{ "ticker": "ECL", "cik": "0000031462", "company": "Ecolab Inc.", "business_type": "industrial", "schema_template": "standard (industrial/tech/consumer): net sales split into product and equipment versus service and lease, cost of sales, gross profit, SG&A, special (gains) and charges, operating income, net income and diluted EPS; the full balance sheet with total and net debt; operating cash flow, capital expenditures and free cash flow; extended with the four reportable segments' net sales and operating income as Ecolab reports them at fixed management currency rates. Ecolab sells water, hygiene and infection-prevention products and services, so the industrial template fits.", "reporting_currency": "USD", "converted_to_usd": false, "units": "actual dollars (not millions); per-share amounts in dollars per share; share counts in actual shares", "units_notes_seen": { "FY2025 10-K consolidated statements of income": "(millions, except per share amounts)", "FY2025 10-K consolidated balance sheets": "(millions, except per share amounts); footnote (a) states shares authorized and outstanding in millions", "FY2025 10-K consolidated statements of cash flows": "(millions)", "FY2025 10-K consolidated statements of equity": "(millions, except per share amounts)", "Q3 FY2026 10-Q consolidated statements of income": "(millions, except per share amounts)", "Q3 FY2026 10-Q consolidated balance sheets": "(millions, except per share amounts); footnote (a) states shares authorized and outstanding in millions", "Q3 FY2026 10-Q consolidated statements of cash flows": "(millions)", "Q3 FY2026 10-Q consolidated statements of equity": "(millions, except per share amounts)", "FY2025 10-K reportable segment information": "(millions)", "Q3 FY2026 10-Q reportable segment information": "(millions)" }, "adjustments": { "splits_applied": [], "adr_ratio": null, "fx": null, "statement": "None required: Ecolab reports in U.S. dollars, its common stock trades directly on the NYSE rather than as American depositary shares, and no stock split occurred over the periods presented." }, "annual": [ { "label": "FY2025", "period_start": "2025-01-01", "period_end": "2025-12-31", "period_type": "fiscal year", "source_accession": "0001104659-26-018357", "fiscal_year": 2025, "income_statement": { "net_sales": 16081200000, "product_and_equipment_sales": 12618500000, "service_and_lease_sales": 3462700000, "product_and_equipment_cost_of_sales": 6955800000, "service_and_lease_cost_of_sales": 1975000000, "cost_of_sales": 8930800000, "selling_general_and_administrative_expenses": 4257900000, "special_gains_and_charges": 154900000, "operating_income": 2737600000, "other_income_expense": -51400000, "interest_expense_net": 241100000, "income_before_income_taxes": 2547900000, "provision_for_income_taxes": 454600000, "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": 2093300000, "net_income_attributable_to_noncontrolling_interest": 17700000, "net_income_attributable_to_ecolab": 2075600000, "basic_eps": 7.33, "diluted_eps": 7.28, "basic_shares": 283300000, "diluted_shares": 285200000, "dividends_declared_per_share": 2.68, "gross_profit": 7150400000 }, "balance_sheet": { "cash_and_cash_equivalents": 646200000, "accounts_receivable_net": 3249400000, "inventories": 1490400000, "other_current_assets": 569600000, "total_current_assets": 5955600000, "property_plant_and_equipment_net": 4276600000, "goodwill": 9227000000, "other_intangible_assets_net": 3688500000, "operating_lease_assets": 765900000, "other_assets": 782700000, "total_assets": 24696300000, "short_term_debt": 870400000, "accounts_payable": 2071000000, "compensation_and_benefits": 721500000, "income_taxes_payable": 134300000, "other_current_liabilities": 1737500000, "total_current_liabilities": 5534700000, "long_term_debt": 7365900000, "pension_and_postretirement_benefits": 546100000, "deferred_income_taxes": 329900000, "operating_lease_liabilities": 596500000, "other_liabilities": 518700000, "total_liabilities": 14891800000, "common_stock": 369400000, "additional_paid_in_capital": 7521300000, "retained_earnings": 12834000000, "accumulated_other_comprehensive_loss": -1874300000, "treasury_stock": -9079600000, "total_ecolab_shareholders_equity": 9770800000, "noncontrolling_interest": 33700000, "total_equity": 9804500000, "total_liabilities_and_equity": 24696300000, "common_shares_outstanding": 282000000, "total_debt": 8236300000, "net_debt": 7590100000 }, "cash_flow": { "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": 2093300000, "depreciation": 672600000, "amortization": 303800000, "share_based_compensation_expense": 136600000, "operating_cash_flow": 2952600000, "capital_expenditures": -1048300000, "acquisitions_and_investments_net_of_cash_acquired": -1621300000, "investing_cash_flow": -2707200000, "net_commercial_paper_and_notes_payable_issuances_repayments": 98200000, "long_term_debt_repayments": -674200000, "reacquired_shares": -783800000, "dividends_paid": -753600000, "exercise_of_employee_stock_options": 228200000, "financing_cash_flow": -853300000, "cash_and_cash_equivalents_end_of_period": 646200000, "long_term_debt_borrowings": 1045600000, "free_cash_flow": 1904300000 }, "segments": { "net_sales": { "global_water": 7679900000, "global_institutional_and_specialty": 5962000000, "global_pest_elimination": 1219200000, "global_life_sciences": 706100000, "corporate": 0, "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": 15567200000, "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": 514000000, "consolidated_reported_gaap": 16081200000 }, "operating_income": { "global_water": 1263900000, "global_institutional_and_specialty": 1357800000, "global_pest_elimination": 237100000, "global_life_sciences": 120700000, "corporate": -353200000, "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": 2626300000, "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": 111300000, "consolidated_reported_gaap": 2737600000 } } }, { "label": "FY2024", "period_start": "2024-01-01", "period_end": "2024-12-31", "period_type": "fiscal year", "source_accession": "0001104659-26-018357", "fiscal_year": 2024, "income_statement": { "product_and_equipment_sales": 12473600000, "service_and_lease_sales": 3267800000, "net_sales": 15741400000, "product_and_equipment_cost_of_sales": 6990000000, "service_and_lease_cost_of_sales": 1909700000, "cost_of_sales": 8899700000, "selling_general_and_administrative_expenses": 4228200000, "special_gains_and_charges": -188900000, "operating_income": 2802400000, "other_income_expense": -51300000, "interest_expense_net": 282500000, "income_before_income_taxes": 2571200000, "provision_for_income_taxes": 439300000, "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": 2131900000, "net_income_attributable_to_noncontrolling_interest": 19500000, "net_income_attributable_to_ecolab": 2112400000, "basic_eps": 7.43, "diluted_eps": 7.37, "basic_shares": 284300000, "diluted_shares": 286600000, "dividends_declared_per_share": 2.36, "gross_profit": 6841700000 }, "balance_sheet": { "cash_and_cash_equivalents": 1256800000, "accounts_receivable_net": 2865000000, "inventories": 1464900000, "other_current_assets": 439000000, "total_current_assets": 6025700000, "property_plant_and_equipment_net": 3752400000, "goodwill": 7907300000, "other_intangible_assets_net": 3308800000, "operating_lease_assets": 723200000, "other_assets": 670400000, "total_assets": 22387800000, "short_term_debt": 615700000, "accounts_payable": 1810000000, "compensation_and_benefits": 727400000, "income_taxes_payable": 