---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-194028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RPM"
cik: "0000110621"
company_name: "RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/"
filed_at: "2023-07-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T02:13:09.735734+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RPM reports record Q4 sales $2.02B, adjusted EPS $1.36; FY2024 guidance mid-single digit sales growth

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $2.016B (+1.6% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $1.36 (vs $1.42), adjusted EBIT record $267.8M.
- Full-year record sales $7.26B (+8.2%); adjusted diluted EPS $4.30 (record); adjusted EBIT $841.6M (+18.8%).
- FY2024 Q1: sales +low-single-digit, adjusted EBIT +high-single-digit. Full year: sales +mid-single-digit, adj. EBIT +low-double-digit to mid-teen.
- Specialty Products Group Q4 sales -14.3% due to OEM destocking; incurred a $3.4M legal expense.
- Debt reduced $138.8M since Feb 28; inventories down $205.8M; operating cash flow record $577.1M for FY.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-194028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RPM
- cik: 0000110621
- company_name: RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/
- filed_at: 2023-07-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/110621/000119312523194028/0001193125-23-194028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/110621/000119312523194028/d348237d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/ reported fiscal 2023 fourth quarter and full year ended May 31, 2023 results: revenue Record fourth-quarter net sales of $2.02 billion, net income Fourth-quarter net income was $151.4 million, EPS diluted EPS was $1.18. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: fiscal 2023 fourth quarter and full year ended May 31, 2023
  - Revenue: Record fourth-quarter net sales of $2.02 billion
  - Net income: Fourth-quarter net income was $151.4 million
  - EPS: diluted EPS was $1.18
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: 8-K as Exhibit 99.1. --- EX-99.1 (EX-99.1) --- EX-99.1 Exhibit 99.1 RPM Reports Record Fiscal 2023 Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Results • Record fourth-quarter net sales of $2.02 billion increased 1.6% over prior year • Fourth-quarter net income was $151.4 million, diluted EPS was $1.18, and EBIT was $236.4 million • Fourth-quarter adjusted diluted EPS was $1.36
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/110621/000119312523194028/0001193125-23-194028-index.htm

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