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Ecolab
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
What Ecolab is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $16.8 billion, up 7.1% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $1.87 billion, up 19% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $1.18 billion, up 12% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.78 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $1.05 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (July 28, 2026): sentiment 0.80 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.90 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 1 outlook figure raised, 1 lowered, 1 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed February 23, 2026): 1 risk factor added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $6.2 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 1,719 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+12 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 15 (19 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Risk events (12 months): 4 — latest OSHA inspection, Jul 16, 2026 →
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Ecolab is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Steady · Confident
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Steady
- Capital spending54th pct
- Debt raised85th pct
- Buybacks vs capex26th pct
- Hiring filings32nd pct
- Deals and private raises47th pct
- Patent publications30th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Confident
- Call sentiment86th pct
- Call confidence81st pct
- Guidance changes32nd pct
- Risk factors added45th pct
- Insider open-market trades92nd pct
- + Call sentiment
- + Insider open-market trades
- + Call confidence
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver53rd pct
- Stress filings48th pct
Credit
How these are built →Ecolab's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$13.2B
- Due within a year $1.3B
- Longer term $11.9B
- Default point $7.2B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jun 30, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
$5.0B
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
| Priced | Amount | Coupon | Matures | Spread | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2026 | $1.2B | 4.600% | 2029 (3y) | +43bp | 4.614% |
| May 19, 2026 | $900M | 4.800% | 2031 (5y) | +53bp | 4.840% |
| May 19, 2026 | $1.5B | 5.150% | 2033 (7y) | +68bp | 5.167% |
| May 19, 2026 | $1.4B | 5.350% | 2036 (10y) | +73bp | 5.387% |
| Aug 18, 2025 | $500M | 5.000% | 2035 (10y) | +67bp | 5.005% |
| May 27, 2025 | $500M | 4.300% | 2028 (3y) | +42bp | 4.358% |
From the pricing term sheets Ecolab filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Ecolab: earnings call confidence
Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1
Hiring and ownership
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (ECOLAB INC.)third_quarter 2026 · $0.4 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (INVARIANT LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 16, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 13, 2026Patent
- Oct 13, 2026Patent
- Oct 13, 2026Patent
- Oct 13, 2026Patent
- Jul 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (INVARIANT LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 17, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (ECOLAB INC.)second_quarter 2026 · $0.4 million
- Jul 17, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 16, 2026Risk event
- Jul 15, 2026Risk event
- May 11, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 11, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (ECOLAB INC.)first_quarter 2026 · $0.5 million
- Apr 17, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Apr 15, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Feb 25, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 23, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 23, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Feb 10, 20268-KExit or restructuring costsItem 2.05
- Nov 13, 2025Risk eventEPA administrative case: EcolabEPA_ECHO
- Oct 28, 2025Risk event
- Aug 21, 2025Risk event
- Aug 6, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 18, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jun 11, 2025Risk eventEPA administrative case: Ecolab, Inc. (RCRA)$0.4 million
- May 9, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- May 9, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 9, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Mar 28, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Feb 21, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Feb 20, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Dec 11, 2024Risk event
- Feb 23, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
Peers
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