Growth Metrics

Ecolab (ECL) Net Margin (2009 - 2025)

Ecolab posted quarterly Net Margin of 13.55% for Q4 2025, up 158.0% year-on-year from 5.25% in Q4 2024, and down 4.29% on a QoQ basis from 14.16% in Q3 2025.

Ecolab (ECL) has 17 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 13.55% in Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Net Margin rose 158.0% year-over-year to 13.55%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 13.02% (down 53.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 13.02%, down 53.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin for Q4 2025 stood at 13.55%, down from 14.16% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 18.53% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 5.35% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 10.09% (2021), against an average of 10.41%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2021, when Net Margin soared 8560 bps; it then tumbled 437 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 8.95% in 2021, then slipped by 18 bps to 7.34% in 2022, then surged by 42 bps to 10.43% in 2023, then rose by 15 bps to 11.97% in 2024, then gained by 13 bps to 13.55% in 2025.
  • The last three Net Margin figures came in at 13.55% (Q4 2025), 14.16% (Q3 2025), and 13.13% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Linde 230.79 Bn 226.84 Bn 4.26 Bn 3.95%
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn 25.06%
3 Sherwin Williams 72.51 Bn 72.30 Bn 2.78 Bn 9.44%
4 Ecolab 70.96 Bn 70.34 Bn 1.85 Bn 13.55%
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.15 Bn 63.70 Bn 987.40 Mn 22.85%
6 Ppg Industries 25.04 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.66 Bn -
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.62 Bn 21.73 Bn 701.00 Mn 1.71%
8 Albemarle 20.26 Bn 19.42 Bn 500.97 Mn 28.46%
9 DuPont de Nemours 19.45 Bn 19.56 Bn 602.00 Mn 0.83%
10 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.02 Bn 18.49 Bn 1.02 Bn 6.20%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 13.55%
Sep 30, 2025 14.16%
Jun 30, 2025 13.13%
Mar 31, 2025 11.00%
Dec 31, 2024 11.97%
Sep 30, 2024 18.53%
Jun 30, 2024 12.42%
Mar 31, 2024 11.10%
Dec 31, 2023 10.43%
Sep 30, 2023 10.34%
Jun 30, 2023 8.69%
Mar 31, 2023 6.67%
Dec 31, 2022 7.34%
Sep 30, 2022 9.59%
Jun 30, 2022 8.73%
Mar 31, 2022 5.35%
Dec 31, 2021 8.95%
Sep 30, 2021 9.77%
Jun 30, 2021 9.83%
Mar 31, 2021 6.71%
Dec 31, 2020 9.80%
Sep 30, 2020 8.16%
Jun 30, 2020 -75.77%
Mar 31, 2020 9.38%
Dec 31, 2019 13.24%
Sep 30, 2019 14.40%
Jun 30, 2019 11.63%
Mar 31, 2019 10.14%
Dec 31, 2018 10.51%
Sep 30, 2018 11.62%
Jun 30, 2018 9.52%
Mar 31, 2018 7.12%
Dec 31, 2017 15.42%
Sep 30, 2017 11.03%
Jun 30, 2017 8.52%
Mar 31, 2017 8.03%
Dec 31, 2016 10.93%
Sep 30, 2016 11.05%
Jun 30, 2016 7.79%
Mar 31, 2016 7.45%
Dec 31, 2015 6.12%
Sep 30, 2015 7.48%
Jun 30, 2015 8.91%
Mar 31, 2015 7.08%
Dec 31, 2014 9.11%
Sep 30, 2014 9.88%
Jun 30, 2014 8.73%
Mar 31, 2014 5.72%
Dec 31, 2013 8.07%
Sep 30, 2013 8.84%
Jun 30, 2013 6.38%
Mar 31, 2013 5.56%
Dec 31, 2012 7.60%
Sep 30, 2012 7.87%
Jun 30, 2012 6.24%
Mar 31, 2012 1.77%
Dec 31, 2011 45.86%
Sep 30, 2011 8.89%
Jun 30, 2011 7.41%
Mar 31, 2011 6.16%
Dec 31, 2010 8.33%
Sep 30, 2010 11.15%
Jun 30, 2010 8.51%
Mar 31, 2010 6.67%
Dec 31, 2009 7.43%
Sep 30, 2009 9.39%
Jun 30, 2009 6.90%
Mar 31, 2009 4.28%