---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000097134-24-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TNC"
cik: "0000097134"
company_name: "TENNANT CO"
filed_at: "2024-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T07:55:02.115631+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tennant Q3 net sales $315.8M (+3.6%), adj. EPS $1.39 (+3.7%); dividend raised 5.4%

## Summary
- GAAP diluted EPS $1.09 (-9.9% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $1.39 (+3.7% YoY).
- Net sales $315.8M, organic growth 2.7% led by Americas (+4.6%) offset by EMEA/APAC declines.
- Quarterly dividend raised 5.4% to $0.295/share; 53rd consecutive annual increase.
- Reaffirmed FY2024 guidance: net sales $1.28-1.305B, adj. EPS $6.15-6.55, adj. EBITDA $205-215M.
- Adjusted EBITDA $47.9M (+4.4%); margin 15.2% vs 15.1% YoY; operating cash flow $30.7M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000097134-24-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TNC
- cik: 0000097134
- company_name: TENNANT CO
- filed_at: 2024-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97134/000009713424000034/0000097134-24-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97134/000009713424000034/tnc-20241031.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000097134-24-000034.txt

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