---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001005229-24-000281"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMCO"
cik: "0001005229"
company_name: "COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP"
filed_at: "2024-10-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T07:55:15.380380+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Columbus McKinnon Q2 GAAP EPS ($0.52) on $242M sales; orders up 16%

## Summary
- Orders increased 16% YoY with book-to-bill 1.08x; precision conveyance up 42%.
- Net sales fell 6% to $242.3M; GAAP EPS ($0.52) vs $0.55, adjusted EPS $0.70 vs $0.76.
- Non-cash pension settlement expense of $17.5M; factory closure/start-up costs $11.8M.
- Repaid $10M debt in Q2; FY25 debt repayment expected $60M; $4.9M share repurchases.
- Q3 FY25 guidance: net sales flat YoY, adjusted EPS flat; FY25 net sales flat to low-single digit growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001005229-24-000281
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMCO
- cik: 0001005229
- company_name: COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP
- filed_at: 2024-10-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/1005229/000100522924000281/0001005229-24-000281-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005229/000100522924000281/cmco-20241030.htm

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