---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-076845"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AP"
cik: "0000006176"
company_name: "AMPCO PITTSBURGH CORP"
filed_at: "2022-03-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T22:30:59.436888+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ampco-Pittsburgh Q4 operating loss of $12.6M; full-year sales up 5%

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $84.5M down from $87.0M; full-year net sales $344.9M up 5% from $328.5M.
- Q4 operating loss $12.6M vs income $2.0M; includes $6.7M pre-tax asbestos revaluation charge.
- Full-year backlog grew 19%; Forged Engineered Products backlog up 319% on steel and oil & gas demand.
- Price increases implemented in Oct/Nov 2021 to cover energy and transport; expected full margin benefit by Q2 2022.
- Adjusted loss from operations (non-GAAP) was $4.6M in Q4 vs adjusted income of $2.3M prior year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-076845
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AP
- cik: 0000006176
- company_name: AMPCO PITTSBURGH CORP
- filed_at: 2022-03-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/6176/000119312522076845/0001193125-22-076845-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6176/000119312522076845/d311329d8k.htm

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