secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     EXPONENT INC (EXPO)
CIK:        0000851520
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-24-005815
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Exponent Q3 net income up 6% to $0.50 EPS; revenue flat; raises FY EBITDA margin guidance
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- Q3 revenues before reimbursements $125.1M (flat YoY); net income $26.0M (+6%, $0.50 diluted EPS vs $0.48).
- EBITDA margin 28.6% (+100bps); utilization 75% in first nine months.
- Engineering segment flat; environmental/health down 6% on chemical/life sciences headwinds.
- FY2024 rev growth guided low-to-mid single digits; EBITDA margin raised to 27.9%-28.1%.
- Dividend $0.28/share, payable Dec 20, record Dec 6 (unchanged from prior quarter).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851520/000117184324005815/0001171843-24-005815-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851520/000117184324005815/f8k_102424.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-24-005815

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