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accession: "0000814453-25-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWL"
cik: "0000814453"
company_name: "NEWELL BRANDS INC."
filed_at: "2025-02-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T01:15:14.190489+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Newell Brands Reports Q4 2024: Gross Margin Up 430bps, Debt Refinanced, Provides FY2025 Outlook

## Summary
- Q4 2024 net sales $1.9B, down 6.1% YoY; core sales declined 3.0%.
- Reported gross margin improved to 34.2% from 29.9%; normalized gross margin 34.6% vs 31.1%.
- Full year normalized EBITDA rose to $900M from $782M; normalized diluted EPS $0.68 vs $0.67.
- Completed $1.25B debt refinancing in Q4, reducing total debt to $4.6B from $4.9B.
- Preliminary FY2025 outlook: net sales decline 4%-2%, normalized EPS $0.70-$0.76.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000814453-25-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWL
- cik: 0000814453
- company_name: NEWELL BRANDS INC.
- filed_at: 2025-02-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814453/000081445325000003/0000814453-25-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814453/000081445325000003/nwl-20250207.htm

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