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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-093966"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVT"
cik: "0000008858"
company_name: "AVNET INC"
filed_at: "2021-07-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T04:19:58.522720+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avnet preliminary Q4 FY2021: Sales $5.2B, adj. EPS $1.01-$1.05 above guidance

## Summary
- Sales of $5.2B, above prior guidance of $4.7B-$5.1B; up 25.7% YoY and 6.3% QoQ.
- GAAP diluted EPS expected $0.72-$0.78; adjusted diluted EPS expected $1.01-$1.05, exceeding guidance of $0.71-$0.77.
- Adjusted operating margin 2.9% (up 188 bps YoY); Electronic Components margin 3.1%, Farnell margin 8.3%.
- Strong sales growth in EMEA, Asia, and Farnell; operating improvement in the Americas noted by CEO Phil Gallagher.
- Company plans to report full Q4 and FY2021 results on August 11, 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-093966
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVT
- cik: 0000008858
- company_name: AVNET INC
- filed_at: 2021-07-20T23:59:59+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/8858/000110465921093966/0001104659-21-093966-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8858/000110465921093966/tm2122663d1_8k.htm

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