---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-25-009695"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECL"
cik: "0000031462"
company_name: "ECOLAB INC."
filed_at: "2025-07-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T23:51:40.310038+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ecolab Q2 adjusted EPS $1.89, +13% YoY; organic sales +3%; maintains FY2025 guidance

## Summary
- Reported diluted EPS $1.84, adjusted diluted EPS $1.89 (+13% YoY).
- Reported sales $4.025B (+1% as reported); organic sales +3%.
- Organic operating income margin 18.3%, +170 bps on value pricing and productivity.
- Global Life Sciences organic sales +4%, operating income +105%; margin 19.7% vs 10.0%.
- FY2025 adjusted EPS outlook reaffirmed $7.42-$7.62; Q3 adjusted EPS guided $2.02-$2.12.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-25-009695
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECL
- cik: 0000031462
- company_name: ECOLAB INC.
- filed_at: 2025-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837025009695/0001558370-25-009695-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837025009695/ecl-20250729x8k.htm

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