---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000850429-23-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TG"
cik: "0000850429"
company_name: "TREDEGAR CORP"
filed_at: "2023-03-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T01:22:54.178450+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tredegar posts Q4 net loss of $3.9M; PE Films EBITDA turns negative

## Summary
- Q4 2022 net loss from continuing ops $3.9M ($0.11 loss per share) vs income $21.4M ($0.63) in Q4 2021.
- Full year 2022 net income $28.4M ($0.84/share) vs $57.9M ($1.72) in 2021; ongoing ops flat at $1.17 vs $1.18.
- PE Films segment EBITDA from ongoing ops negative $2.6M in Q4, down $9.3M YoY; volume fell 40.2%.
- Aluminum Extrusions Q4 EBITDA $8.9M, down $2.0M YoY; volume down 16.5%; open orders declining.
- Management expects return to profitability in Q1 2023; PE Films weakness to persist through H1 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000850429-23-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TG
- cik: 0000850429
- company_name: TREDEGAR CORP
- filed_at: 2023-03-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/850429/000085042923000005/0000850429-23-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/850429/000085042923000005/tg-20230316.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000850429-23-000005.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  TREDEGAR CORP reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022.
  - Period: the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On March 16, 2023 , Tredegar Corporation announced its results of operations for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/850429/000085042923000005/0000850429-23-000005-index.htm

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