127000000, "other_current_liabilities": 1512700000, "total_current_liabilities": 4792800000, "long_term_debt": 6949200000, "pension_and_postretirement_benefits": 634900000, "deferred_income_taxes": 280000000, "operating_lease_liabilities": 575500000, "other_liabilities": 366200000, "total_liabilities": 13598600000, "common_stock": 367800000, "additional_paid_in_capital": 7159600000, "retained_earnings": 11517100000, "accumulated_other_comprehensive_loss": -1982000000, "treasury_stock": -8305200000, "total_ecolab_shareholders_equity": 8757300000, "noncontrolling_interest": 31900000, "total_equity": 8789200000, "total_liabilities_and_equity": 22387800000, "common_shares_outstanding": 283400000, "total_debt": 7564900000, "net_debt": 6308100000 }, "cash_flow": { "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": 2131900000, "depreciation": 634900000, "amortization": 300500000, "share_based_compensation_expense": 134800000, "operating_cash_flow": 2813900000, "capital_expenditures": -994500000, "acquisitions_and_investments_net_of_cash_acquired": -312900000, "investing_cash_flow": -433800000, "net_commercial_paper_and_notes_payable_issuances_repayments": 1900000, "long_term_debt_repayments": -630400000, "reacquired_shares": -986500000, "dividends_paid": -664300000, "exercise_of_employee_stock_options": 259400000, "financing_cash_flow": -2024100000, "cash_and_cash_equivalents_end_of_period": 1256800000, "long_term_debt_borrowings": 0, "free_cash_flow": 1819400000 }, "segments": { "net_sales": { "global_water": 7483400000, "global_institutional_and_specialty": 5979400000, "global_pest_elimination": 1140100000, "global_life_sciences": 670500000, "corporate": 0, "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": 15273400000, "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": 468000000, "consolidated_reported_gaap": 15741400000 }, "operating_income": { "global_water": 1207200000, "global_institutional_and_specialty": 1202200000, "global_pest_elimination": 209700000, "global_life_sciences": 91800000, "corporate": -12100000, "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": 2698800000, "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": 103600000, "consolidated_reported_gaap": 2802400000 } } }, { "label": "FY2023", "period_start": "2023-01-01", "period_end": "2023-12-31", "period_type": "fiscal year", "source_accession": "0001104659-26-018357", "fiscal_year": 2023, "income_statement": { "product_and_equipment_sales": 12316800000, "service_and_lease_sales": 3003400000, "net_sales": 15320200000, "product_and_equipment_cost_of_sales": 7389200000, "service_and_lease_cost_of_sales": 1765700000, "cost_of_sales": 9154900000, "selling_general_and_administrative_expenses": 4061600000, "special_gains_and_charges": 111400000, "operating_income": 1992300000, "other_income_expense": -59900000, "interest_expense_net": 296700000, "income_before_income_taxes": 1755500000, "provision_for_income_taxes": 362500000, "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": 1393000000, "net_income_attributable_to_noncontrolling_interest": 20700000, "net_income_attributable_to_ecolab": 1372300000, "basic_eps": 4.82, "diluted_eps": 4.79, "basic_shares": 285000000, "diluted_shares": 286500000, "dividends_declared_per_share": 2.16, "gross_profit": 6165300000 }, "cash_flow": { "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": 1393000000, "depreciation": 616700000, "amortization": 306900000, "share_based_compensation_expense": 95100000, "operating_cash_flow": 2411800000, "capital_expenditures": -774800000, "acquisitions_and_investments_net_of_cash_acquired": -180400000, "investing_cash_flow": -990500000, "net_commercial_paper_and_notes_payable_issuances_repayments": -1900000, "long_term_debt_repayments": -500000000, "reacquired_shares": -13700000, "dividends_paid": -617300000, "exercise_of_employee_stock_options": 96800000, "financing_cash_flow": -1054700000, "cash_and_cash_equivalents_end_of_period": 919500000, "long_term_debt_borrowings": 0, "free_cash_flow": 1637000000 }, "segments": { "net_sales": { "global_water": 7284100000, "global_institutional_and_specialty": 5779400000, "global_pest_elimination": 1044300000, "global_life_sciences": 650800000, "corporate": 42400000, "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": 14801000000, "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": 519200000, "consolidated_reported_gaap": 15320200000 }, "operating_income": { "global_water": 1042100000, "global_institutional_and_specialty": 856500000, "global_pest_elimination": 200900000, "global_life_sciences": 118900000, "corporate": -329000000, "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": 1889400000, "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": 102900000, "consolidated_reported_gaap": 1992300000 } } } ], "quarterly": [ { "label": "Q3 FY2026", "period_start": "2026-07-01", "period_end": "2026-09-30", "period_type": "three months", "source_accession": "0001628280-26-068208", "fiscal_year": 2026, "fiscal_quarter": 3, "income_statement": { "net_sales": 4694800000, "product_and_equipment_sales": 3697400000, "service_and_lease_sales": 997400000, "product_and_equipment_cost_of_sales": 2059500000, "service_and_lease_cost_of_sales": 566000000, "cost_of_sales": 2625500000, "selling_general_and_administrative_expenses": 1177400000, "special_gains_and_charges": 81400000, "operating_income": 810500000, "other_income_expense": -8800000, "interest_expense_net": 124800000, "income_before_income_taxes": 694500000, "provision_for_income_taxes": 140100000, "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": 554400000, "net_income_attributable_to_noncontrolling_interest": 3100000, "net_income_attributable_to_ecolab": 551300000, "basic_eps": 1.97, "diluted_eps": 1.95, "basic_shares": 280400000, "diluted_shares": 282100000, "dividends_declared_per_share": 0.73, "gross_profit": 2069300000 }, "balance_sheet": { "cash_and_cash_equivalents": 722300000, "accounts_receivable_net": 3795400000, "inventories": 1764800000, "other_current_assets": 817400000, "total_current_assets": 7099900000, "property_plant_and_equipment_net": 4595400000, "goodwill": 12687600000, "other_intangible_assets_net": 5098500000, "operating_lease_assets": 752000000, "other_assets": 874500000, "total_assets": 31107900000, "short_term_debt": 1276700000, "accounts_payable": 2339500000, "compensation_and_benefits": 663300000, "income_taxes_payable": 73800000, "other_current_liabilities": 2026500000, "total_current_liabilities": 6379800000, "long_term_debt": 11915300000, "pension_and_postretirement_benefits": 530900000, "deferred_income_taxes": 768200000, "operating_lease_liabilities": 578000000, "other_liabilities": 481200000, "total_liabilities": 20653400000, "common_stock": 370400000, "additional_paid_in_capital": 7746500000, "retained_earnings": 13737300000, "accumulated_other_comprehensive_loss": -1680400000, "treasury_stock": -9749900000, "total_ecolab_shareholders_equity": 10423900000, "noncontrolling_interest": 30600000, "total_equity": 10454500000, "total_liabilities_and_equity": 31107900000, "common_shares_outstanding": 280500000, "total_debt": 13192000000, "net_debt": 12469700000 }, "segments": { "net_sales": { "global_water": 2479600000, "global_institutional_and_specialty": 1638300000, "global_pest_elimination": 363500000, "global_life_sciences": 215800000, "corporate": 0, "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": 4697200000, "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": -2400000, "consolidated_reported_gaap": 