Growth Metrics

Ecolab (ECL) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Ecolab (ECL) has disclosed Return on Equity for 17 consecutive years, with 0.0% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Equity fell 28.0% year-over-year to 0.0%, compared with a TTM value of 0.0% through Dec 2025, down 28.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.03%, down 27.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Equity was 0.0% for Q4 2025 at Ecolab, down from 0.26% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 0.3% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 0.31% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.16%, with a median of 0.17% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Equity hit 52bps in 2021, while the deepest fall reached -32bps in 2021.
  • Year by year, Return on Equity stood at 0.16% in 2021, then decreased by -4bps to 0.15% in 2022, then grew by 20bps to 0.19% in 2023, then soared by 50bps to 0.28% in 2024, then plummeted by -99bps to 0.0% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Equity for ECL at 0.0% in Q4 2025, 0.26% in Q3 2025, and 0.28% in Q2 2025.