---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000095953-26-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACNT"
cik: "0000095953"
company_name: "ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO."
filed_at: "2026-03-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T22:28:53.581983+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ascent Industries Q4 net loss $1.0M, FY25 gross margin expands to 23.0%

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $18.8M (+3.9% YoY); gross profit $3.4M (-2.9%); net loss $1.0M vs net income $0.2M.
- Diluted EPS -$0.11 (Q4) vs +$0.01 prior year; full-year diluted EPS -$0.58 improved from -$1.24.
- Full-year gross profit $17.2M (+61%); margin 23.0% vs 13.2% in 2024; adjusted EBITDA improved to -$0.6M from -$4.7M.
- Completed divestitures of BRISMET and ASTI in 2025; now a pure specialty chemicals platform.
- Cash $57.6M, no debt; repurchased 745,524 shares in FY25 for $9.2M at avg $12.26/share.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000095953-26-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACNT
- cik: 0000095953
- company_name: ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO.
- filed_at: 2026-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595326000038/0000095953-26-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595326000038/acnt-20260303.htm

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