---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000833444-23-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JCI"
cik: "0000833444"
company_name: "Johnson Controls International plc"
filed_at: "2023-12-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T14:30:44.037408+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Johnson Controls Q4 adj EPS $1.05 (+6% YoY), sales $6.9B; initiates FY24 guidance

## Summary
- Q4 GAAP EPS $0.80, adjusted EPS $1.05 (up 6% YoY, includes $0.04 cyber headwind); FY adj EPS $3.50 (up 17% YoY).
- Q4 sales $6.9B, up 3% reported and 2% organically; FY sales up 6% reported, 8% organically.
- Record backlog of $12.1B, up 9% organically YoY; Q4 orders grew 9% organically.
- Company initiates FY24 guidance (specific numbers not disclosed in release excerpt).
- GAAP net income $549M; adjusted net income $719M (+5%); adjusted EBIT margin 13.6% (flat YoY).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000833444-23-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JCI
- cik: 0000833444
- company_name: Johnson Controls International plc
- filed_at: 2023-12-12T23:59:59+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/833444/000083344423000044/0000833444-23-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344423000044/jci-20231212.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000833444-23-000044.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Johnson Controls International plc reported financial results for the three months and fiscal year ended September 30, 2023.
  - Period: the three months and fiscal year ended September 30, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On December 12, 2023, Johnson Controls International plc (the "Company") issued a press release containing information about the Company’s results of operations for the three months and fiscal year ended September 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344423000044/0000833444-23-000044-index.htm

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