---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000106640-24-000011"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WHR"
cik: "0000106640"
company_name: "WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-01-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T15:42:26.747299+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Whirlpool Q4 net sales +3.4%; FY2024 ongoing EPS guidance $13-$15 vs $16.16 in 2023

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $5.09B (+3.4% YoY), GAAP EPS $8.90, ongoing EPS $3.85; ongoing EBIT margin 5.2% (+170bps).
- FY2023 net sales $19.46B (-1.4%), GAAP EPS $8.72, ongoing EPS $16.16 (-17.7% YoY); $800M cost takeout.
- FY2024 guidance: ongoing EPS $13.00-$15.00; net sales ~$16.9B flat like-for-like; free cash flow $550-$650M.
- Expects Europe transaction with Arcelik to close by April 2024; MDA Europe deconsolidated upon close.
- Plans additional $300-$400M cost takeout and $500M debt reduction in 2024; ~$400M in dividends.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000106640-24-000011
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WHR
- cik: 0000106640
- company_name: WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-01-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106640/000010664024000011/0000106640-24-000011-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106640/000010664024000011/whr-20240129.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000106640-24-000011.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/ updated its fourth quarter and full year of 2023 guidance (initiated).
  - Period: fourth quarter and full year of 2023
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On January 29, 2024, Whirlpool Corporation issued a press release providing information regarding earnings for the fourth quarter and full year of 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106640/000010664024000011/0000106640-24-000011-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.