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Issuer:     WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/ (WHR)
CIK:        0000106640
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-084113
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 7.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Whirlpool revises 2026 ongoing EPS guidance to ~$6.00 after equity offerings, adding 13.9M diluted shares
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- Ongoing EPS guidance reduced from ~$7.00 to ~$6.00 due to dilution from concurrent stock and preferred offerings.
- Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding increase to 71.3M from 57.4M, an addition of 13.9M shares.
- Interest expense expected to decrease to ~$293M (pre-tax) from ~$330M, reflecting debt reduction.
- Dividends paid expected to rise to ~$270M from ~$200M, driven by new preferred stock dividends.
- GAAP EPS outlook approximately $5.35 with restructuring and tax adjustments.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106640/000119312526084113/0001193125-26-084113-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106640/000119312526084113/d62304d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-084113

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