secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ECOLAB INC. (ECL)
CIK:        0000031462
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-07-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001558370-22-011020
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837022011020/0001558370-22-011020-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837022011020/ecl-20220726x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-011020

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