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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-102859"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECL"
cik: "0000031462"
company_name: "ECOLAB INC."
filed_at: "2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T02:02:56.396407+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ecolab Q3 adjusted EPS $2.07 (+13% YoY), sales $4.2B (+4%), guides FY25 adjusted EPS $7.48-$7.58

## Summary
- Adjusted diluted EPS $2.07, +13% YoY; reported EPS $2.05 (-21% due to prior year gain on surgical solutions sale).
- Organic sales +3% led by value pricing acceleration; organic operating margin 18.7% (+110 bps).
- Growth engines (Life Sciences, Pest, Global High-Tech, Ecolab Digital) grew double-digits; Institutional & Specialty organic sales +4%.
- FY 2025 adjusted EPS guidance narrowed to $7.48-$7.58 (+12-14%); Q4 expected $2.02-$2.12 (+12-17%).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-102859
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECL
- cik: 0000031462
- company_name: ECOLAB INC.
- filed_at: 2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000110465925102859/0001104659-25-102859-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000110465925102859/ecl-20251028x8k.htm

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