secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ECOLAB INC. (ECL)
CIK:        0000031462
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001558370-23-012641
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837023012641/0001558370-23-012641-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837023012641/ecl-20230801x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-012641

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