4694800000 }, "operating_income": { "global_water": 445200000, "global_institutional_and_specialty": 404900000, "global_pest_elimination": 73900000, "global_life_sciences": 50200000, "corporate": -161900000, "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": 812300000, "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": -1800000, "consolidated_reported_gaap": 810500000 } } }, { "label": "Q3 FY2025", "period_start": "2025-07-01", "period_end": "2025-09-30", "period_type": "three months", "source_accession": "0001628280-26-068208", "fiscal_year": 2025, "fiscal_quarter": 3, "income_statement": { "product_and_equipment_sales": 3262600000, "service_and_lease_sales": 902400000, "net_sales": 4165000000, "product_and_equipment_cost_of_sales": 1789100000, "service_and_lease_cost_of_sales": 510300000, "cost_of_sales": 2299400000, "selling_general_and_administrative_expenses": 1079200000, "special_gains_and_charges": 26200000, "operating_income": 760200000, "other_income_expense": -12800000, "interest_expense_net": 55300000, "income_before_income_taxes": 717700000, "provision_for_income_taxes": 128000000, "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": 589700000, "net_income_attributable_to_noncontrolling_interest": 4700000, "net_income_attributable_to_ecolab": 585000000, "basic_eps": 2.06, "diluted_eps": 2.05, "basic_shares": 283500000, "diluted_shares": 285400000, "dividends_declared_per_share": 0.65, "gross_profit": 1865600000 }, "segments": { "net_sales": { "global_water": 2061000000, "global_institutional_and_specialty": 1596000000, "global_pest_elimination": 332700000, "global_life_sciences": 185200000, "corporate": 0, "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": 4174900000, "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": -9900000, "consolidated_reported_gaap": 4165000000 }, "operating_income": { "global_water": 357900000, "global_institutional_and_specialty": 376300000, "global_pest_elimination": 69500000, "global_life_sciences": 33800000, "corporate": -74800000, "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": 762700000, "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": -2500000, "consolidated_reported_gaap": 760200000 } } } ], "year_to_date": { "label": "Nine months ended September 30, 2026", "period_start": "2026-01-01", "period_end": "2026-09-30", "period_type": "nine months", "source_accession": "0001628280-26-068208", "income_statement": { "net_sales": 13176300000, "product_and_equipment_sales": 10321400000, "service_and_lease_sales": 2854900000, "product_and_equipment_cost_of_sales": 5764600000, "service_and_lease_cost_of_sales": 1625700000, "cost_of_sales": 7390300000, "selling_general_and_administrative_expenses": 3421400000, "special_gains_and_charges": 174200000, "operating_income": 2190400000, "other_income_expense": -26400000, "interest_expense_net": 270600000, "income_before_income_taxes": 1946200000, "provision_for_income_taxes": 416500000, "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": 1529700000, "net_income_attributable_to_noncontrolling_interest": 10900000, "net_income_attributable_to_ecolab": 1518800000, "basic_eps": 5.4, "diluted_eps": 5.37, "basic_shares": 281000000, "diluted_shares": 282700000, "dividends_declared_per_share": 2.19, "gross_profit": 5786000000 }, "cash_flow": { "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": 1529700000, "depreciation": 545400000, "amortization": 273900000, "share_based_compensation_expense": 116000000, "operating_cash_flow": 1939100000, "capital_expenditures": -902000000, "acquisitions_and_investments_net_of_cash_acquired": -4683100000, "investing_cash_flow": -5621100000, "net_commercial_paper_and_notes_payable_issuances_repayments": -95400000, "reacquired_shares": -672100000, "dividends_paid": -628700000, "exercise_of_employee_stock_options": 108900000, "financing_cash_flow": 3755000000, "cash_and_cash_equivalents_end_of_period": 722300000, "long_term_debt_borrowings": 5104900000, "long_term_debt_repayments": 0, "free_cash_flow": 1037100000 }, "segments": { "net_sales": { "global_water": 6730300000, "global_institutional_and_specialty": 4763400000, "global_pest_elimination": 1024100000, "global_life_sciences": 637700000, "corporate": 0, "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": 13155500000, "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": 20800000, "consolidated_reported_gaap": 13176300000 }, "operating_income": { "global_water": 1090700000, "global_institutional_and_specialty": 1142300000, "global_pest_elimination": 196100000, "global_life_sciences": 146200000, "corporate": -386700000, "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": 2188600000, "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": 1800000, "consolidated_reported_gaap": 2190400000 } }, "prior_year_comparative": { "label": "Nine months ended September 30, 2025", "period_start": "2025-01-01", "period_end": "2025-09-30", "period_type": "nine months", "source_accession": "0001628280-26-068208", "income_statement": { "net_sales": 11885200000, "product_and_equipment_sales": 9321300000, "service_and_lease_sales": 2563900000, "product_and_equipment_cost_of_sales": 5122900000, "service_and_lease_cost_of_sales": 1459500000, "cost_of_sales": 6582400000, "selling_general_and_administrative_expenses": 3196900000, "special_gains_and_charges": 80300000, "operating_income": 2025600000, "other_income_expense": -38800000, "interest_expense_net": 176800000, "income_before_income_taxes": 1887600000, "provision_for_income_taxes": 362900000, "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": 1524700000, "net_income_attributable_to_noncontrolling_interest": 13000000, "net_income_attributable_to_ecolab": 1511700000, "basic_eps": 5.33, "diluted_eps": 5.3, "basic_shares": 283500000, "diluted_shares": 285300000, "dividends_declared_per_share": 1.95, "gross_profit": 5302800000 }, "cash_flow": { "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": 1524700000, "depreciation": 493800000, "amortization": 226500000, "share_based_compensation_expense": 109500000, "operating_cash_flow": 1862500000, "capital_expenditures": -716200000, "acquisitions_and_investments_net_of_cash_acquired": -500000, "investing_cash_flow": -729000000, "net_commercial_paper_and_notes_payable_issuances_repayments": 1100000, "reacquired_shares": -374600000, "dividends_paid": -564400000, "exercise_of_employee_stock_options": 182000000, "financing_cash_flow": -421700000, "cash_and_cash_equivalents_end_of_period": 1955800000, "long_term_debt_borrowings": 1019000000, "long_term_debt_repayments": -674200000, "free_cash_flow": 1146300000 }, "segments": { "net_sales": { "global_water": 5975400000, "global_institutional_and_specialty": 4613300000, "global_pest_elimination": 941300000, "global_life_sciences": 558000000, "corporate": 0, "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": 12088000000, "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": -202800000, "consolidated_reported_gaap": 11885200000 }, "operating_income": { "global_water": 966300000, "global_institutional_and_specialty": 1052800000, "global_pest_elimination": 179700000, "global_life_sciences": 105000000, "corporate": -234300000, "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": 2069500000, "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": -43900000, "consolidated_reported_gaap": 2025600000 } } } }, "trailing_twelve_months": { "label": "Twelve months ended September 30, 