secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     EXPONENT INC (EXPO)
CIK:        0000851520
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-25-000676
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Exponent Q4 rev up 11% to $136.8M; EPS $0.46; div raised to $0.30
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- Q4 net income $23.6M ($0.46 diluted EPS) vs $20.9M ($0.41) a year ago; rev before reimb $123.8M (+8.7%).
- FY2024 net income $109.0M ($2.11 diluted EPS) vs $100.3M ($1.94); rev before reimb $518.5M (+4.3%).
- EBITDA margin improved to 28.4% for FY2024 (27.7% prior); Q4 EBITDA margin 25.2% vs 26.8%.
- Guides Q1 2025 rev before reimb down low-single-digits; FY2025 rev growth low-single-digits, EBITDA margin 26.25-27.0%.
- Quarterly dividend raised 7.1% to $0.30 from $0.28, payable March 21; 12th consecutive annual increase.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851520/000117184325000676/0001171843-25-000676-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851520/000117184325000676/f8k_020625.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-25-000676

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