---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000063296-24-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MATW"
cik: "0000063296"
company_name: "MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T23:28:42.513334+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Matthews Q2 FY2024 sales $471.2M, GAAP EPS $0.29, adj EPS $0.69; FY2024 EBITDA guidance ~$220M

## Summary
- Net sales $471.2M, down 1.7% YoY; net income $9.0M, flat vs. $9.1M a year ago.
- Non-GAAP adjusted EPS $0.69, up 6.2% from $0.65; adjusted EBITDA $56.8M vs. $58.4M.
- Outstanding debt reduced by $19.6M; net debt down $27.2M; bond refinancing (Dec 2025 maturity) expected before fiscal year-end.
- FY2024 adjusted EBITDA projected ~$220M, impacted by customer delays in energy storage; shipments now extending into mid-FY2025.
- SGK Brand Solutions sales and adjusted EBITDA higher YoY; Memorialization sales flat despite lower death rates.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000063296-24-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MATW
- cik: 0000063296
- company_name: MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329624000044/0000063296-24-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329624000044/matw-20240502.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063296-24-000044
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063296-24-000044.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP reported second quarter of fiscal 2024 results: revenue $471.2, net income $9.0, EPS $0.29. Guidance lowered.
  - Period: second quarter of fiscal 2024
  - Revenue: $471.2
  - Net income: $9.0
  - EPS: $0.29
  - Guidance: lowered
  - Result: reported results
  source text: late stages of order development. ” Second Quarter Fiscal 2024 Consolidated Results (Unaudited) ($ in millions, except per share data) Q2 FY2024 Q2 FY2023 Change % Change Sales $ 471.2 $ 479.6 $ (8.4) (1.7) % Net income attributable to Matthews $ 9.0 $ 9.1 $ (0.1) (1.1) % Diluted earnings per share $ 0.29 $ 0.29 $ 0.00 0.0 % Non-GAAP adjusted net income $ 21.8 $
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329624000044/0000063296-24-000044-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.