---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-007574"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECL"
cik: "0000031462"
company_name: "ECOLAB INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T03:55:11.879098+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ecolab Q1 organic sales +13%, adj. EPS $0.88 (+7%), guides Q2 $1.15-$1.25

## Summary
- Reported revenue $3.57B (+9% reported, +13% organic); Institutional & Specialty led with 14% organic growth.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $0.88, up 7% YoY; reported EPS $0.82 (+37%).
- Organic operating income rose 19% on strong pricing and productivity, margin expanded 50 bps to 10.6%.
- Q2 adjusted EPS guided $1.15-$1.25, up 5-14% vs $1.10 a year ago; currency & interest a $0.12 headwind.
- 2023 outlook: quarterly adjusted EPS growth expected to accelerate toward low-double-digit historical performance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-007574
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECL
- cik: 0000031462
- company_name: ECOLAB INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/31462/000155837023007574/0001558370-23-007574-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837023007574/ecl-20230502x8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-007574
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-007574.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-007574.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ECOLAB INC. reported Q2 2023 results: EPS $1.15 to $1.25. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: Q2 2023
  - EPS: $1.15 to $1.25
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: Expect second quarter 2023 adjusted diluted earnings per share in the $1.15 to $1.25 range, +5 to 14% versus last year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837023007574/0001558370-23-007574-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  ECOLAB INC. reported FY 2023 results: EPS low double-digit historical performance. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: FY 2023
  - EPS: low double-digit historical performance
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: Ecolab continues to expect to deliver quarterly adjusted earnings per share growth that accelerates towards its low double-digit historical performance.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837023007574/0001558370-23-007574-index.htm

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