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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000842633-22-000082"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TRS"
cik: "0000842633"
company_name: "TRIMAS CORP"
filed_at: "2022-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T00:34:10.628493+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TriMas Q3 revenue down 1.7%, EPS $0.32; cuts FY22 adjusted EPS guidance to $2.10-$2.18

## Summary
- Net sales $218.5M (-1.7% YoY); operating profit $21.0M vs $30.8M; reported EPS $0.32 vs $0.45; adjusted EPS $0.40 vs $0.57.
- Packaging segment sales down 6%, Aerospace down 2.3%; Specialty Products up 14.5% driven by steel cylinders and power gen.
- Revised FY2022 adjusted EPS guidance to $2.10-$2.18, sales growth 3%-5% YoY, FCF >80% of net income.
- Repurchased 1.0M shares for $30M in first 9 months; net debt $314.2M, leverage 2.0x, cash $80.3M.
- Recorded $4.8M pre-tax gain from property divestiture; $26M cash proceeds from cross-currency swaps settlement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000842633-22-000082
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TRS
- cik: 0000842633
- company_name: TRIMAS CORP
- filed_at: 2022-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842633/000084263322000082/0000842633-22-000082-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842633/000084263322000082/trs-20221027.htm

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