secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. (ACNT)
CIK:        0000095953
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-04T20:22:53+00:00
Accession:  0000095953-26-000107
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ascent Industries Q2 net sales up 37.6% YoY; net income $0.7M vs loss of $2.4M
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- Net sales $25.7M (+37.6% YoY); gross profit $5.5M (+14.0%); gross margin 21.6%.
- Net income $0.7M ($0.07 diluted EPS) vs net loss of $2.4M ($0.25 loss per share) in Q2 2025.
- Adjusted EBITDA $1.5M (5.7% margin) vs ($0.3M) in prior year; sequential improvement of $1.8M.
- Midwest Graphic Sales acquisition closed May 4, 2026; contributed $1.9M sales and $0.3M Adjusted EBITDA in first two months.
- Repurchased 209,868 shares for $2.9M at avg $13.80; cash $28.1M, no debt outstanding.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595326000107/0000095953-26-000107-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595326000107/acnt-20260804.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000095953-26-000107

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