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Ecolab Inc. ECL
19 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY18 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
Revenue · FY2025
$16.1B
▲ 2.2% vs FY2024
Dividend streak
18 yrs
Raised every year since 2008
EPS · FY25
$7.28
Dividend / sh · FY25
$2.68
Payout · FY25
36%
ROE · FY25
22.4%
Net margin · FY25
12.9%
Dividend coverage
2.7×
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Result
USD 16.1B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 19-year series below
Revenue
Net income
13 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.
Per share
USD 7.28
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS
Dividend
Earnings covered the dividend 2.7 times — the rest stayed in the company.
Profitability
22.4%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
Operating margin17.0%
Net margin12.9%
Return on assets8.8%
Each USD of equity produced 22 cents of profit this year.
Returned to shareholders
USD 1.3B
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidUSD 753.6M
Net buybacksUSD 555.6M
Share of profit63.1%
Consecutive raises18 years
USD 753.6M in dividends and USD 555.6M in buybacks — 63% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.
Growth
+6.4% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+4.3%
+6.4%
+1.7%
+6.7%
Net income
+23.9%
+7.4%
+9.5%
EPS, diluted
+24.1%
+8.2%
+8.2%
Dividend / share
+9.2%
+7.2%
+7.2%
+10.0%
Returned to shareholders
+6.2%
+18.5%
+2.0%
+8.1%
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.
Share base
0.28B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
Change, 5 years−1.3%
Change, 10 years−4.7%
The share count shrank 1% in five years — the same company, cut into fewer, larger slices.
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Balance sheet
USD 24.7B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 24.7B
EquityUSD 9.8B
CashUSD 646.2M
Gross debtUSD 8.2B
Net debtUSD 7.6B
Current ratio1.08×
Net debt stands at 78% of equity.
History
19 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
Revenue $B
16.1
15.7
15.3
14.2
12.7
11.8
12.6
12.2
13.8
13.2
13.5
14.3
13.3
11.8
6.8
6.1
5.9
6.1
5.5
Operating income $B
2.7
2.8
2.0
1.6
1.6
1.4
1.8
1.7
2.0
1.9
1.6
2.0
1.6
1.3
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.7
EBITDA $B
3.4
3.4
2.6
2.2
2.2
2.0
2.4
2.3
2.5
2.4
2.1
2.5
2.1
1.8
1.1
1.2
1.0
1.0
1.0
Income tax $B
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.4
0.3
0.5
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
Net income $B
2.1
2.1
1.4
1.1
1.1
−1.2
1.6
1.4
1.5
1.2
1.0
1.2
1.0
0.7
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
EPS, diluted $
7.28
7.37
4.79
3.81
3.91
−4.15
5.33
4.88
5.12
4.14
3.32
3.93
3.16
2.35
1.91
2.23
1.74
1.80
1.70
Dividend / sh $
2.68
2.36
2.16
2.06
1.95
1.89
1.85
1.69
1.52
1.42
1.34
1.16
0.96
0.83
0.72
0.64
0.57
0.53
0.47
Payout %
36
31
45
55
50
−47
35
34
30
34
39
28
22
44
35
27
32
29
27
ROE %
22.4
25.1
18.0
15.1
16.9
−16.0
18.9
18.5
21.0
18.1
14.3
16.7
14.5
11.9
11.9
25.7
23.4
28.5
·
Shares out B
0.28
0.28
0.29
0.28
0.29
0.29
0.29
0.29
0.29
0.29
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.29
0.29
0.23
0.24
0.24
·
Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.
How we verifyAUDITED
55 of 55
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity
Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.
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