secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORP /DE/ (KEQU)
CIK:        0000055529
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-06-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000055529-25-000022
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Kewaunee Scientific Q4 sales up 36% to $77.1M; EPS $1.63, backlog $214.6M
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- Q4 sales $77.1M, +36% YoY; pre-tax earnings $7.1M vs $1.3M prior year quarter (which included non-recurring pension charge).
- Diluted EPS $1.63; prior-year Q4 GAAP EPS $3.71 included $10.5M tax benefits; adjusted prior-year EPS was $1.55.
- EBITDA $9.7M vs $2.3M prior year (adjusted prior-year EBITDA $6.3M).
- Order backlog $214.6M at April 30, 2025, up 38% from $155.6M a year ago; slight sequential decline from $221.6M.
- GAAP net earnings $4.9M vs $11.0M prior year due to non-recurring pension and tax items; core operations improved.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55529/000005552925000022/0000055529-25-000022-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55529/000005552925000022/kequ-20250625.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000055529-25-000022

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