secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ECOLAB INC. (ECL)
CIK:        0000031462
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001558370-23-007574
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837023007574/0001558370-23-007574-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837023007574/ecl-20230502x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-007574

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