---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001005229-25-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMCO"
cik: "0001005229"
company_name: "COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP"
filed_at: "2025-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T23:45:11.804341+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Columbus McKinnon Q3 FY25 net sales down 7.9% to $234.1M; GAAP EPS $0.14, Adj EPS $0.56; FY25 guidance lowered

## Summary
- Net sales $234.1M, down 7.9% YoY; GAAP EPS $0.14 vs $0.34; Adjusted EPS $0.56 vs $0.74.
- Orders down 4% (short-cycle -6%); EMEA orders +1%, Americas -5%; backlog $296.5M.
- Repaid $15M debt in Q3; expect $60M debt repayment for FY25; net leverage ~3.0x.
- FY25 guidance: net sales mid-single digit dec, Adj EPS low-teens dec, capex $18-22M.
- CEO cites U.S. policy uncertainty, tariffs, European weakness; cost reduction actions underway.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001005229-25-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMCO
- cik: 0001005229
- company_name: COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP
- filed_at: 2025-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005229/000100522925000012/0001005229-25-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005229/000100522925000012/cmco-20250210.htm

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