---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001005229-24-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMCO"
cik: "0001005229"
company_name: "COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP"
filed_at: "2024-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T12:37:49.165930+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Columbus McKinnon Q3 sales up 10% to $254M; operating income up 33%

## Summary
- Net sales $254.1M (+10% YoY); operating income $26.9M (+33%).
- Adjusted gross margin 37.2% (+160 bps); gross margin 36.9% (+130 bps).
- Orders increased 8% overall; precision conveyance orders up 23%.
- Nine-month operating cash flow $28.6M, up 69% YoY.
- Completed Mexico manufacturing center of excellence for growth capacity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001005229-24-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMCO
- cik: 0001005229
- company_name: COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP
- filed_at: 2024-01-31T23:59:59+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/1005229/000100522924000012/0001005229-24-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005229/000100522924000012/cmco-20240131.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP reported third quarter ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $254.1 million.
  - Period: third quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $254.1 million
  - Result: reported results
  source text: noted) • Orders increased 8% demonstrating continued progress with growth initiatives and included a 23% increase in precision conveyance orders • Net sales increased 10% to $254.1 million primarily driven by strength across all product platforms led by precision conveyance • Gross margin expanded 130 basis points to 36.9%; Adjusted Gross Margin 1 expanded 160
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005229/000100522924000012/0001005229-24-000012-index.htm

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