2026", "period_start": "2025-10-01", "period_end": "2026-09-30", "period_type": "trailing twelve months", "source_accession": "0001628280-26-068208", "income_statement": { "net_sales": 17372300000, "cost_of_sales": 9738700000, "gross_profit": 7633600000, "operating_income": 2902400000, "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": 2098300000, "net_income_attributable_to_ecolab": 2082700000, "dividends_declared_per_share": 2.92 }, "cash_flow": { "operating_cash_flow": 3029200000, "capital_expenditures": -1234100000, "free_cash_flow": 1795100000 }, "derivation": "Fiscal 2025 (10-K, accession 0001104659-26-018357) plus the nine months ended September 30, 2026 less the nine months ended September 30, 2025 (10-Q, accession 0001628280-26-068208). Dividends declared per share are summed the same way; diluted EPS is not presented for this period because per-share earnings do not add across periods with different share counts." }, "notes": [ "Sources: the three fiscal years come from Ecolab's FY2025 Form 10-K (accession 0001104659-26-018357); the third quarters of 2026 and 2025, the nine-month periods and the September 30, 2026 balance sheet come from the Q3 2026 Form 10-Q (accession 0001628280-26-068208). The 10-K presents balance sheets only at December 31, 2025 and 2024, so FY2023 carries income statement, cash flow and segment figures but no balance sheet.", "The 10-Q's December 31, 2025 balance sheet column matches the 10-K's line for line; no period presented here has been restated.", "net_income_attributable_to_ecolab is the earnings-per-share numerator (net income attributable to Ecolab); net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest is the line before the noncontrolling interest's share is deducted.", "Ecolab does not print a gross profit line. gross_profit here is net sales less total cost of sales, where cost of sales includes special charges recorded there (for example $7.7 million in 2025 and $1.5 million in the third quarter of 2026).", "Sign conventions: expense lines are positive. other_income_expense keeps the filing's caption, 'Other (income) expense', so a negative value is net other income. special_gains_and_charges is positive for a net charge and negative for a net gain (FY2024: a net gain of $188.9 million). In the cash flow block, outflows such as capital expenditures, dividends and share repurchases are negative, as printed.", "free_cash_flow is computed here as cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures. total_debt is short-term debt plus long-term debt as shown on the balance sheet; net_debt is total debt less cash and cash equivalents.", "Weighted-average share counts and shares outstanding are printed in millions to one decimal place, so net income divided by diluted shares reproduces the reported diluted EPS only to within rounding. The 10-Q cover reports 280,467,785 common shares outstanding as of September 30, 2026.", "Dividends declared per share are taken from the footnotes to the consolidated statements of equity: $2.68, $2.36 and $2.16 for 2025, 2024 and 2023 (10-K), and $0.73 and $0.65 for the third quarters of 2026 and 2025 and $2.19 and $1.95 for the first nine months (10-Q).", "Segment figures are the reportable-segment tables, which Ecolab measures at fixed management currency exchange rates and reconciles to reported GAAP results through an 'effect of foreign currency translation' line. Corporate carries special (gains) and charges and amortization of intangible assets from certain acquisitions not allocated to segments; Corporate net sales in 2023 ($42.4 million) are sales to ChampionX under a transitional supply agreement.", "The annual segment figures are the 10-K's, valued at 2025 management rates. The quarterly and nine-month segment figures are the 10-Q's, valued at 2026 management rates, so annual and quarterly segment figures are not on the same currency basis. The 10-Q also recasts full-year 2025 at 2026 rates (for example Global Water net sales of $8,107.7 million against $7,679.9 million at 2025 rates); this record keeps the 10-K's annual presentation.", "Effective January 1, 2026, Ecolab divided its former Light & Heavy operating segment into Heavy Water, Light Water and High-Tech, all of which remain in the Global Water reportable segment; the 10-Q recasts prior periods to that presentation.", "On July 2, 2026 Ecolab completed its acquisition of CoolIT Systems, a data center liquid cooling company, paying $4,627 million in cash net of cash acquired; the business became part of the Global Water segment in the third quarter of 2026. In May 2026 Ecolab issued $5.0 billion of fixed-rate notes, which the 10-Q says were used to fund the acquisition and for general corporate purposes. Goodwill rose to $12,687.6 million at September 30, 2026 from $9,227.0 million at December 31, 2025, and long-term debt to $11,915.3 million from $7,365.9 million.", "Interest expense, net for the first nine months of 2026 includes $6.6 million of special charges related to debt used to fund the CoolIT Systems acquisition." ], "uncertainties": [ "No three-month cash flow figures are given for the third quarter of either year: the 10-Q prints its cash flow statement for the nine months only, and the six-month figures needed to isolate the quarter are not among the filings this record is built from. Cash flow is therefore shown for the fiscal years, the nine-month periods and the trailing twelve months only.", "There is no balance sheet for September 30, 2025: the 10-Q compares September 30, 2026 with December 31, 2025 only.", "Annual and quarterly segment figures are stated at different fixed management currency rates (2025 rates in the 10-K, 2026 rates in the 10-Q), so a segment's quarterly figures should not be compared directly with its annual figures." ], "headline": { "period": "Q3 FY2026", "period_end_words": "September 30, 2026", "metrics": [ { "label": "Revenue", "format": "usd", "value": 4694800000, "text": "$4.69 billion", "exact": "$4,694,800,000", "compact": "$4.69B", "abs": "$4.69 billion", "prior_value": 4165000000, "prior": "$4.17 billion", "priorabs": "$4.17 billion", "yoy": "up 12.7%", "source": { "array": "quarterly", "field": "income_statement.net_sales", "index": 0, "period_label": "Q3 FY2026", "period_end": "2026-09-30", "period_start": "2026-07-01", "span_days": 91, "source_accession": "0001628280-26-068208", "prior_index": 1, "prior_period_label": "Q3 FY2025", "prior_period_end": "2025-09-30", "prior_period_start": "2025-07-01", "prior_span_days": 91, "prior_source_accession": "0001628280-26-068208", "gap_days": 365 } }, { "label": "Net income", "format": "usd", "value": 551300000, "text": "$551.3 million", "exact": "$551,300,000", "compact": "$551.30M", "abs": "$551.3 million", "prior_value": 585000000, "prior": "$585 million", "priorabs": "$585 million", "yoy": "down 5.8%", "source": { "array": "quarterly", "field": "income_statement.net_income_attributable_to_ecolab", "index": 0, "period_label": "Q3 FY2026", "period_end": "2026-09-30", "period_start": "2026-07-01", "span_days": 91, "source_accession": "0001628280-26-068208", "prior_index": 1, "prior_period_label": "Q3 FY2025", "prior_period_end": "2025-09-30", "prior_period_start": "2025-07-01", "prior_span_days": 91, "prior_source_accession": "0001628280-26-068208", "gap_days": 365 } }, { "label": "Diluted EPS", "format": "eps", "value": 1.95, "text": "$1.95", "exact": "$1.95", "compact": "$1.95", "abs": "$1.95", "prior_value": 2.05, "prior": "$2.05", "priorabs": "$2.05", "yoy": "down 