---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000095953-23-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACNT"
cik: "0000095953"
company_name: "ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO."
filed_at: "2023-03-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T08:48:21.090225+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ascent Industries Q4 net sales down 14.7%, adjusted EBITDA negative $2.0M; Munhall facility weighs

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $81.6M (-14.7% YoY); gross profit $1.6M (-92%); net income $0.1M (-98.4%).
- Q4 diluted EPS $0.01 vs $0.84; adjusted EBITDA -$2.0M vs $14.9M.
- Full year net sales $414.1M (+23.7%); net income $22.1M (+9%); adjusted EBITDA $36.0M (-18.7%).
- Munhall facility generated Q4 net loss of $8.9M and negative $7.4M adjusted EBITDA; galvanized production ceased.
- Ascent Chemicals segment Q4 net sales up 7% to $23.5M; full year adjusted EBITDA up 80% to $11.8M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000095953-23-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACNT
- cik: 0000095953
- company_name: ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO.
- filed_at: 2023-03-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595323000006/0000095953-23-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595323000006/acnt-20230331.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000095953-23-000006
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000095953-23-000006.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000095953-23-000006.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. reported financial results for fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022.
  - Period: fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On March 31, 2023, Ascent Industries Co ("the Company") issued a press release announcing financial information for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595323000006/0000095953-23-000006-index.htm

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