secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     JBT MAREL Corp (JBTM)
CIK:        0001433660
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001433660-24-000004
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

JBT Q4 EPS $1.64 (+69%); adj EPS $1.40; FY adj EBITDA margin 16.4%; Marel offer €3.60
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- Q4 revenue $445M (+1%); net income $53M (+69%); adjusted EBITDA $81M, margin 18.2% (+260 bps).
- Full-year 2023 revenue $1,664M (+5%); adjusted EBITDA $273M (+20%); free cash flow $167M (129% conversion).
- FY2024 guidance: revenue $1,750-1,780M; adj EBITDA $295-310M (margin 17.0-17.5%); adj EPS $5.05-$5.45.
- Potential Marel merger: offer €3.60/share, 65% JBT stock/35% cash; launch expected Q2 2024, subject to conditions.
- Net leverage 0.6x; backlog $678M (+2%); orders $1,668M (+5%); FIFO inventory method change adopted.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1433660/000143366024000004/0001433660-24-000004-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1433660/000143366024000004/jbt-20240220.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001433660-24-000004

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