---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-008787"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AP"
cik: "0000006176"
company_name: "AMPCO PITTSBURGH CORP"
filed_at: "2023-03-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T23:19:20.181003+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ampco-Pittsburgh reports full-year EPS $0.18, sales up 13%; backlog up 26%

## Summary
- FY 2022 net income $3.4M ($0.18/diluted share) vs net loss $3.9M ($0.20 loss) in 2021.
- Q4 2022 sales $93.5M (+11% YoY); full-year sales $390.2M (+13% YoY).
- Backlog at Dec 31, 2022 up 26% vs prior year and 11% vs prior quarter.
- Non-cash asbestos benefit of $2.2M pre-tax in Q4 2022 (vs $6.7M charge in Q4 2021).
- Changed inventory method from LIFO to FIFO; cumulative retained deficit reduced by $11.5M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-008787
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AP
- cik: 0000006176
- company_name: AMPCO PITTSBURGH CORP
- filed_at: 2023-03-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6176/000095017023008787/0000950170-23-008787-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6176/000095017023008787/ap-20230320.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  AMPCO PITTSBURGH CORP reported financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2022.
  - Period: the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On March 20, 2023, Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation issued a press release announcing its results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6176/000095017023008787/0000950170-23-008787-index.htm

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