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

Ecolab (ECL) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.47% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 60.0% year-over-year to 0.47%, compared with a TTM value of 0.0% through Dec 2025, down 15.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.02%, down 15.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.47% for Q4 2025 at Ecolab, down from 0.23% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.25% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 0.47% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.08%, with a median of 0.1% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales surged 90bps in 2021, then crashed -60bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.09% in 2021, then decreased by -19bps to 0.07% in 2022, then surged by 42bps to 0.1% in 2023, then grew by 28bps to 0.13% in 2024, then plummeted by -449bps to 0.47% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for ECL at 0.47% in Q4 2025, 0.23% in Q3 2025, and 0.1% in Q2 2025.