TTM
11.4%
YoY change
+0.28pp
Trough year (1998)
2.5%
Peak year (2019)
13.4%
Latest annual
11.8%
FCF Margin history chart for Ecolab (ECL) from 1989 to 2025
Latest: 11.8%
FCF Margin change chart for Ecolab (ECL) from 1989 to 2025
Latest: +0.28pp
FCF Margin history table for Ecolab (ECL) from 1989 to 2025
| 2025 | 11.8% | +0.28pp | ||
| 2024 | 11.6% | +0.87pp | ||
| 2023 | 10.7% | +3.10pp | ||
| 2022 | 7.6% | -3.56pp | ||
| 2021 | 11.1% | -0.49pp | ||
| 2020 | 11.6% | -1.82pp | ||
| 2019 | 13.4% | +3.70pp | ||
| 2018 | 9.8% | +0.92pp | ||
| 2017 | 8.8% | -0.16pp | ||
| 2016 | 9.0% | +0.25pp | ||
| 2015 | 8.7% | +1.59pp | ||
| 2014 | 7.2% | +0.38pp | ||
| 2013 | 6.8% | +1.74pp | ||
| 2012 | 5.0% | +0.35pp | ||
| 2011 | 4.7% | -6.04pp | ||
| 2010 | 10.7% | +3.98pp | ||
| 2009 | 6.7% | +0.90pp | ||
| 2008 | 5.8% | -2.13pp | ||
| 2007 | 8.0% | +1.71pp | ||
| 2006 | 6.3% | -0.82pp | ||
| 2005 | 7.1% | -0.24pp | ||
| 2004 | 7.3% | -1.11pp | ||
| 2003 | 8.4% | +2.24pp | ||
| 2002 | 6.2% | -2.58pp | ||
| 2001 | 8.8% | +1.46pp | ||
| 2000 | 7.3% | +2.41pp | ||
| 1999 | 4.9% | +2.37pp | ||
| 1998 | 2.5% | -4.38pp | ||
| 1997 | 6.9% | -2.67pp | ||
| 1996 | 9.6% | +5.36pp | ||
| 1995 | 4.2% | -2.47pp | ||
| 1994 | 6.7% | -3.20pp | ||
| 1993 | 9.9% | +4.33pp | ||
| 1992 | 5.6% | -2.09pp | ||
| 1991 | 7.7% | +1.76pp | ||
| 1990 | 5.9% | +1.87pp | ||
| 1989 | 4.0% | — |
- 202511.8%+0.28pp
- 202411.6%+0.87pp
- 202310.7%+3.10pp
- 20227.6%-3.56pp
- 202111.1%-0.49pp
- 202011.6%-1.82pp
- 201913.4%+3.70pp
- 20189.8%+0.92pp
- 20178.8%-0.16pp
- 20169.0%+0.25pp
- 20158.7%+1.59pp
- 20147.2%+0.38pp
- 20136.8%+1.74pp
- 20125.0%+0.35pp
- 20114.7%-6.04pp
- 201010.7%+3.98pp
- 20096.7%+0.90pp
- 20085.8%-2.13pp
- 20078.0%+1.71pp
- 20066.3%-0.82pp
- 20057.1%-0.24pp
- 20047.3%-1.11pp
- 20038.4%+2.24pp
- 20026.2%-2.58pp
- 20018.8%+1.46pp
- 20007.3%+2.41pp
- 19994.9%+2.37pp
- 19982.5%-4.38pp
- 19976.9%-2.67pp
- 19969.6%+5.36pp
- 19954.2%-2.47pp
- 19946.7%-3.20pp
- 19939.9%+4.33pp
- 19925.6%-2.09pp
- 19917.7%+1.76pp
- 19905.9%+1.87pp
- 19894.0%—
FCF Margin values are taken from Ecolab's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at Ecolab (ECL)
According to Ecolab's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 11.4%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
In 2025, Ecolab (ECL) free cash flow margin totalled 11.84% – expanded 0.3 percentage points year-over-year.
13.45% stands as the all-time-high annual free cash flow margin, posted in 2019, against a low of 2.53% during 1998.
Ecolab FCF Margin by Year
Ecolab FCF Margin 2025: 11.8%
2025's free cash flow margin for Ecolab came in at 11.84%, expanded 0.3 percentage points from 2024.
Ecolab FCF Margin 2024: 11.6%
Ecolab posted free cash flow margin of 11.56% in 2024, expanded 0.9 percentage points from 2023.
Ecolab FCF Margin 2023: 10.7%
In 2023, Ecolab reported free cash flow margin of 10.69%, expanded 3.1 percentage points from 2022.
Ecolab FCF Margin 2022: 7.6%
Ecolab free cash flow margin in 2022 was 7.58%, contracted 3.6 percentage points from 2021.
Ecolab FCF Margin 2021: 11.1%
Ecolab free cash flow margin in 2021 was 11.14%.
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