Ecolab Confirms First Quarter Guidance

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ecolab Inc. confirmed today its first quarter 2020 adjusted diluted earnings per share guidance range of $1.05 to $1.13, an increase of 2% to 10% compared with $1.03 earned a year ago, with this forecast including an estimated unfavorable $0.05 per share impact from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ecolab also expects that the slowdown in business activity in its end markets, particularly its restaurant and lodging customers, as a result of COVID-19 will n