Growth Metrics

Ecolab (ECL) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Historic Operating Margin for Ecolab (ECL) over the last 17 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 18.25%.

  • Ecolab's Operating Margin fell 78800.0% to 18.25% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 16.41%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 15100.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 17.86% for FY2024, which is 48600.0% up from last year.
  • As of Q3 2025, Ecolab's Operating Margin stood at 18.25%, which was down 78800.0% from 17.64% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Ecolab's 5-year Operating Margin high stood at 26.13% for Q3 2024, and its period low was 7.79% during Q1 2022.
  • Its 5-year average for Operating Margin is 14.07%, with a median of 14.03% in 2021.
  • As far as peak fluctuations go, Ecolab's Operating Margin surged by 118300bps in 2024, and later plummeted by -78800bps in 2025.
  • Quarter analysis of 5 years shows Ecolab's Operating Margin stood at 11.52% in 2021, then dropped by -6bps to 10.87% in 2022, then soared by 38bps to 14.98% in 2023, then fell by -3bps to 14.55% in 2024, then rose by 25bps to 18.25% in 2025.
  • Its Operating Margin was 18.25% in Q3 2025, compared to 17.64% in Q2 2025 and 15.03% in Q1 2025.