ECOLAB INC. (ECL) closed fiscal year 2025 with a gross margin of 44.5 % and a net margin of 12.9 %.
ECOLAB INC. (ECL) closed fiscal year 2025 with a gross margin of 44.5 % and a net margin of 12.9 %. The same year shows an EBITDA margin of 23.1 % and an EBIT margin of 17.0 %. The free cash flow margin was 11.8 %. Against the previous year the gross margin moved +1.0 pp and the net margin −0.5 pp. Across the period the gross margin ranges between 37.8 % in 2022 and 50.8 % in 2007. The series covers 19 fiscal years, from 2007 to 2025. Margins are expressed as a percentage of net revenue and are derived from the same figures as the income statement, taken from as-reported SEC EDGAR filings, with no restatements or adjustments of our own.
Fiscal year end: December
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin (%) | 50.79 % | 48.81 % | 49.53 % | 50.51 % | 48.88 % | 46.06 % | 45.97 % | 46.23 % | 46.67 % | 42.72 % | 41.72 % | 43.75 % | 43.91 % | 41.43 % | 40.19 % | 37.76 % | 40.24 % | 43.46 % | 44.46 % |
| EBITDA margin (%) | 17.57 % | 17.07 % | 17.21 % | 18.96 % | 16.91 % | 16.93 % | 17.93 % | 19.80 % | 17.87 % | 20.69 % | 20.55 % | 20.12 % | 20.86 % | 18.74 % | 19.18 % | 17.63 % | 19.03 % | 23.75 % | 23.10 % |
| EBIT margin (%) | 12.23 % | 11.61 % | 11.55 % | 13.25 % | 11.09 % | 10.89 % | 11.78 % | 13.69 % | 11.53 % | 14.22 % | 14.09 % | 14.14 % | 14.69 % | 11.84 % | 12.55 % | 11.01 % | 13.00 % | 17.80 % | 17.02 % |
| Net margin (%) | 7.81 % | 7.30 % | 7.07 % | 8.71 % | 6.80 % | 5.94 % | 7.30 % | 8.42 % | 7.40 % | 9.34 % | 10.87 % | 11.69 % | 12.41 % | -10.05 % | 8.87 % | 7.69 % | 8.96 % | 13.42 % | 12.91 % |
| FCF margin (%) | 8.98 % | 6.95 % | 7.50 % | 11.33 % | 5.06 % | 5.31 % | 7.05 % | 7.47 % | 9.07 % | 8.99 % | 8.84 % | 12.26 % | 13.45 % | 11.63 % | 11.14 % | 7.58 % | 10.69 % | 11.56 % | 11.84 % |
