Growth Metrics

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

Historic Return on Sales for Ecolab (ECL) over the last 17 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 0.14%.

  • Ecolab's Return on Sales fell 400.0% to 0.14% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.13%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 100.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.12% for FY2024, which is 400.0% up from last year.
  • Per Ecolab's latest filing, its Return on Sales stood at 0.14% for Q3 2025, which was down 400.0% from 0.13% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Ecolab's Return on Sales registered a high of 0.19% during Q3 2024, and its lowest value of 0.05% during Q1 2022.
  • Over the past 5 years, Ecolab's median Return on Sales value was 0.1% (recorded in 2021), while the average stood at 0.1%.
  • Its Return on Sales has fluctuated over the past 5 years, first surged by 9000bps in 2021, then plummeted by -400bps in 2025.
  • Quarter analysis of 5 years shows Ecolab's Return on Sales stood at 0.09% in 2021, then fell by -19bps to 0.07% in 2022, then surged by 42bps to 0.1% in 2023, then increased by 15bps to 0.12% in 2024, then rose by 18bps to 0.14% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Sales was 0.14% in Q3 2025, compared to 0.13% in Q2 2025 and 0.11% in Q1 2025.