stockrowEcolab Inc.
ECL Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals
Ecolab Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $16.1 billion, up 2.16% from fiscal 2024.
- Revenue
- +12.7%
- EPS
- −4.37%
- Free cash flow
- −15.6%
- Total debt
- +63.5%
Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier
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Ecolab Inc. (ECL) Operating margin
Ecolab Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 16.7%, down 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (17.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.0% (fiscal 2022) to 17.8% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 5.64% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 2.88%.
Operating margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 17.0% | (0.78) |
| FY2024 | 17.8% | 4.80 |
| FY2023 | 13.0% | 1.99 |
| FY2022 | 11.0% | (1.54) |
| FY2021 | 12.6% | 0.71 |
| FY2020 | 11.8% | (2.85) |
| FY2019 | 14.7% | 0.55 |
| FY2018 | 14.1% | 0.05 |
| FY2017 | 14.1% | (0.13) |
| FY2016 | 14.2% | 2.69 |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 17.3% | 0.10 |
| Jun 2026 | 17.2% | 1.86 |
| Mar 2026 | 15.3% | (1.67) |
| Dec 2025 | 17.0% | (1.28) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| LIN Linde PLC compare | 25.3% |
| ECL Ecolab Inc. | 16.7% |
| SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare | 16.2% |
| PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare | 13.5% |
| RPM RPM International Inc. compare | 12.6% |
| DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare | 11.8% |
| LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare | 8.64% |
| IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare | 7.15% |
| APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare | −4.71% |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 5.64% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 2.88% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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