---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-001019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECL"
cik: "0000031462"
company_name: "ECOLAB INC."
filed_at: "2024-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T03:51:40.983501+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ecolab Q4 adjusted EPS $1.55 (+22%); FY2024 guidance $6.10-$6.50 (+17-25%)

## Summary
- Q4 reported diluted EPS $1.41, adjusted diluted EPS $1.55 (+22%); revenue $3.9B (+7% reported, +6% organic).
- Organic operating income +21% to $628M; margin expanded 200 bps to 16.0%.
- Institutional & Specialty organic sales +12%, op. income +41%; Healthcare & Life Sciences organic sales -1%, op. income -25%.
- FY2024 adjusted diluted EPS guidance $6.10-$6.50 (+17-25% vs $5.21); Q1 2024 guidance $1.27-$1.37 (+44-56%).
- Full-year 2023 free cash flow $1.6B, conversion 118%; supply cost tailwinds expected in H1 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-001019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECL
- cik: 0000031462
- company_name: ECOLAB INC.
- filed_at: 2024-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837024001019/0001558370-24-001019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837024001019/ecl-20240213x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ECOLAB INC. reported the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $3,938.4, net income $405.2, EPS $1.41. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $3,938.4
  - Net income: $405.2
  - EPS: $1.41
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: ​ ​ ​ Adjusted ​ ​ ​ (unaudited) ​ Public Currency Rates ​ % ​ Public Currency Rates ​ % (millions, except per share) ​ 2023 ​ 2022 ​ Change ​ 2023 ​ ​ 2022 ​ Change Net sales ​ $3,938.4 ​ ​ $3,671.2 ​ ​ 7 % ​ $3,938.4 ​ ​ $3,671.2 ​ ​ 7 % Operating income ​ 590.0 ​ ​ 399.2 ​ ​ 48 % ​ 624.5 ​ ​ 502.4 ​ ​ 24 % Net income attributable to Ecolab ​ 405.2 ​ ​ 264.4 ​ ​
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837024001019/0001558370-24-001019-index.htm

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