secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. (ACNT)
CIK:        0000095953
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000095953-25-000004
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ascent Industries Q4 net income $0.1M vs loss $7.5M; full-year adj EBITDA $4.0M, debt-free
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- Q4 net sales $40.7M (down 1.3% YoY); gross profit $7.3M vs $(2.1)M; EPS $0.01 vs $(0.73).
- Full year net sales $177.9M (down 7.9%); net loss $11.2M vs $34.2M; adj EBITDA $4.0M vs $(15.9)M.
- Cash $16.1M, zero debt, $47.4M revolver availability; generated ~$15M free cash flow in 2024.
- Tubular segment adj EBITDA swung to $2.3M (Q4) from $(3.1)M; Chemicals adj EBITDA $3.4M from $(0.4)M.
- Repurchased 101,263 shares at avg $10.21 in 2024 for ~$1.0M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595325000004/0000095953-25-000004-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595325000004/acnt-20250304.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000095953-25-000004

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