---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-22-000757"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EXPO"
cik: "0000851520"
company_name: "EXPONENT INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T12:04:38.270534+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Exponent Q4 net income $20.4M ($0.38 EPS); FY net revenue up 15%, dividend raised 20% to $0.24/quarter

## Summary
- Q4 2021 revenues before reimbursements $104.3M (+7.2% YoY); net income $20.4M ($0.38 diluted EPS) vs $21.8M ($0.41) in Q4 2020.
- FY2021 net revenue $434.9M (+14.9%), net income $101.2M ($1.90 EPS) up from $82.6M ($1.55) in FY2020.
- EBITDA margin FY2021 30.4%, up 343 bps YoY; Q4 2021 EBITDA margin 28.9%.
- Guidance: Q1 2022 net revenue growth mid-to-high single digits; FY2022 net revenue growth same with EBITDA margin down 200-250 bps.
- Quarterly dividend raised 20% to $0.24 per share, payable March 25, 2022 to holders of record March 11, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-22-000757
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EXPO
- cik: 0000851520
- company_name: EXPONENT INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851520/000117184322000757/0001171843-22-000757-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851520/000117184322000757/f8k_020322.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-000757.txt

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