secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ECOLAB INC. (ECL)
CIK:        0000031462
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001558370-24-001019
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837024001019/0001558370-24-001019-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837024001019/ecl-20240213x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-001019

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