Growth Metrics

Ecolab (ECL) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Ecolab's FCF Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 18.06% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Margin rose 790.0% year-over-year to 18.06%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 11.84%, up 28.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 11.84%, 28.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin reached 18.06% in Q4 2025 per ECL's latest filing, up from 12.72% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 18.06% in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.66% in Q1 2022.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 10.39%, with a median of 11.65% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Margin: surged 1125bps in 2024, then plummeted -838bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 12.53% in 2021, then soared by 43bps to 17.88% in 2022, then fell by -16bps to 14.98% in 2023, then tumbled by -32bps to 10.16% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 78bps to 18.06% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ECL's FCF Margin are 18.06% (Q4 2025), 12.72% (Q3 2025), and 12.05% (Q2 2025).