---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-012641"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECL"
cik: "0000031462"
company_name: "ECOLAB INC."
filed_at: "2023-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T19:27:45.252193+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ecolab Q2 adjusted EPS $1.24, +13% YoY; revenue $3.9B, +8%

## Summary
- Reported diluted EPS $1.15, adjusted $1.24 (+13%); organic sales +9%, organic operating income +21%.
- Institutional & Specialty organic sales +13%, operating income +40% on strong pricing and share gains.
- Healthcare & Life Sciences organic sales +1%, operating income -41% due to soft life sciences demand.
- Q3 2023 adjusted EPS guidance $1.45-$1.55, +12-19% YoY; mid-teens growth expected for 2H 2023.
- Free cash flow $401M, up $248M versus prior year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-012641
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECL
- cik: 0000031462
- company_name: ECOLAB INC.
- filed_at: 2023-08-01T23:59:59+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/31462/000155837023012641/0001558370-23-012641-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837023012641/ecl-20230801x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-012641.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ECOLAB INC. reported third quarter 2023 results: EPS $1.45 to $1.55. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: third quarter 2023
  - EPS: $1.45 to $1.55
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: Expect third quarter 2023 adjusted diluted earnings per share in the $1.45 to $1.55 range, +12 to 19% versus last year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837023012641/0001558370-23-012641-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  ECOLAB INC. reported the second quarter ended June 30, 2023 results: revenue $3.9 billion, net income 329.7, EPS $1.15.
  - Period: the second quarter ended June 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $3.9 billion
  - Net income: 329.7
  - EPS: $1.15
  - Result: reported results
  source text: PERFORMANCE REPORTED DILUTED EPS $1.15; ADJUSTED DILUTED EPS $1.24, +13% EXPECT CONTINUED STRONG SECOND HALF 2023 PERFORMANCE ​ SECOND QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS : ● Reported sales $3.9 billion, +8% versus last year. Organic sales +9%, led by strong growth in the Institutional & Specialty, Industrial, and Other segment sales. ● Reported operating income +14%. Organic
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837023012641/0001558370-23-012641-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.