secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     TITAN INTERNATIONAL INC (TWI)
CIK:        0000899751
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-10-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000899751-24-000093
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Titan Q3 sales up 12% to $448M on Carlstar; op income drops to $2.8M; Q4 adj. EBITDA guidance $0-10M
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- Net sales $448M vs $401.8M YoY (+12%); Ag segment down 18%, Earthmover down 12%, Consumer up 303% on Carlstar.
- Income from operations $2.8M vs $27.0M; adjusted EBITDA $20M; gross margin 13.1% vs 16.4%.
- Free cash flow $42M; net debt reduced to $291M from $326M; repurchased 1.05M shares for $8.3M in Q3.
- Q4 2024 outlook: sales $375-425M, adj. EBITDA breakeven to $10M, free cash flow near breakeven.
- Headcount cut ~15% from 2022 peak; Carlstar integration on track; LSW and new VPO technology highlighted.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/899751/000089975124000093/0000899751-24-000093-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/899751/000089975124000093/twi-20241030.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000899751-24-000093

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