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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000055529-25-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KEQU"
cik: "0000055529"
company_name: "KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2025-09-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T07:10:31.533369+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kewaunee Scientific Q1 sales up 47%; EPS $1.04; backlog $205M; expects FY EBITDA increase

## Summary
- Sales $71.1M (+46.9% YoY); diluted EPS $1.04 vs $0.74; net earnings $3.09M.
- Domestic sales $54.4M (+53%) driven by Nu Aire acquisition and improved productivity.
- Backlog $205M near historical highs; CEO warns of uneven quarterly performance ahead.
- Expects better unadjusted EBITDA in FY2026 vs FY2025 despite strategic investments.
- Corporate segment pre-tax loss $3.1M due to SOX 404(b) compliance and growth investments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000055529-25-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KEQU
- cik: 0000055529
- company_name: KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2025-09-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55529/000005552925000033/0000055529-25-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55529/000005552925000033/kequ-20250910.htm

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