4.9%", "source": { "array": "quarterly", "field": "income_statement.diluted_eps", "index": 0, "period_label": "Q3 FY2026", "period_end": "2026-09-30", "period_start": "2026-07-01", "span_days": 91, "source_accession": "0001628280-26-068208", "prior_index": 1, "prior_period_label": "Q3 FY2025", "prior_period_end": "2025-09-30", "prior_period_start": "2025-07-01", "prior_span_days": 91, "prior_source_accession": "0001628280-26-068208", "gap_days": 365 } }, { "label": "Operating income", "format": "usd", "value": 810500000, "text": "$810.5 million", "exact": "$810,500,000", "compact": "$810.50M", "abs": "$810.5 million", "prior_value": 760200000, "prior": "$760.2 million", "priorabs": "$760.2 million", "yoy": "up 6.6%", "source": { "array": "quarterly", "field": "income_statement.operating_income", "index": 0, "period_label": "Q3 FY2026", "period_end": "2026-09-30", "period_start": "2026-07-01", "span_days": 91, "source_accession": "0001628280-26-068208", "prior_index": 1, "prior_period_label": "Q3 FY2025", "prior_period_end": "2025-09-30", "prior_period_start": "2025-07-01", "prior_span_days": 91, "prior_source_accession": "0001628280-26-068208", "gap_days": 365 } }, { "label": "Net interest expense", "format": "usd", "value": 124800000, "text": "$124.8 million", "exact": "$124,800,000", "compact": "$124.80M", "abs": "$124.8 million", "prior_value": 55300000, "prior": "$55.3 million", "priorabs": "$55.3 million", "yoy": "up 125.7%", "source": { "array": "quarterly", "field": "income_statement.interest_expense_net", "index": 0, "period_label": "Q3 FY2026", "period_end": "2026-09-30", "period_start": "2026-07-01", "span_days": 91, "source_accession": "0001628280-26-068208", "prior_index": 1, "prior_period_label": "Q3 FY2025", "prior_period_end": "2025-09-30", "prior_period_start": "2025-07-01", "prior_span_days": 91, "prior_source_accession": "0001628280-26-068208", "gap_days": 365 } } ], "summary": "Ecolab reported net sales of $4.69 billion for Q3 FY2026, the quarter ended September 30, 2026, up 12.7% from a year earlier, helped by the Ovivo Electronics and CoolIT Systems acquisitions and higher pricing. Operating income rose to $810.5 million, up 6.6%, but net income attributable to Ecolab was $551.3 million, down 5.8%, and diluted EPS was $1.95, against $2.05. Net interest expense climbed to $124.8 million from $55.3 million on the financing of its acquisitions of Ovivo Electronics and CoolIT Systems, a maker of liquid-cooling systems for data centers.", "qa": [ { "q": "How much revenue did Ecolab report in Q3 FY2026?", "a": "Ecolab reported net sales of $4.69 billion for Q3 FY2026, the quarter ended September 30, 2026. That is up 12.7% from $4.17 billion in the same quarter a year earlier, with acquisitions and higher pricing both contributing." }, { "q": "What was Ecolab's net income and EPS in Q3 FY2026?", "a": "Ecolab's net income attributable to the company was $551.3 million in Q3 FY2026, down 5.8% from $585 million a year earlier. Diluted earnings per share were $1.95, against $2.05 in the same quarter a year earlier." }, { "q": "Why did Ecolab's earnings fall in Q3 FY2026 when sales grew?", "a": "Ecolab's operating income rose to $810.5 million in Q3 FY2026, up 6.6% from a year earlier, but net interest expense rose to $124.8 million from $55.3 million because of the financing for the Ovivo Electronics and CoolIT Systems acquisitions. Higher interest costs, along with a higher tax rate, left net income attributable to Ecolab down 5.8% at $551.3 million." }, { "q": "How much did Ecolab's interest expense increase in Q3 FY2026?", "a": "Ecolab's net interest expense was $124.8 million in Q3 FY2026, up 125.7% from $55.3 million in the same quarter a year earlier, reflecting the financing for the Ovivo Electronics and CoolIT Systems acquisitions." } ] }, "company_details": { "Name": "Ecolab Inc.", "Ticker": "ECL", "CIK": "0000031462", "Exchange": "NYSE", "State": "Minnesota", "Incorporation": "Delaware", "SIC": "2840", "Office": "Industrial Applications and Services", "Industry": "Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics" }, "next_filing": { "predicted_date": "2027-02-22", "predicted_type": "10-K" }, "fiscal_period": { "fiscal_year": 2026, "fiscal_period": "Q3", "tag": "FY26Q3", "period_end": "2026-09-30", "form": "10-Q", "accession": "0001628280-26-068208", "fiscal_year_end": "1231", "source": "facts" }, "source_filings": [ { "role": "annual", "current": false, "form": "10-K", "fiscal_year": 2025, "fiscal_period": "FY", "tag": "FY25", "period_end": "2025-12-31", "filed": "2026-02-23", "accession": "0001104659-26-018357", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000110465926018357/ecl-20251231x10k.htm", "source": "reported" }, { "role": "quarterly", "current": true, "form": "10-Q", "fiscal_year": 2026, "fiscal_period": "Q3", "tag": "FY26Q3", "period_end": "2026-09-30", "filed": "2026-10-29", "accession": "0001628280-26-068208", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000162828026068208/ecl-20260930.htm", "source": "facts" } ], "figure_sources": { "about": "Where each figure in this file is printed in its SEC filing. This block mirrors the paths of the figures: figure_sources.annual[0].income_statement.net_income is the source of annual[0].income_statement.net_income. Each entry reads '#', and the link is documents[] + '#': it opens the filing at the line that prints that number. A figure with no entry is not printed in a tagged filing, either because it was calculated (margins, free cash flow, trailing twelve months, a quarter derived by subtraction) or because it comes from an untagged earnings release.", "documents": { "d1": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000110465926018357/ecl-20251231x10k.htm", "d2": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000162828026068208/ecl-20260930.htm" }, "annual": [ { "period_end": "2025-12-31", "income_statement": { "net_sales": "d1#Tc_tG4cxAWaXUeAVPAYHvkYtg_8_3", "product_and_equipment_sales": "d1#Tc_9HoZCLpmd0-a2V6vyukliA_6_3", "service_and_lease_sales": "d1#Tc_5aGi-r1kv0mt53ZMAs6hdw_7_3", "product_and_equipment_cost_of_sales": "d1#Tc_WWrV1m7aTEKtuz30KMdyLQ_9_3", "service_and_lease_cost_of_sales": "d1#Tc_hNmxQizebUqrj4vEH4NOWA_10_3", "cost_of_sales": "d1#Tc_1nsfSA4oD0q8uEF6zNeL8Q_11_3", "selling_general_and_administrative_expenses": "d1#Tc_K7V_Q5OB6EyEnHNWQ_tFRg_12_3", "special_gains_and_charges": "d1#Tc_5vnmb8LqYkKyvQU2JGkb-A_13_3", "operating_income": "d1#Tc_NPvJpzOUOkCl7d7kyaxhqQ_14_3", "other_income_expense": "d1#Tc_GffL9vhMGUSGwNlDak_y4Q_15_3", "interest_expense_net": "d1#Tc_RWQN3X2n4U6TdQjwRzep_g_16_3", "income_before_income_taxes": "d1#Tc__Zh9ie_AJ02J7B9vCNNO7g_17_3", "provision_for_income_taxes": "d1#Tc_1BEZrfHQ40mbO41P-a6U5w_18_3", "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": "d1#Tc_1WjSPSF7i0SwS3rZuqquzA_19_3", "net_income_attributable_to_noncontrolling_interest": "d1#Tc_8L-ZB6c4GEe4Kd3eHk4HyQ_20_3", "net_income_attributable_to_ecolab": "d1#Tc_RzOYh5jqo06LOzcEtUcMKg_21_3", "basic_eps": "d1#Tc_B-VpWCVb60q9HL4Q1o7jfw_24_3", "diluted_eps": "d1#Tc_tEgKAIs-jEe8AuAt2Ca4lA_25_3", "basic_shares": "d1#Tc_maZGf7CaFE6eY9coNTPUTQ_28_3", "diluted_shares": "d1#Tc_Cb6POnJkOEGMTw0iBOXpOw_29_3", "dividends_declared_per_share": "d1#Narr__APAaoVPq06bcA1CZk1Erg" }, "balance_sheet": { "cash_and_cash_equivalents": "d1#Tc_l5EfD4cwe0GtqH5LLYkyiQ_7_2", "accounts_receivable_net": "d1#Tc_FXTFl4mQUkqmwGZKAzGmfg_8_2", "inventories": "d1#Tc_HIkN2ONFeUafRX-PrVN1kA_9_2", "other