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Ecolab (ECL) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Ecolab (ECL) has disclosed Operating Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 35.52% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 5008.0% year-over-year to 35.52%, compared with a TTM value of 3.33% through Dec 2025, down 1448.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 3.33%, down 1448.0% over the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 35.52% for Q4 2025 at Ecolab, down from 18.25% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 26.13% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 35.52% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 11.59%, with a median of 13.92% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Operating Margin soared 1183bps in 2024, then tumbled -5008bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 11.52% in 2021, then dropped by -6bps to 10.87% in 2022, then surged by 38bps to 14.98% in 2023, then decreased by -3bps to 14.55% in 2024, then plummeted by -344bps to 35.52% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for ECL at 35.52% in Q4 2025, 18.25% in Q3 2025, and 17.64% in Q2 2025.