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Ecolab (ECL) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Ecolab's Return on Invested Capital history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.22% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 3.0% year-over-year to 0.22%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.22%, down 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.22%, 3.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.22% in Q4 2025 per ECL's latest filing, up from 0.22% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.26% in Q3 2024 to a low of 0.14% in Q1 2022.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.19%, with a median of 0.18% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: dropped -4bps in 2021, then increased 9bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.15% in 2021, then grew by 12bps to 0.17% in 2022, then grew by 7bps to 0.18% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 40bps to 0.25% in 2024, then dropped by -12bps to 0.22% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ECL's Return on Invested Capital are 0.22% (Q4 2025), 0.22% (Q3 2025), and 0.24% (Q2 2025).