Growth Metrics

Ecolab (ECL) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Ecolab's FCF Payout Ratio history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.25 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio fell 37.06% year-over-year to 0.25; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.4, up 8.39%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.4, 8.39% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio reached 0.25 in Q4 2025 per ECL's latest filing, down from 0.35 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 7.2 in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.24 in Q4 2022.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 1.1, with a median of 0.39 recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: surged 847.73% in 2022, then plummeted 93.92% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.33 in 2021, then fell by 27.54% to 0.24 in 2022, then grew by 9.09% to 0.26 in 2023, then soared by 51.22% to 0.4 in 2024, then crashed by 37.06% to 0.25 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ECL's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.25 (Q4 2025), 0.35 (Q3 2025), and 0.39 (Q2 2025).