TTM
12.8%
YoY change
−0.51pp
Trough year (1991)
-26.5%
Peak year (1987)
13.9%
Latest annual
12.9%
Net Profit Margin history chart for Ecolab (ECL) from 1986 to 2025
Latest: 12.9%
Net Profit Margin change chart for Ecolab (ECL) from 1986 to 2025
Latest: −0.51pp
Net Profit Margin history table for Ecolab (ECL) from 1986 to 2025
| 2025 | 12.9% | -0.51pp | ||
| 2024 | 13.4% | +4.46pp | ||
| 2023 | 9.0% | +1.26pp | ||
| 2022 | 7.7% | -1.18pp | ||
| 2021 | 8.9% | +19.09pp | ||
| 2020 | -10.2% | -22.63pp | ||
| 2019 | 12.4% | +2.67pp | ||
| 2018 | 9.7% | -1.13pp | ||
| 2017 | 10.9% | +1.53pp | ||
| 2016 | 9.3% | +1.95pp | ||
| 2015 | 7.4% | -1.02pp | ||
| 2014 | 8.4% | +1.12pp | ||
| 2013 | 7.3% | +1.36pp | ||
| 2012 | 5.9% | -0.83pp | ||
| 2011 | 6.8% | -1.93pp | ||
| 2010 | 8.7% | +1.64pp | ||
| 2009 | 7.1% | -0.23pp | ||
| 2008 | 7.3% | -0.51pp | ||
| 2007 | 7.8% | +0.28pp | ||
| 2006 | 7.5% | +0.48pp | ||
| 2005 | 7.0% | +0.29pp | ||
| 2004 | 6.8% | -0.62pp | ||
| 2003 | 7.4% | +1.21pp | ||
| 2002 | 6.2% | -1.83pp | ||
| 2001 | 8.0% | -1.11pp | ||
| 2000 | 9.1% | +0.65pp | ||
| 1999 | 8.5% | -1.74pp | ||
| 1998 | 10.2% | +2.03pp | ||
| 1997 | 8.2% | +0.57pp | ||
| 1996 | 7.6% | +0.20pp | ||
| 1995 | 7.4% | +0.39pp | ||
| 1994 | 7.0% | -0.35pp | ||
| 1993 | 7.4% | +0.96pp | ||
| 1992 | 6.4% | +32.94pp | ||
| 1991 | -26.5% | -30.40pp | ||
| 1990 | 3.9% | +3.63pp | ||
| 1989 | 0.2% | -3.40pp | ||
| 1988 | 3.6% | -10.26pp | ||
| 1987 | 13.9% | +8.52pp | ||
| 1986 | 5.4% | — |
- 202512.9%-0.51pp
- 202413.4%+4.46pp
- 20239.0%+1.26pp
- 20227.7%-1.18pp
- 20218.9%+19.09pp
- 2020-10.2%-22.63pp
- 201912.4%+2.67pp
- 20189.7%-1.13pp
- 201710.9%+1.53pp
- 20169.3%+1.95pp
- 20157.4%-1.02pp
- 20148.4%+1.12pp
- 20137.3%+1.36pp
- 20125.9%-0.83pp
- 20116.8%-1.93pp
- 20108.7%+1.64pp
- 20097.1%-0.23pp
- 20087.3%-0.51pp
- 20077.8%+0.28pp
- 20067.5%+0.48pp
- 20057.0%+0.29pp
- 20046.8%-0.62pp
- 20037.4%+1.21pp
- 20026.2%-1.83pp
- 20018.0%-1.11pp
- 20009.1%+0.65pp
- 19998.5%-1.74pp
- 199810.2%+2.03pp
- 19978.2%+0.57pp
- 19967.6%+0.20pp
- 19957.4%+0.39pp
- 19947.0%-0.35pp
- 19937.4%+0.96pp
- 19926.4%+32.94pp
- 1991-26.5%-30.40pp
- 19903.9%+3.63pp
- 19890.2%-3.40pp
- 19883.6%-10.26pp
- 198713.9%+8.52pp
- 19865.4%—
Net Profit 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 Net Profit Margin at Ecolab (ECL)
According to Ecolab's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported net margin is 12.8%. Net profit margin is net income divided by revenue — the bottom-line share of each sales dollar that remains after all costs, including operating expenses, interest, and taxes. It is the most comprehensive profitability ratio, though it can swing on one-off items, so read it alongside the multi-year trend below.
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) net margin totalled 12.91% – contracted 0.5 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, net margin reached its high of 13.90% in 1987 and its low of -26.54% in 1991.
Ecolab Net Profit Margin by Year
Ecolab Net Profit Margin 2025: 12.9%
2025's net margin for Ecolab came in at 12.91%, contracted 0.5 percentage points from 2024.
Ecolab Net Profit Margin 2024: 13.4%
Ecolab posted net margin of 13.42% in 2024, expanded 4.5 percentage points from 2023.
Ecolab Net Profit Margin 2023: 9.0%
In 2023, Ecolab reported net margin of 8.96%, expanded 1.3 percentage points from 2022.
Ecolab Net Profit Margin 2022: 7.7%
Ecolab net margin in 2022 was 7.69%, contracted 1.2 percentage points from 2021.
Ecolab Net Profit Margin 2021: 8.9%
Ecolab net margin in 2021 was 8.87%.
See more financial history for Ecolab (ECL).
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