Ecolab Retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations increased by 0.3% to $547.60M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 7.2%, from $590.20M to $547.60M. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations shows a downward trend with a -14.9% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
An increase suggests rising long-term benefit obligations or lower plan asset performance, while a decrease indicates reduced future liability or improved funding status.
This represents the long-term financial obligations a company expects to pay to retired employees for pension benefits a...
Standard across capital-intensive industries with legacy workforces; peers often disclose this as part of net periodic benefit cost.
non_current_liabilities_pension_and_other_postretirement_0d4947| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $1.05B | $996.60M | $894.20M | $874.50M | $838.00M | $878.00M | $670.30M | $665.50M | $660.80M | $627.10M | $651.70M | $640.40M | $627.10M | $625.00M | $634.90M | $590.20M | $617.10M | $597.80M | $546.10M | $547.60M |
| QoQ Change | — | -4.8% | -10.3% | -2.2% | -4.2% | +4.8% | -23.7% | -0.7% | -0.7% | -5.1% | +3.9% | -1.7% | -2.1% | -0.3% | +1.6% | -7.0% | +4.6% | -3.1% | -8.6% | +0.3% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -19.9% | -11.9% | -25.0% | -23.9% | -21.1% | -28.6% | -2.8% | -3.8% | -5.1% | -0.3% | -2.6% | -7.8% | -1.6% | -4.4% | -14.0% | -7.2% |