secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     KAISER ALUMINUM CORP (KALU)
CIK:        0000811596
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-22T20:40:15+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-312472
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Kaiser Aluminum Q2 2026 record net sales $1.3B, EPS $5.72, raises FY outlook
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- Net sales $1.26B vs $823M YoY; conversion revenue $437M (+17%); shipments up 6%.
- Net income $97M ($5.72 diluted EPS); adjusted net income $94M ($5.53 adjusted EPS).
- Adjusted EBITDA $166M, margin 38.1% vs 18.1% a year ago; net debt leverage improved to 2.1x.
- Quarterly dividend $0.77 declared, payable Aug 14 to holders of record Jul 24.
- FY 2026 outlook raised: conversion revenue at high end of 10-15% growth; adj. EBITDA growth 45-55%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811596/000119312526312472/0001193125-26-312472-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811596/000119312526312472/kalu-20260722.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-312472

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