secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Dauch Corp (DCH)
CIK:        0001062231
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001062231-25-000048
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AAM Q1 sales and earnings drop YoY; cuts FY2025 guidance on lower volumes
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- Sales $1.41B vs $1.61B YoY (-12%); net income $7.1M ($0.06 EPS) vs $20.5M ($0.17).
- Adjusted EBITDA $177.3M (12.6% of sales) vs $205.6M (12.8% of sales) YoY.
- Operating cash flow improved to $55.9M from $17.8M; adjusted FCF -$3.9M vs -$21.4M.
- FY2025 guidance cut: Sales now $5.65-5.95B (prior $5.8-6.05B); Adj. EBITDA $665-745M (prior $700-760M).
- AAM expects to complete India CV axle business sale by July 1, 2025; cites progress on Dowlais combination.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000106223125000048/0001062231-25-000048-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062231/000106223125000048/axl-20250502.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001062231-25-000048

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