quarterly Equity Ratio of 0.4 for Q4 2025, up 1.49% year-on-year from 0.39 in Q4 2024, and down 2.38% on a QoQ basis from 0.41 in Q3 2025.

Ecolab (ECL) has 17 years of Equity Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.4 in Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Equity Ratio rose 1.49% year-over-year to 0.4; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 0.4 (up 1.49% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.4, up 1.49% from the prior year.
  • Equity Ratio for Q4 2025 stood at 0.4, down from 0.41 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Equity Ratio topped out at 0.41 in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 0.34 in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Equity Ratio is 0.37 (2021), against an average of 0.37.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2021, when Equity Ratio advanced 16.18%; it then slipped 13.22% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Equity Ratio shows it stood at 0.34 in 2021, then retreated by 1.13% to 0.34 in 2022, then advanced by 9.26% to 0.37 in 2023, then advanced by 5.86% to 0.39 in 2024, then grew by 1.49% to 0.4 in 2025.
  • The last three Equity Ratio figures came in at 0.4 (Q4 2025), 0.41 (Q3 2025), and 0.39 (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Equity Ratio (Qtr)
1 Linde 230.79 Bn 226.84 Bn 4.26 Bn 0.46
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn 0.52
3 Sherwin Williams 72.51 Bn 72.30 Bn 2.78 Bn 0.17
4 Ecolab 70.96 Bn 70.34 Bn 1.85 Bn 0.40
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.15 Bn 63.70 Bn 987.40 Mn 0.38
6 Ppg Industries 25.04 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.66 Bn 0.37
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.62 Bn 21.73 Bn 701.00 Mn 0.30
8 Albemarle 20.26 Bn 19.42 Bn 500.97 Mn 0.65
9 DuPont de Nemours 19.45 Bn 19.56 Bn 602.00 Mn 0.66
10 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.02 Bn 18.49 Bn 1.02 Bn 0.56

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 0.40
Sep 30, 2025 0.41
Jun 30, 2025 0.39
Mar 31, 2025 0.40
Dec 31, 2024 0.39
Sep 30, 2024 0.39
Jun 30, 2024 0.39
Mar 31, 2024 0.39
Dec 31, 2023 0.37
Sep 30, 2023 0.36
Jun 30, 2023 0.35
Mar 31, 2023 0.35
Dec 31, 2022 0.34
Sep 30, 2022 0.34
Jun 30, 2022 0.34
Mar 31, 2022 0.34
Dec 31, 2021 0.34
Sep 30, 2021 0.39
Jun 30, 2021 0.36
Mar 31, 2021 0.35
Dec 31, 2020 0.34
Sep 30, 2020 0.33
Jun 30, 2020 0.33
Mar 31, 2020 0.40
Dec 31, 2019 0.42
Sep 30, 2019 0.41
Jun 30, 2019 0.40
Mar 31, 2019 0.40
Dec 31, 2018 0.40
Sep 30, 2018 0.40
Jun 30, 2018 0.40
Mar 31, 2018 0.38
Dec 31, 2017 0.38
Sep 30, 2017 0.36
Jun 30, 2017 0.36
Mar 31, 2017 0.36
Dec 31, 2016 0.38
Sep 30, 2016 0.37
Jun 30, 2016 0.37
Mar 31, 2016 0.36
Dec 31, 2015 0.37
Sep 30, 2015 0.36
Jun 30, 2015 0.35
Mar 31, 2015 0.36
Dec 31, 2014 0.38
Sep 30, 2014 0.39
Jun 30, 2014 0.38
Mar 31, 2014 0.37
Dec 31, 2013 0.38
Sep 30, 2013 0.35
Jun 30, 2013 0.34
Mar 31, 2013 0.36
Dec 31, 2012 0.35
Sep 30, 2012 0.36
Jun 30, 2012 0.35
Mar 31, 2012 0.34
Dec 31, 2011 0.32
Sep 30, 2011 0.45
Jun 30, 2011 0.43
Mar 31, 2011 0.42
Dec 31, 2010 0.44
Sep 30, 2010 0.40
Jun 30, 2010 0.40
Mar 31, 2010 0.39
Dec 31, 2009 0.40
Sep 30, 2009 0.39
Jun 30, 2009 0.37