_current_assets": "d1#Tc_kXOLPWq0kUqQUN-g4NkCWA_10_2", "total_current_assets": "d1#Tc_xTLmolBmgkuoWHmnivjz7Q_11_2", "property_plant_and_equipment_net": "d1#Tc_6TuREf3LckeJgv_d9DWoQw_12_2", "goodwill": "d1#Tc_co7PvKTRJUmXvgccAMINDQ_13_2", "other_intangible_assets_net": "d1#Tc_JBP5FObjxkW5Nz5qMQLBuw_14_2", "operating_lease_assets": "d1#Tc_1HkbnjfL90ObSiew6ucsnA_15_2", "other_assets": "d1#Tc_Azy9RYh2Tk66Nw6pycVU2A_16_2", "total_assets": "d1#Tc_l66fhS9Eu0mCYLdGBuzX7g_17_2", "short_term_debt": "d1#Tc_iSHYhu9SekC_m59aqB5n-w_21_2", "accounts_payable": "d1#Tc_QhbZW3XLv0ebuHFDZ0naQA_22_2", "compensation_and_benefits": "d1#Tc_7pK96CQ7mUytQf8XvkJxTQ_23_2", "income_taxes_payable": "d1#Tc_qO_g5-G65EOkVilTWikpZw_24_2", "other_current_liabilities": "d1#Tc_fy7owuMo90-OYrzvMbqtyA_25_2", "total_current_liabilities": "d1#Tc_w3NCUw9VA0OGEGtlHkitGw_26_2", "long_term_debt": "d1#Tc_ixwrowRNhU66F30AeP1eKg_27_2", "pension_and_postretirement_benefits": "d1#Tc_VK3dIFpGfUCE_X5WFjgoMg_28_2", "deferred_income_taxes": "d1#Tc_eTHWCylEmUuEb1WRHQa57A_29_2", "operating_lease_liabilities": "d1#Tc_YeyYJNcmyki4ZEafmuUHfw_30_2", "other_liabilities": "d1#Tc_v668BdiuNkibgonRMO30mw_31_2", "total_liabilities": "d1#Tc_QlezyEhyt0mlvB3x8BxyjA_32_2", "common_stock": "d1#Tc_WAdKYEiKokiNXIYqoQMDVw_36_2", "additional_paid_in_capital": "d1#Tc_AmuimLG7skWmLbNvxDEBfQ_37_2", "retained_earnings": "d1#Tc_V5WaFz4O-kakGWwtYnk3dQ_38_2", "accumulated_other_comprehensive_loss": "d1#Tc_36o2cKHXIU2hwQXJdWkxTQ_39_2", "treasury_stock": "d1#Tc_zPzdHNEbaE2Xs5j4LtJ5fw_40_2", "total_ecolab_shareholders_equity": "d1#Tc_-fXIiz7NuEGCf64lhvtV5g_41_2", "noncontrolling_interest": "d1#Tc_CSWMQ7OUV0inXVzLegho4g_42_2", "total_equity": "d1#Tc_0wel51tfJk6tNAG4vW13bA_43_2", "total_liabilities_and_equity": "d1#Tc_Wcc7NFLrskCzo9kJyhuwUQ_44_2", "common_shares_outstanding": "d1#Narr_9CjCEy5TJ0ef1vRTq2gJXQ" }, "cash_flow": { "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": "d1#Tc_0HdH5LOJuEmZjDefK3hIHQ_6_3", "depreciation": "d1#Tc_oUpLjGJsKkq5G2Rq5xVyUg_8_3", "amortization": "d1#Tc_gHl_0PdhSkqgqKjRZfAmNQ_9_3", "share_based_compensation_expense": "d1#Narr__3heeZo3ekWy8iFAQ2KtJg", "operating_cash_flow": "d1#Tc_GbGRHMljcEqyc938X0JSPA_23_3", "capital_expenditures": "d1#Tc_dVE86nzVW0C1OLZ_lc7STA_26_3", "acquisitions_and_investments_net_of_cash_acquired": "d1#Tc_bgPY4foqrkyz5wO6VXpReA_28_3", "investing_cash_flow": "d1#Tc_jjr72SASyEaGJ1Gnl6NDZQ_31_3", "net_commercial_paper_and_notes_payable_issuances_repayments": "d1#Tc_gQ9cenX3U0qJsPgEMhU15w_34_3", "long_term_debt_repayments": "d1#Tc_OZOMic80Lkqsuf-1UVDeuw_36_3", "reacquired_shares": "d1#Tc_skspaJlgNUC-TSgItGy2tQ_37_3", "dividends_paid": "d1#Tc_U32jzyuQOUaohmv4CIBQ0A_38_3", "exercise_of_employee_stock_options": "d1#Tc_FHV3rRAnfE2W-jERmNKMZQ_39_3", "financing_cash_flow": "d1#Tc_08rw7akXRkaBr5jDb9bVJg_42_3", "cash_and_cash_equivalents_end_of_period": "d1#Tc_l5EfD4cwe0GtqH5LLYkyiQ_7_2", "long_term_debt_borrowings": "d1#Tc_Mi08Y0YNDUaAXpuOyybnDg_35_3" }, "segments": { "net_sales": { "global_water": "d1#Tc_BYZkG-mCqEqOLCaitXbZMg_5_2", "global_institutional_and_specialty": "d1#Tc_lAqFKSRdRkCilVJWqP9HZg_6_2", "global_pest_elimination": "d1#Tc_XxclLHIdqEm664yeiRvT4Q_7_2", "global_life_sciences": "d1#Tc_rQQwTAXVWU2FIhhNVvzJtg_8_2", "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": "d1#Tc_QAKBZeS_bke4WzsdB1mKBw_10_2", "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": "d1#Tc_vggtm1Fheke_9f5vUSinxw_11_2", "consolidated_reported_gaap": "d1#Tc_2J_qcpOIbkSkOFNiyoXvZQ_12_2" }, "operating_income": { "global_water": "d1#Tc_oWTfh4T0jkCHtD8zPypomg_5_10", "global_institutional_and_specialty": "d1#Tc_HZ2mhjGHQkmyFR84b8CG9w_6_10", "global_pest_elimination": "d1#Tc_Pbiz4dZE1UiWfYIM1zKRlA_7_10", "global_life_sciences": "d1#Tc_VTnz9dijjEGw6NK4rP-Xrg_8_10", "corporate": "d1#Tc_9U7VH0OReEyW5r16lOHaYQ_9_10", "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": "d1#Tc_q743KWew3kWo2R4fMOzOPw_10_10", "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": "d1#Tc_dMzPOV0N0kqlDexcIdYa2g_11_10", "consolidated_reported_gaap": "d1#Tc_pFAd0OYz6Ee5vf3hPV8O3Q_12_10" } } }, { "period_end": "2024-12-31", "income_statement": { "product_and_equipment_sales": "d1#Tc_oN6jg2ETvkO7TSUCVpNJ7g_6_7", "service_and_lease_sales": "d1#Tc_zgCZ4JcZWUiNrN0uIT-mKg_7_7", "net_sales": "d1#Tc_KT1sql8rekC0_G-j0D0siw_8_7", "product_and_equipment_cost_of_sales": "d1#Tc_i3NE9N58XUG7a7tjKqISWQ_9_7", "service_and_lease_cost_of_sales": "d1#Tc_yOdEgmG1Hk-egMSmBq2uiQ_10_7", "cost_of_sales": "d1#Tc_gffpufbjMUiEubTgHXEhsg_11_7", "selling_general_and_administrative_expenses": "d1#Tc_FyoZYlLMZ0-krEmfVB1Pxg_12_7", "special_gains_and_charges": "d1#Tc_Eldjuw38p0OSBCcqoIYlmg_13_7", "operating_income": "d1#Tc_OksvaJlw7kuVDcl9Hsv5Hw_14_7", "other_income_expense": "d1#Tc_XCQEX8qlBU27nvPf5_oekA_15_7", "interest_expense_net": "d1#Tc_QPEtPIWR8Uuu9IuOhpqnHA_16_7", "income_before_income_taxes": "d1#Tc_8TQ4-R85Wka2i0dIsUr68A_17_7", "provision_for_income_taxes": "d1#Tc_1XjZtkeqHkS95cr05qhmJQ_18_7", "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": "d1#Tc_L-r5G21ys0munb4Z_5mlqg_19_7", "net_income_attributable_to_noncontrolling_interest": "d1#Tc_WU325xEHXUONnqfchUhQ1w_20_7", "net_income_attributable_to_ecolab": "d1#Tc_KPQ4ypnhHEKtbtQvC89Tyg_21_7", "basic_eps": "d1#Tc_1lw0vWmNsUitlXuSew6ceQ_24_7", "diluted_eps": "d1#Tc_3Gjw9diYCEO_nJrOlXs70g_25_7", "basic_shares": "d1#Tc_haAMf4KM4E-sfpOhxQapjA_28_7", "diluted_shares": "d1#Tc_sbv2TyGAUU2pzpvIZOVTrQ_29_7", "dividends_declared_per_share": "d1#Narr_OnjWBwKreU-_HW2rzNhihg" }, "balance_sheet": { "cash_and_cash_equivalents": "d1#Tc_oKivTd4UZ0uCacNE6Hn5RQ_7_6", "accounts_receivable_net": "d1#Tc_cIlbZNdgOE2UhGJECOG38w_8_6", "inventories": "d1#Tc_F2MlzHB-s06wkO9CQDUqsA_9_6", "other_current_assets": "d1#Tc_Dph1h58OG0igDY8_F2BrFA_10_6", "total_current_assets": "d1#Tc_j7UyFAYF40uk7hTBwJn9_Q_11_6", "property_plant_and_equipment_net": "d1#Tc_sI0vAzyxKEWMqF7dLpwyvQ_12_6", "goodwill": "d1#Tc_nqScainRiEe7ogvcQSVytA_13_6", "other_intangible_assets_net": "d1#Tc_n2aHEFK5aES5EAjrzBvJDQ_14_6", "operating_lease_assets": "d1#Tc_NIuTdXvzIkuUquK3hTzPXQ_15_6", "other_assets": "d1#Tc_oNo7NWC9h0S9fCr543pYwg_16_6", "total_assets": "d1#Tc_ZHp3X6oa0E23KTZSuzMZ5Q_17_6", "short_term_debt": "d1#Tc_MSYsHxGtnEeso0Aeb0sJbw_21_6", "accounts_payable": "d1#Tc_P2blhhHKWkq7YwBkSB7yMA_22_6", "compensation_and_benefits": "d1#Tc_kklRfBBkLEGMKKgCWzQu1A_23_6", "income_taxes_payable": "d1#Tc_wXuJ6go3AU6KLe9nipLCPA_24_6", "other_current_liabilities": "d1#Tc_5zQTctNaA0uL1Ga0FZj_uw_25_6", "total_current_liabilities": "d1#Tc_tNG8ZsNtS0KWo6KWmb-1Fw_26_6", "long_term_debt": "d1#Tc_6rMF0R9VpE2cq__4blBKoA_27_6", "pension_and_postretirement_benefits": "d1#Tc_Po1Q19m7VkiJ-mKH0l4iLA_28_6", "deferred_income_taxes": "d1#Tc_psUhUNT2yU-a36U1atwIXw_29_6", "operating_lease_liabilities": "d1#Tc_Cb8BueI3BUqi6NMH_7plYg_30_6", "other_liabilities": "d1#Tc_-QXV0xEeVEyRnoWhopUK3Q_31_6", "total_liabilities": "d1#Tc_gyM4mHgHLEyccXFUK5gplQ_32_6", "common_stock": "d1#Tc_4YpJQhKwe0u8UyjycCKYFw_36_6", "additional_paid_in_capital": "d1#Tc_v7ZcR16hRUO65QTomWptDA_37_6", "retained_earnings": "d1#Tc_JSotYeMIwEm21tONLJa2eQ_38_6", "accumulated_other_comprehensive_loss": "d1#Tc_m9PsXlUtLUC4ZqPgXrHnwg_39_6", "treasury_stock": "d1#Tc_y5WQ1dreO0OxcAKJ4GK1Jg_40_6", "total_ecolab_shareholders_equity": "d1#Tc_W9M9acI5q0W-8zHuqJo79w_41_6", "noncontrolling_interest": "d1#Tc_dcq8NhvX6kOIt0AsFwBAeQ_42_6", "total_equity": "d1#Tc_9ePgD1eG6UqR3YD8WsLacQ_43_6", "total_liabilities_and_equity": "d1#Tc_3TUxLMeXr0yvAhBR5u6ACw_44_6", "common