---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000055529-22-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KEQU"
cik: "0000055529"
company_name: "KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2022-09-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T13:15:06.388853+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kewaunee Scientific Q1 FY2023 net loss narrows to $0.27/share; sales up 27% YoY

## Summary
- Sales $50.1M, up 26.9% YoY from $39.5M; net loss of $747K vs $1.35M loss a year earlier.
- Diluted EPS loss $0.27 vs loss $0.48; EBITDA improved to $275K from -$342K.
- Order backlog $174M, a record for fourth time in five quarters, up from $120.6M a year ago.
- Domestic segment swung to net income of $98K from loss; International net income rose to $687K.
- Cash $21.5M; no short-term debt; long-term debt $29.5M; debt-to-equity 1.09-to-1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000055529-22-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KEQU
- cik: 0000055529
- company_name: KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2022-09-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55529/000005552922000014/0000055529-22-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55529/000005552922000014/kequ-20220908.htm

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