Ecolab, Inc. (ECL) Q4 2024 Earnings Call

Ecolab, Inc. (NYSE:ECL) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call February 11, 2025 1:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Andy Hedberg - VP, IR
Christophe Beck - Chairman & CEO
Scott Kirkland - CFO

Conference Call Participants

Tim Mulrooney - William Blair Scott
Manav Patnaik - Barclays
Ashish Sabadra - RBC Capital Markets
John McNulty - BMO Capital Markets
Jason Hass - Wells Fargo
Rachel De Leon - Citigroup
Vincent Andrews - Morgan Stanley
John Roberts - Mizuho Securities
Shlomo Rosenbaum - Stifel.
Steve Byrne - Bank of America
David Begleiter - Deutsche Bank
Jeff Zekauskas - JPMorgan
Laurence Alexander - Jefferies
Chris Parkinson - Wolfe Research
Kevin McCarthy - Vertical Research Partners
Justin Hauke - Baird
Michael Harrison - Seaport Research Partners
Scott Schneeberger - Oppenheimer

Operator

Greetings, and welcome to the Ecolab's Fourth Quarter 2024 Earnings Release Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.

At this time, it's now my pleasure to introduce your host, Andy Hedberg, Vice President, Investor Relations. Thank you Mr. Hedberg, you may now begin.

Andy Hedberg

Thank you, and hello, everyone, and welcome to Ecolab's fourth quarter conference call. With me today are Christophe Beck, Ecolab's Chairman and CEO; and Scott Kirkland, our CFO. A discussion of our results, along with our earnings release and the slides referencing the quarter results are available on Ecolab's website at ecolab.com/investor. Please take a moment to read the cautionary statements in these materials, which state that this teleconference and the associated supplemental materials include estimates of future performance.

These are forward-looking statements, and actual results could differ materially from those projected. Factors that could cause actual results to differ are described under the Risk Factors section in our most recent Form 10-K and in our posted materials. We also refer you to the supplemental diluted earnings per