---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000063296-25-000068"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MATW"
cik: "0000063296"
company_name: "MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP"
filed_at: "2025-11-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T17:46:27.209270+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Matthews Q4 sales $318.8M, FY sales $1.5B; guides FY26 adj EBITDA ≥$180M

## Summary
- Q4 consolidated sales $318.8M; fiscal 2025 sales $1.50B. Memorialization up YoY; Industrial Tech down on Tesla litigation.
- Fiscal 2026 adjusted EBITDA target at least $180M (incl. 40% of Propelis); FY25 adj EBITDA approx $200M.
- Pending warehouse automation sale expected to reduce net leverage below 3.0x; proceeds for debt reduction.
- Propelis Q3 adj EBITDA ~$32.2M; Matthews' 40% share = $12.9M.
- Strategic alternatives review ongoing; annual dividend increased in FY25.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000063296-25-000068
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MATW
- cik: 0000063296
- company_name: MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP
- filed_at: 2025-11-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329625000068/0000063296-25-000068-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329625000068/matw-20251120.htm

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