---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104657-26-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTRN"
cik: "0001104657"
company_name: "MATERION Corp"
filed_at: "2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T01:33:55.426494+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Materion Q1 adjusted EPS $1.27 beats $1.13 YoY; EBITDA margin expands to 20.2%

## Summary
- Net sales $549.8M vs $420.3M YoY; value-added sales $261.8M (+1%).
- Adjusted EBITDA $52.9M, a Q1 record; margin 20.2% vs 18.8% prior year.
- Electronic Materials delivered 18% value-added sales growth and record adj. EBITDA.
- Backlog at all-time high, up >20% YoY and 15% since start of 2026.
- Full-year adjusted EPS guidance reaffirmed $6.00-$6.50, with confidence at high end.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104657-26-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTRN
- cik: 0001104657
- company_name: MATERION Corp
- filed_at: 2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1104657/000110465726000026/0001104657-26-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1104657/000110465726000026/mtrn-20260429.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104657-26-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  MATERION Corp reported first quarter 2026 results: revenue $549.8 million, net income $19.4 million, EPS $0.92 per share, diluted. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: first quarter 2026
  - Revenue: $549.8 million
  - Net income: $19.4 million
  - EPS: $0.92 per share, diluted
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Financial Summary • Net sales were $549.8 million versus $420.3 million in the prior year quarter; value-added sales 1 were $261.8 million versus $259.3 million in the prior year quarter • Net income of $19.4 million, or $0.92 per share, diluted, versus net income of $17.7 million, or $0.85 per share, in the prior year quarter
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1104657/000110465726000026/0001104657-26-000026-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.