secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ECOLAB INC. (ECL)
CIK:        0000031462
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001558370-23-017063
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ecolab Q3 adjusted EPS $1.54 (+18%); organic sales +7%; Q4 guidance $1.48-$1.58
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- Revenue $4.0B (+8% YoY); organic sales +7% led by Institutional & Specialty (+11%) and Pest Elimination.
- Reported diluted EPS $1.41 (+17%); adjusted diluted EPS $1.54 (+18%).
- Q4 2023 adjusted EPS guidance $1.48-$1.58 (+17-24% YoY) with continued pricing and gross margin expansion.
- 2024 outlook: mid-teens or better adjusted EPS growth per prior Investor Day; assumes soft macro demand.
- Free cash flow $621M, +$377M YoY; operating cash flow $788M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837023017063/0001558370-23-017063-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837023017063/ecl-20231031x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-017063

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