---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001062231-24-000052"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DCH"
cik: "0001062231"
company_name: "Dauch Corp"
filed_at: "2024-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T22:51:33.592882+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AAM Q1 net income $20.5M vs loss year ago; sales $1.61B up 8%

## Summary
- Net income of $20.5M ($0.17 diluted EPS) vs net loss of $5.1M ($(0.04)) in Q1 2023.
- Adjusted EPS $0.18 vs adjusted loss per share $(0.01); Adjusted EBITDA $205.6M (12.8% sales) vs $175.4M (11.7%).
- Sales $1.61B, up from $1.49B, driven by volume and mix improvement.
- Full-year 2024 guidance reaffirmed: sales $6.05-$6.35B, Adj. EBITDA $685-$750M, Adj. FCF $200-$240M.
- Net cash from ops $17.8M; Adj. free cash flow use of $(21.4)M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001062231-24-000052
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DCH
- cik: 0001062231
- company_name: Dauch Corp
- filed_at: 2024-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000106223124000052/0001062231-24-000052-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000106223124000052/axl-20240503.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001062231-24-000052
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001062231-24-000052.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001062231-24-000052.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Dauch Corp reported first quarter 2024 results: revenue $1.61 billion, net income $20.5 million, EPS $0.17.
  - Period: first quarter 2024
  - Revenue: $1.61 billion
  - Net income: $20.5 million
  - EPS: $0.17
  - Result: reported results
  source text: AAM Reports First Quarter 2024 Financial Results AAM Starts 2024 With Solid Performance DETROIT, May 3, 2024 -- American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (AAM), (NYSE: AXL) today reported its financial results for the first quarter 2024. First Quarter 2024 Results • Sales of $1.61 billion • Net income of $20.5 million, or 1.3% of sales • Adjusted EBITDA of $205.6 million, or 12.8% of sales • Diluted earnings per share of $0.17; Adjusted earnings per share of $0.18
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000106223124000052/0001062231-24-000052-index.htm

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