Growth Metrics

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

Historic FCF Payout Ratio for Ecolab (ECL) over the last 17 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 0.35.

  • Ecolab's FCF Payout Ratio rose 1810.81% to 0.35 in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.47, marking a year-over-year increase of 4227.51%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.37 for FY2024, which is 317.48% down from last year.
  • Per Ecolab's latest filing, its FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.35 for Q3 2025, which was up 1810.81% from 0.39 recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Ecolab's FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 7.2 during Q1 2022, and registered a low of 0.24 during Q4 2022.
  • In the last 5 years, Ecolab's FCF Payout Ratio had a median value of 0.39 in 2021 and averaged 1.15.
  • As far as peak fluctuations go, Ecolab's FCF Payout Ratio soared by 84772.85% in 2022, and later plummeted by 9392.3% in 2024.
  • Over the past 5 years, Ecolab's FCF Payout Ratio (Quarter) stood at 0.33 in 2021, then dropped by 27.54% to 0.24 in 2022, then rose by 9.09% to 0.26 in 2023, then skyrocketed by 51.22% to 0.4 in 2024, then dropped by 12.21% to 0.35 in 2025.
  • Its FCF Payout Ratio stands at 0.35 for Q3 2025, versus 0.39 for Q2 2025 and 1.46 for Q1 2025.