---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-011020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECL"
cik: "0000031462"
company_name: "ECOLAB INC."
filed_at: "2022-07-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T08:54:12.983857+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ecolab Q2 adjusted EPS $1.10, -10% YoY; sales +13% to $3.58B; currency headwinds $0.30/share for FY

## Summary
- Reported EPS $1.08 flat, adjusted EPS $1.10 down 10% YoY; includes $0.06 currency headwind and $0.06 Purolite amort.
- Sales $3.58B +13% reported, +17% fixed currency; acquisition adj fixed currency +13%; pricing accelerated to +9%.
- Segment: Inst & Specialty sales +18%, Industrial +13%, Healthcare & Life Sciences flat acq adj, Other +14%.
- Full-year currency headwind now estimated at $0.30/share; expect narrowing EPS decline in Q3 and growth in Q4.
- Reacquired 0.7 million shares in Q2.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-011020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECL
- cik: 0000031462
- company_name: ECOLAB INC.
- filed_at: 2022-07-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837022011020/0001558370-22-011020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837022011020/ecl-20220726x8k.htm

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