---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000063296-26-000074"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MATW"
cik: "0000063296"
company_name: "MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-08-07T12:33:48+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-07T12:35:12.902445+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Matthews cuts FY26 adjusted EBITDA guidance to $158-162M; Q3 sales rise but segments weak

## Summary
- Q3 FY26: Memorialization sales higher; Product Identification +5%; $25M cash from Propelis preferred redemption.
- Debt reduced $12M in Q3, $144M YTD; $10M annualized restructuring savings in European Engineering.
- Revised FY26 adjusted EBITDA guidance to $158-162M (incl. 40% of Propelis), citing energy storage delays, Tesla dispute.
- $5M shortfall from Propelis synergy timing; input cost inflation pressures Memorialization margins.
- Strategic review ongoing; divested SGK (2025) and warehouse automation/European packaging (Q1 2026).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000063296-26-000074
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MATW
- cik: 0000063296
- company_name: MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-08-07T12:33:48+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329626000074/0000063296-26-000074-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329626000074/matw-20260806.htm

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