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

Ecolab's Return on Equity history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.21% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity fell 3.0% year-over-year to 0.21%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.21%, down 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.23%, 3.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity reached 0.21% in Q4 2025 per ECL's latest filing, up from 0.21% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.25% in Q4 2024 to a low of 0.31% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.16%, with a median of 0.16% recorded in 2022.
  • The largest YoY upside for Return on Equity was 52bps in 2021 against a maximum downside of -32bps in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.16% in 2021, then decreased by -4bps to 0.15% in 2022, then grew by 13bps to 0.18% in 2023, then soared by 40bps to 0.25% in 2024, then decreased by -13bps to 0.21% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ECL's Return on Equity are 0.21% (Q4 2025), 0.21% (Q3 2025), and 0.24% (Q2 2025).