---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001301787-24-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BXC"
cik: "0001301787"
company_name: "BlueLinx Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T15:03:04.342297+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BlueLinx Q2 net income falls to $14M from $24M YoY; structural margins compress

## Summary
- Net sales $768M (-6% YoY); net income $14M ($1.65 diluted EPS) vs $24M ($2.70) prior year.
- Adjusted EBITDA $34M (4.5% of sales) down from $49M (6.0%) YoY.
- Specialty gross margin 19.3% (benefited from duty adjustment; ex-item 18.9%); structural margin 7.9% vs 11.0% YoY.
- Operating cash flow $36M, free cash flow $29M; $15M in share repurchases during quarter.
- Q3 outlook: specialty gross margin 18-19%, structural 8-9%; average daily sales volumes improved vs Q2.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001301787-24-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BXC
- cik: 0001301787
- company_name: BlueLinx Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1301787/000130178724000023/0001301787-24-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1301787/000130178724000023/bxc-20240730.htm

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