---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-006976"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RPM"
cik: "0000110621"
company_name: "RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/"
filed_at: "2026-01-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:10:07.381647+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RPM reports record Q2 sales $1.91B but adjusted EPS falls 13.7%; launches $100M cost plan

## Summary
- Record Q2 sales $1.91B (+3.5% YoY); net income $161.2M, diluted EPS $1.26.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $1.20 (down 13.7% YoY); adjusted EBIT $226.6M (down 11.2%).
- SG&A optimization to save ~$100M annually; $5M in Q3, $20M in Q4, $75M in FY2027.
- Q3 guidance: mid-single-digit sales growth; adjusted EBIT up mid-to-high single digits. Q4: mid-single-digit sales growth; adjusted EBIT up low-to-high single digits.
- Consumer Group adjusted EBIT down 6.2% on DIY softness; CPG adjusted EBIT down 10.9% on plant consolidation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-006976
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RPM
- cik: 0000110621
- company_name: RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/
- filed_at: 2026-01-08T23:59:59+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/110621/000119312526006976/0001193125-26-006976-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/110621/000119312526006976/d807675d8k.htm

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