---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-064564"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HLIO"
cik: "0001024795"
company_name: "HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC."
filed_at: "2025-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T10:29:28.365336+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Helios beats Q1 estimates on $195.5M sales; adjusted EPS $0.44, debt reduced 15% YoY

## Summary
- Net sales $195.5M, down 8% YoY but up 9% sequentially from Q4 2024.
- Diluted GAAP EPS $0.22; adjusted EPS $0.44, up 33% sequentially.
- Operating income $17.0M, margin 8.7%; adjusted op. margin 13.4%.
- Reduced total debt $75.7M YoY (15%); net debt/EBITDA leverage 2.7x vs 3.1x prior year.
- Generated $19.0M cash from ops, up 7% YoY; inventory down 11% across businesses.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-064564
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HLIO
- cik: 0001024795
- company_name: HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/1024795/000095017025064564/0000950170-25-064564-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024795/000095017025064564/hlio-20250506.htm

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