---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000897077-24-000062"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALG"
cik: "0000897077"
company_name: "ALAMO GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T01:34:11.538699+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alamo Group reports record Q1 sales but EPS down; Industrial Equipment surges, Vegetation Management weak

## Summary
- Record Q1 net sales $425.6M (+3.4% YoY); EPS $2.67 vs $2.79 prior year.
- Industrial Equipment sales $201.8M (+29.9%); Vegetation Management sales $223.7M (-12.7%).
- Operating income $47.0M (11.0% margin); backlog $831.3M.
- Industrial Equipment order bookings up 25% YoY; Vegetation Management initiating capacity reduction actions.
- Guidance more cautious for 2024 due to uncertain rate environment; Vegetation Management headwinds expected to persist.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000897077-24-000062
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALG
- cik: 0000897077
- company_name: ALAMO GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/897077/000089707724000062/0000897077-24-000062-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/897077/000089707724000062/alg-20240502.htm

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