_shares_outstanding": "d1#Narr_eUeXwolUWEOCKNTBGZYsIQ" }, "cash_flow": { "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": "d1#Tc_70gbIk8FoEuygdwuOslXjg_6_7", "depreciation": "d1#Tc_4Ju8YISoV0yM43LAchEI7Q_8_7", "amortization": "d1#Tc_qSz35Ac-4U6GllX8jxun-A_9_7", "share_based_compensation_expense": "d1#Narr_nXJoblxbK0iv2URTD5GyMA", "operating_cash_flow": "d1#Tc_YYqaigSIAkigJlEzTvrD-A_23_7", "capital_expenditures": "d1#Tc_1YlCZgm9Zkm9oBT5fPDAlA_26_7", "acquisitions_and_investments_net_of_cash_acquired": "d1#Tc_SrPup2SyTEqh-wujF5PoDw_28_7", "investing_cash_flow": "d1#Tc_hmVCxrfsP022vd0RCFAVmg_31_7", "net_commercial_paper_and_notes_payable_issuances_repayments": "d1#Tc_th5Z7hLdrEyhdJsepi-qAw_34_7", "long_term_debt_repayments": "d1#Tc_R8_3a3fMnU2T7DZuFGofIg_36_7", "reacquired_shares": "d1#Tc_AG3evGDbuU6W6qS1N55alQ_37_7", "dividends_paid": "d1#Tc_D8zDmTAplUaKI7duiXwUGA_38_7", "exercise_of_employee_stock_options": "d1#Tc_WS4DuIjOQ0K_eA2i3Sipqg_39_7", "financing_cash_flow": "d1#Tc_xIUemEXwakS9MRQUaoAn2g_42_7", "cash_and_cash_equivalents_end_of_period": "d1#Tc_oKivTd4UZ0uCacNE6Hn5RQ_7_6" }, "segments": { "net_sales": { "global_water": "d1#Tc_6WkcfITapky9ChlEN-bTwA_18_2", "global_institutional_and_specialty": "d1#Tc_v-ajfhE8sEqCh3h40-clCQ_19_2", "global_pest_elimination": "d1#Tc_fJEYcSeL2kq3md-rrEZVJw_20_2", "global_life_sciences": "d1#Tc_vk8gf0t21E-ghkNf9qMqnw_21_2", "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": "d1#Tc_fer1xk86U06Z4dZfZ4az2A_11_17", "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": "d1#Tc_8128e9UA3E23VPawWNZVxg_12_17", "consolidated_reported_gaap": "d1#Tc_X9MXItSH1kaqKyxlW-hTMQ_25_2" }, "operating_income": { "global_water": "d1#Tc_Im_2KmwJT0mlxZgqsoTzYg_18_10", "global_institutional_and_specialty": "d1#Tc_PhQ9he-AYkCCJg-_jLPaVw_19_10", "global_pest_elimination": "d1#Tc_dIvCwL6YZ0eGZ-wvNzxOnw_20_10", "global_life_sciences": "d1#Tc_rh0PZfx5Y0-Z7tgdMyPpDw_21_10", "corporate": "d1#Tc_ZzEKGsJg3EGu4nkiL4jP5A_22_10", "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": "d1#Tc_Q5DUwJxTl0WbLKCFoCJ6Vg_41_17", "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": "d1#Tc_5qyYOBA-AUuaXod76QuXYA_42_17", "consolidated_reported_gaap": "d1#Tc_2_pOz63b9kaPCKoZOdAEPA_25_10" } } }, { "period_end": "2023-12-31", "income_statement": { "product_and_equipment_sales": "d1#Tc_ueINmJnd3kOtjxdZ532anA_6_10", "service_and_lease_sales": "d1#Tc_kqM04lW0GkSIpcvrefrBoA_7_10", "net_sales": "d1#Tc_yjxozHmlhkuYuTLX72-a1A_8_10", "product_and_equipment_cost_of_sales": "d1#Tc_-nDPLBRyAku3g8rdmifc5w_9_10", "service_and_lease_cost_of_sales": "d1#Tc_QV0vpUNNKEmx0bYJrL24BQ_10_10", "cost_of_sales": "d1#Tc_8-68BUgAeEmZBZYBdNBnxA_11_10", "selling_general_and_administrative_expenses": "d1#Tc_uXWNdXIzc0ebCUT1hFlRyg_12_10", "special_gains_and_charges": "d1#Tc_BopE8GRdZkaPwHwJJFFdBg_13_10", "operating_income": "d1#Tc_4hYY4IXEKk6iovN9rEGVdg_14_10", "other_income_expense": "d1#Tc_qtROOgibC0aSE-6MaUOBXw_15_10", "interest_expense_net": "d1#Tc_ctvINnNkL0eJ9rGaK68stQ_16_10", "income_before_income_taxes": "d1#Tc_59ppM_WiYESAlnTE2qLGUw_17_10", "provision_for_income_taxes": "d1#Tc_G53LnNIw80KeHjs1vd5Fgg_18_10", "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": "d1#Tc_dms4KRwsC0yJhDmPw8hS-A_19_10", "net_income_attributable_to_noncontrolling_interest": "d1#Tc_gGkyg46c80mt6Ow1E1SkNw_20_10", "net_income_attributable_to_ecolab": "d1#Tc_gtlWX7IcqkuVd7mxHL0Txw_21_10", "basic_eps": "d1#Tc_UIZirkVxL06SROrHJgbw6Q_24_10", "diluted_eps": "d1#Tc_1HukheNFzkGPbi_LeIO8tA_25_10", "basic_shares": "d1#Tc_Y7Ie6yhZLEy7FVz8t7Rsqg_28_10", "diluted_shares": "d1#Tc_DGw439e5X0a2vz-DJ51FtA_29_10", "dividends_declared_per_share": "d1#Narr_KFuERgx5TE6WlJEjERqUnA" }, "cash_flow": { "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": "d1#Tc_pgrYJLIIbUS4GOnlgISqHQ_6_10", "depreciation": "d1#Tc_gmvgvdJQ4UKqZ584s84W3g_8_10", "amortization": "d1#Tc_2y-s-n9UXk-3AQJngFZe9w_9_10", "share_based_compensation_expense": "d1#Narr_RGxOf6lSPkmnoAux-QqYew", "operating_cash_flow": "d1#Tc_GzCtEvfUZkiGvE19YUnkgg_23_10", "capital_expenditures": "d1#Tc_1yBjbkSK_kKbTxnkWk6IPw_26_10", "acquisitions_and_investments_net_of_cash_acquired": "d1#Tc_WqkwoqAYp0u4sepG2gicLQ_28_10", "investing_cash_flow": "d1#Tc_AYcISsc3X0ewYteNoWvRvg_31_10", "net_commercial_paper_and_notes_payable_issuances_repayments": "d1#Tc_Swl01AatSEuPc8Ze5HcNwA_34_10", "long_term_debt_repayments": "d1#Tc_0gTwzoOEpEiLAsK634bC6w_36_10", "dividends_paid": "d1#Tc_wz8R2TmvZkCHIszDdha05Q_38_10", "exercise_of_employee_stock_options": "d1#Tc_4auViyxaKUWkSR5-_hD8AQ_39_10", "financing_cash_flow": "d1#Tc_p9x7L1cp7kOq2ztbGyEC3A_42_10", "cash_and_cash_equivalents_end_of_period": "d1#Tc_lQ_50qLtU0i726GGtE0SEw_47_7" }, "segments": { "net_sales": { "global_water": "d1#Tc_0SCMj-RA8U-mXbG4qtJEHg_31_2", "global_institutional_and_specialty": "d1#Tc_6Q0mCCcjZEyogWXYznl4Ww_32_2", "global_pest_elimination": "d1#Tc_JPLMjP0j3Ueqk-qPe2mc4g_33_2", "global_life_sciences": "d1#Tc_61ck0lcs1EKcC6ZeMbhhpA_34_2", "corporate": "d1#Tc_H5Bk51WDTUSPvgKNSRZU7A_35_2", "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": "d1#Tc_wew2pEXF00uwkjTb7OjJtQ_12_17", "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": "d1#Tc_R3Viw_bG-EKiWxgyN_sB9Q_13_17", "consolidated_reported_gaap": "d1#Tc_UBAGMPFy3keMsmJYyOFwnw_38_2" }, "operating_income": { "global_water": "d1#Tc_rttJhSu-qU22HIXIkZioxA_31_10", "global_institutional_and_specialty": "d1#Tc_KwDM4Ee7UkSquXC7O5Xd3w_32_10", "global_pest_elimination": "d1#Tc_ud91lxu2S0SD2bn3WEYI4A_33_10", "global_life_sciences": "d1#Tc_Ot6u4WbK_UKSFr_JGR77gA_34_10", "corporate": "d1#Tc_dfH5TDTVXEKmj5w2eXbfdQ_35_10", "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": "d1#Tc_zgFO2fIgikecsDtpultCDA_42_17", "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": "d1#Tc_Kph7sP8hHUuRcocw0SUfSQ_43_17", "consolidated_reported_gaap": "d1#Tc_5Q0uW_yuY0m2eoozEMLbug_38_10" } } } ], "quarterly": [ { "period_end": "2026-09-30", "income_statement": { "net_sales": "d2#f-38", "product_and_equipment_sales": "d2#f-30", "service_and_lease_sales": "d2#f-34", "product_and_equipment_cost_of_sales": "d2#f-42", "service_and_lease_cost_of_sales": "d2#f-46", "cost_of_sales": "d2#f-50", "selling_general_and_administrative_expenses": "d2#f-54", "special_gains_and_charges": "d2#f-58", "operating_income": "d2#f-62", "other_income_expense": "d2#f-66", "interest_expense_net": "d2#f-70", "income_before_income_taxes": "d2#f-74", "provision_for_income_taxes": "d2#f-78", "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": "d2#f-82", "net_income_attributable_to_noncontrolling_interest": "d2#f-86", "net_income_attributable_to_ecolab": "d2#f-90", "basic_eps": "d2#f-94", "diluted_eps": "d2#f-98", "basic_shares": "d2#f-102", "diluted_shares": "d2#f-106", "dividends_declared_per_share": "d2#f-445" }, "balance_sheet": { "cash_and_cash_equivalents": "d2#f-158", "accounts_receivable_net": "d2#f-160", "inventories": "d2#f-162", "other_current_assets": "d2#f-164", "total_current_assets": "d2#f-166", "property_plant_and_equipment_net": "d2#f-168", "goodwill": "d2#f-170", "other_intangible_assets_net": "d2#f-172", "operating_lease_assets": "d2#f-174", "other_assets": "d2#f-176", "total_assets": "d2#f-178", "short_term_debt": "d2#f-180", "accounts_payable": "d2#f-182", "compensation_and_benefits": "d2#f-184", "income_taxes_payable": "d2#f-186", "other_current_liabilities": "d2#f-188", "total_current_liabilities": "d2#f-190", "long_term_debt": "d2#f-192", "pension_and_postretirement_benefits": "d2#f-194", "deferred_income_taxes": "