---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001062231-23-000053"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DCH"
cik: "0001062231"
company_name: "Dauch Corp"
filed_at: "2023-08-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T05:33:39.106439+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AAM Q2 sales up 9% to $1.57B but net income falls to $8.0M; guidance unchanged

## Summary
- Sales of $1.57B, up from $1.44B in Q2 2022.
- Net income $8.0M ($0.07 diluted EPS); adjusted EPS $0.12 vs $0.22 in Q2 2022.
- Adjusted EBITDA $191.6M (12.2% of sales) vs $195.1M (13.6%) in Q2 2022.
- Adjusted free cash flow $95.8M vs $114.3M in Q2 2022.
- FY 2023 guidance unchanged: sales $5.95-$6.25B, Adj. EBITDA $725-$800M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001062231-23-000053
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DCH
- cik: 0001062231
- company_name: Dauch Corp
- filed_at: 2023-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/1062231/000106223123000053/0001062231-23-000053-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000106223123000053/axl-20230804.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001062231-23-000053.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Dauch Corp reported the second quarter 2023 results: revenue $1.57 billion, net income $8.0 million, EPS $0.07. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the second quarter 2023
  - Revenue: $1.57 billion
  - Net income: $8.0 million
  - EPS: $0.07
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: AAM Reports Second Quarter 2023 Financial Results Delivers Strong Cash Flow DETROIT, August 4, 2023 -- American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (AAM), (NYSE: AXL) today reported its financial results for the second quarter 2023. Second Quarter 2023 Results • Sales of $1.57 billion • Net income of $8.0 million, or 0.5% of sales • Adjusted EBITDA of $191.6 million, or 12.2% of sales • Diluted earnings per share of $0.07; Adjusted earnings per share of $0.12
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000106223123000053/0001062231-23-000053-index.htm

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