---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-066967"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTUS"
cik: "0001598428"
company_name: "Metallus Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T04:29:18.461805+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Metallus Q1 net sales $280.5M (+17% seq), net income $1.3M, adj EBITDA $17.7M; orders backlog up ~50% YoY

## Summary
- Net sales $280.5M (+17% seq, -13% YoY); net income $1.3M ($0.03 EPS) vs Q1 2024 net income $24.0M ($0.52).
- Adjusted EBITDA $17.7M vs $8.3M in Q4 2024 and $43.4M in Q1 2024.
- Ship tons 152,900 (+17% seq); melt utilization 65% (up from 56% seq). Backlog up ~50% YoY.
- Cash $180.3M, total liquidity $432.0M; repurchased 395k shares for $5.6M; received $11.9M from U.S. Army funding.
- Q2 2025 outlook: adjusted EBITDA expected higher than Q1; shipments modestly increase; capex ~$125M for year; convertible notes $5.5M to settle in Q2.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-066967
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTUS
- cik: 0001598428
- company_name: Metallus Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598428/000095017025066967/0000950170-25-066967-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598428/000095017025066967/mtus-20250508.htm

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