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

Historic Return on Invested Capital for Ecolab (ECL) over the last 17 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 0.22%.

  • Ecolab's Return on Invested Capital fell 400.0% to 0.22% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.22%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 400.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.24% for FY2024, which is 500.0% up from last year.
  • Per Ecolab's latest filing, its Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.22% for Q3 2025, which was down 400.0% from 0.24% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Ecolab's Return on Invested Capital peaked at 0.26% during Q3 2024, and registered a low of 0.14% during Q1 2022.
  • Its 5-year average for Return on Invested Capital is 0.19%, with a median of 0.18% in 2023.
  • As far as peak fluctuations go, Ecolab's Return on Invested Capital plummeted by -400bps in 2021, and later skyrocketed by 900bps in 2024.
  • Over the past 5 years, Ecolab's Return on Invested Capital (Quarter) stood at 0.15% in 2021, then rose by 12bps to 0.17% in 2022, then rose by 7bps to 0.18% in 2023, then surged by 39bps to 0.25% in 2024, then fell by -13bps to 0.22% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Invested Capital stands at 0.22% for Q3 2025, versus 0.24% for Q2 2025 and 0.24% for Q1 2025.