secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ECOLAB INC. (ECL)
CIK:        0000031462
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-04-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001558370-22-005934
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ecolab Q1 adjusted EPS $0.82 +1% on 13% sales growth; maintains full-year low-teens EPS growth guidance
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- Reported sales $3.27B (+13% YoY); acquisition adjusted fixed currency sales +12%.
- Reported diluted EPS $0.60 (-10%); adjusted diluted EPS $0.82 (+1%) including $0.06 Purolite amortization.
- Delivered product cost inflation ~25% YoY; structural pricing accelerated to 5% in Q1.
- Full-year 2022 adjusted EPS guidance: low-teens growth; Q2 adjusted EPS approaching $1.22.
- Russia operations limited to essential; ~1% of 2021 sales.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837022005934/0001558370-22-005934-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837022005934/ecl-20220426x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-005934

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