Valued at a market cap of $69.1 billion, Saint Paul, Minnesota-based Ecolab Inc. (ECL) provides water, hygiene, and energy technologies and services, promoting safe food, clean environments, and efficient water and energy use. Serving global markets in food, energy, healthcare, industrial, and hospitality sectors, Ecolab operates through Global Industrial; Global Institutional & Specialty; Global Healthcare & Life Sciences; and Other segments. It is all set to unveil its fiscal Q2 earnings results before the market opens on Tuesday, Jul. 30.
Ahead of this event, analysts expect ECL to report a profit of $1.66 per share, up 33.9% from $1.24 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company has surpassed Wall Street's bottom-line estimates in each of the last four quarters.
