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ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ecolab Inc., a global sustainability leader offering water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions, continues to grow fast by growing its impact and team while creating substantial customer value. Released today, Ecolab's 2024 Growth & Impact Report documents the company's performance and ongoing progress toward its 2030 Positive Impact ambitions, including a newly included impact of cumulative total value delivered through the company's services and s.

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The board of directors of Ecolab Inc. has appointed Marion Gross, previously Executive Vice President and Global Chief Supply Chain Officer at McDonalds, to the Ecolab board as an independent director and member of the Compensation & Human Capital Management Committee and the Safety, Health & Environment Committee, effective May 7, 2025. Following her appointment, Ms. Gross was elected to the board at today's Ecolab Annual Meeting of Stockholders. “I am.

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ecolab Inc. announced today at its annual meeting of stockholders that the slate of thirteen director nominees named in the company's proxy statement was elected for a one-year term ending at its annual meeting of stockholders in May 2026. In other business during today's meeting, stockholders approved on an advisory basis the compensation of the named executive officers disclosed in the company's proxy statement, ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoop.

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The board of directors of Ecolab Inc. today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.65 per common share, to be paid July 15, 2025, to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 17, 2025. Ecolab has paid cash dividends on its common stock for 88 consecutive years. About Ecolab A trusted partner for millions of customers, Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) is a global sustainability leader offering water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and servic.

I reiterate a Sell rating on Ecolab Inc., citing overvaluation despite 3% organic revenue growth and margin improvements, with a fair value of $206 per share. Ecolab's local-for-local strategy and pricing power effectively mitigate tariff impacts, but softness in heavy industrial markets will persist into FY25. Ecolab's focus on digital technology and productivity improvements is expected to drive margin expansion, with projected 12-15% adjusted EPS growth in FY25.

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ecolab will host a live webcast of its annual meeting of stockholders. As indicated in our proxy statement, the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be a virtual-only meeting. Details for the public webcast are as follows: TIME: 12:30 p.m. Central Time     DATE: Thursday, May 8, 2025     DURATION: Approximately 30 minutes     LOCATION: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ECL2025     ARCHIVE: A replay of the webcast will be available 24 hours after the end of.

Despite a strong start, the Dividend Aristocrats are underperforming the S&P 500 in April, with NOBL down 4.88% and SPY down 1.53%. The best-performing Dividend Aristocrats YTD include Consolidated Edison (+25.65%), Cardinal Health (+17.82%), and Coca-Cola (+16.18%). 33 out of 69 Dividend Aristocrats have announced dividend increases in 2025, with an average growth rate of 4.33%.

Ecolab, Inc. (NYSE:ECL ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call April 29, 2025 1:00 PM ET Company Participants Andy Hedberg - VP, IR Christophe Beck - Chairman & CEO Scott Kirkland - CFO Conference Call Participants Luke McFadden - William Blair Manav Patnaik - Barclays Ashish Sabadra - RBC Capital Markets John McNulty - BMO Capital Markets David Begleiter - Deutsche Bank Vincent Andrews - Morgan Stanley Patrick Cunningham - Citi Chris Parkinson - Wolfe Research Shlomo Rosenbaum - Stifel John Roberts - Mizuho Steve Byrne - Bank of America Michael Harrison - Seaport Research Jeff Zekauskas - JPMorgan Laurence Alexander - Jefferies Jason Hass - Wells Fargo Josh Spector - UBS Kevin McCarthy - Vertical Research Partners Andy Wittmann - Robert W. Baird Andres Castanos - Berenberg Operator Greetings.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Ecolab (ECL) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended March 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Ecolab (ECL) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.50 per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. This compares to earnings of $1.34 per share a year ago.