Ecolab (ECL) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2025)

Ecolab's FCF Payout Ratio history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.25 for Q4 2025.

• Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 37.06% year-over-year to 0.25 in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.4 (up 8.39% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.4, up 8.39% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio was 0.25 for Q4 2025 at Ecolab, down from 0.35 in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 7.2 in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.24 in Q4 2022.
• A 5-year average of 1.1 and a median of 0.39 in 2025 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Payout Ratio jumped 847.73% — and 2024, when it slumped 93.92%.
• Ecolab's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.33 in 2021, then slipped 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 sank by 37.06% to 0.25 in 2025.
• Business Quant data shows ECL's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.25 in Q4 2025, 0.35 in Q3 2025, and 0.39 in Q2 2025.