Growth Metrics

Ecolab (ECL) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Ecolab (ECL) has disclosed FCF Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 18.06% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, FCF Margin rose 790.0% year-over-year to 18.06%, compared with a TTM value of 11.84% through Dec 2025, up 28.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 11.84%, up 28.0% over the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 18.06% for Q4 2025 at Ecolab, up from 12.72% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 18.06% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 0.66% in Q1 2022.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 10.39%, with a median of 11.65% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw FCF Margin tumbled -839bps in 2021, then surged 1125bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, FCF Margin 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.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Margin for ECL at 18.06% in Q4 2025, 12.72% in Q3 2025, and 12.05% in Q2 2025.