---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000097134-23-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TNC"
cik: "0000097134"
company_name: "TENNANT CO"
filed_at: "2023-02-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T03:56:42.470891+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tennant Q4 net sales $291M (+5.3% YoY); FY 2022 adj. EPS $4.10; guides FY 2023 adj. EPS $3.70-$4.50

## Summary
- Full year 2022 net sales $1,092.2M (+0.1% YoY, organic +4.2%); net income $66.3M ($3.55 diluted EPS).
- Q4 2022 net sales $291.0M (+5.3% YoY, organic +9.7%); net income $23.8M ($1.27 diluted EPS).
- Adjusted diluted EPS: FY 2022 $4.10 (down 8.2% YoY); Q4 2022 $1.46 (up 101.5% YoY).
- FY 2023 guidance: net sales $1,115-$1,155M (organic +3-7%); adjusted diluted EPS $3.70-$4.50; adjusted EBITDA $140-$160M.
- Quarterly dividend $0.265/share, payable March 15, 2023; FY 2022 operating cash flow -$25.1M, Q4 generated $13.7M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000097134-23-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TNC
- cik: 0000097134
- company_name: TENNANT CO
- filed_at: 2023-02-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/97134/000009713423000015/0000097134-23-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97134/000009713423000015/tnc-20230223.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000097134-23-000015.txt

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