---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001005229-23-000229"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMCO"
cik: "0001005229"
company_name: "COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP"
filed_at: "2023-08-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T10:56:45.286302+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Columbus McKinnon Q1 FY2024 sales up 7% to $235.5M; record backlog $355.3M

## Summary
- Adjusted EPS $0.62 vs $0.69 prior year; GAAP EPS $0.32 vs $0.29.
- Record backlog $355.3M includes $23.4M from montratec; orders $257M with book-to-bill 1.1x.
- Gross margin 36.8% expanded 90 bps sequentially; Q2 FY2024 sales guidance $250-260M.
- Paid down $10M in debt; target net debt leverage ratio below 2.5x by fiscal year-end.
- montratec acquisition contributed $2.7M in sales in first month of ownership.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001005229-23-000229
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMCO
- cik: 0001005229
- company_name: COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP
- filed_at: 2023-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005229/000100522923000229/0001005229-23-000229-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005229/000100522923000229/cmco-20230802.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP reported first quarter, which ended June 30, 2023 results: revenue $235.5 million, net income $9.3 million, EPS $0.32. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: first quarter, which ended June 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $235.5 million
  - Net income: $9.3 million
  - EPS: $0.32
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Sales of $235.5 million for first quarter fiscal 2024 increased 7%
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005229/000100522923000229/0001005229-23-000229-index.htm

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