d2#f-196", "operating_lease_liabilities": "d2#f-198", "other_liabilities": "d2#f-200", "total_liabilities": "d2#f-202", "common_stock": "d2#f-206", "additional_paid_in_capital": "d2#f-208", "retained_earnings": "d2#f-210", "accumulated_other_comprehensive_loss": "d2#f-212", "treasury_stock": "d2#f-214", "total_ecolab_shareholders_equity": "d2#f-216", "noncontrolling_interest": "d2#f-218", "total_equity": "d2#f-220", "total_liabilities_and_equity": "d2#f-222", "common_shares_outstanding": "d2#f-228" }, "segments": { "net_sales": { "global_water": "d2#f-1584", "global_institutional_and_specialty": "d2#f-1588", "global_pest_elimination": "d2#f-1592", "global_life_sciences": "d2#f-1596", "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": "d2#f-1604", "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": "d2#f-1609", "consolidated_reported_gaap": "d2#f-1611" }, "operating_income": { "global_water": "d2#f-1587", "global_institutional_and_specialty": "d2#f-1591", "global_pest_elimination": "d2#f-1595", "global_life_sciences": "d2#f-1599", "corporate": "d2#f-1603", "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": "d2#f-1608", "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": "d2#f-966", "consolidated_reported_gaap": "d2#f-1612" } } }, { "period_end": "2025-09-30", "income_statement": { "product_and_equipment_sales": "d2#f-31", "service_and_lease_sales": "d2#f-35", "net_sales": "d2#f-39", "product_and_equipment_cost_of_sales": "d2#f-43", "service_and_lease_cost_of_sales": "d2#f-47", "cost_of_sales": "d2#f-51", "selling_general_and_administrative_expenses": "d2#f-55", "special_gains_and_charges": "d2#f-59", "operating_income": "d2#f-63", "other_income_expense": "d2#f-67", "interest_expense_net": "d2#f-71", "income_before_income_taxes": "d2#f-75", "provision_for_income_taxes": "d2#f-79", "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": "d2#f-83", "net_income_attributable_to_noncontrolling_interest": "d2#f-87", "net_income_attributable_to_ecolab": "d2#f-91", "basic_eps": "d2#f-95", "diluted_eps": "d2#f-99", "basic_shares": "d2#f-103", "diluted_shares": "d2#f-107", "dividends_declared_per_share": "d2#f-446" }, "segments": { "net_sales": { "global_water": "d2#f-1613", "global_institutional_and_specialty": "d2#f-1617", "global_pest_elimination": "d2#f-1621", "global_life_sciences": "d2#f-1625", "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": "d2#f-1633", "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": "d2#f-1638", "consolidated_reported_gaap": "d2#f-1640" }, "operating_income": { "global_water": "d2#f-1616", "global_institutional_and_specialty": "d2#f-1620", "global_pest_elimination": "d2#f-1624", "global_life_sciences": "d2#f-1628", "corporate": "d2#f-1632", "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": "d2#f-1637", "consolidated_reported_gaap": "d2#f-1641" } } } ], "year_to_date": { "income_statement": { "net_sales": "d2#f-40", "product_and_equipment_sales": "d2#f-32", "service_and_lease_sales": "d2#f-36", "product_and_equipment_cost_of_sales": "d2#f-44", "service_and_lease_cost_of_sales": "d2#f-48", "cost_of_sales": "d2#f-52", "selling_general_and_administrative_expenses": "d2#f-56", "special_gains_and_charges": "d2#f-60", "operating_income": "d2#f-64", "other_income_expense": "d2#f-68", "interest_expense_net": "d2#f-72", "income_before_income_taxes": "d2#f-76", "provision_for_income_taxes": "d2#f-80", "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": "d2#f-84", "net_income_attributable_to_noncontrolling_interest": "d2#f-88", "net_income_attributable_to_ecolab": "d2#f-92", "basic_eps": "d2#f-96", "diluted_eps": "d2#f-100", "basic_shares": "d2#f-104", "diluted_shares": "d2#f-108", "dividends_declared_per_share": "d2#f-447" }, "cash_flow": { "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": "d2#f-231", "depreciation": "d2#f-233", "amortization": "d2#f-235", "share_based_compensation_expense": "d2#f-239", "operating_cash_flow": "d2#f-261", "capital_expenditures": "d2#f-263", "acquisitions_and_investments_net_of_cash_acquired": "d2#f-267", "investing_cash_flow": "d2#f-273", "net_commercial_paper_and_notes_payable_issuances_repayments": "d2#f-275", "reacquired_shares": "d2#f-281", "dividends_paid": "d2#f-283", "exercise_of_employee_stock_options": "d2#f-285", "financing_cash_flow": "d2#f-291", "cash_and_cash_equivalents_end_of_period": "d2#f-158", "long_term_debt_borrowings": "d2#f-277" }, "segments": { "net_sales": { "global_water": "d2#f-1642", "global_institutional_and_specialty": "d2#f-1646", "global_pest_elimination": "d2#f-1650", "global_life_sciences": "d2#f-1654", "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": "d2#f-1662", "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": "d2#f-1667", "consolidated_reported_gaap": "d2#f-1669" }, "operating_income": { "global_water": "d2#f-1645", "global_institutional_and_specialty": "d2#f-1649", "global_pest_elimination": "d2#f-1653", "global_life_sciences": "d2#f-1657", "corporate": "d2#f-1661", "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": "d2#f-1666", "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": "d2#f-966", "consolidated_reported_gaap": "d2#f-1670" } }, "prior_year_comparative": { "income_statement": { "net_sales": "d2#f-41", "product_and_equipment_sales": "d2#f-33", "service_and_lease_sales": "d2#f-37", "product_and_equipment_cost_of_sales": "d2#f-45", "service_and_lease_cost_of_sales": "d2#f-49", "cost_of_sales": "d2#f-53", "selling_general_and_administrative_expenses": "d2#f-57", "special_gains_and_charges": "d2#f-61", "operating_income": "d2#f-65", "other_income_expense": "d2#f-69", "interest_expense_net": "d2#f-73", "income_before_income_taxes": "d2#f-77", "provision_for_income_taxes": "d2#f-81", "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": "d2#f-85", "net_income_attributable_to_noncontrolling_interest": "d2#f-89", "net_income_attributable_to_ecolab": "d2#f-93", "basic_eps": "d2#f-97", "diluted_eps": "d2#f-101", "basic_shares": "d2#f-105", "diluted_shares": "d2#f-109", "dividends_declared_per_share": "d2#f-448" }, "cash_flow": { "net_income_including_noncontrolling_interest": "d2#f-232", "depreciation": "d2#f-234", "amortization": "d2#f-236", "share_based_compensation_expense": "d2#f-240", "operating_cash_flow": "d2#f-262", "capital_expenditures": "d2#f-264", "acquisitions_and_investments_net_of_cash_acquired": "d2#f-268", "investing_cash_flow": "d2#f-274", "net_commercial_paper_and_notes_payable_issuances_repayments": "d2#f-276", "reacquired_shares": "d2#f-282", "dividends_paid": "d2#f-284", "exercise_of_employee_stock_options": "d2#f-286", "financing_cash_flow": "d2#f-292", "cash_and_cash_equivalents_end_of_period": "d2#f-300", "long_term_debt_borrowings": "d2#f-278", "long_term_debt_repayments": "d2#f-280" }, "segments": { "net_sales": { "global_water": "d2#f-1671", "global_institutional_and_specialty": "d2#f-1675", "global_pest_elimination": "d2#f-1679", "global_life_sciences": "d2#f-1683", "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": "d2#f-1691", "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": "d2#f-1696", "consolidated_reported_gaap": "d2#f-1698" }, "operating_income": { "global_water": "d2#f-1674", "global_institutional_and_specialty": "d2#f-1678", "global_pest_elimination": "d2#f-1682", "global_life_sciences": "d2#f-1686", "corporate": "d2#f-1690", "subtotal_at_fixed_currency_rates": "d2#f-1695", "effect_of_foreign_currency_translation": "d2#f-1697", "consolidated_reported_gaap": "d2#f-1699" } } } } } }