---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-21-020113"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SXI"
cik: "0000310354"
company_name: "STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP/DE/"
filed_at: "2021-08-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T10:34:39.487192+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Standex Q4 sales $176.4M (+26.6% YoY), adj. EPS $1.40 (+115.4%), record op margin 13.3%

## Summary
- Net sales $176.4M (+26.6% YoY); GAAP diluted EPS $1.18, adjusted EPS $1.40 (both >100% YoY gain).
- Adjusted operating margin 13.3% (record high), +460 bps YoY; Electronics revenue up 62.7% to $72.8M.
- Free cash flow $26.4M (+35.5%); net debt/EBITDA 0.57x; $245M liquidity; quarterly dividend raised 9% to $0.24.
- FQ1 2022 outlook: slight sequential revenue dip but similar margin; FY 2022 capex $25-30M vs $21.5M in FY 2021.
- CEO cited broad-based demand in EVs, renewables, smart grid; Specialty work stoppage resolved, moderate Q4 impact.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-21-020113
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SXI
- cik: 0000310354
- company_name: STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP/DE/
- filed_at: 2021-08-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310354/000143774921020113/0001437749-21-020113-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310354/000143774921020113/sxi20210816_8k.htm

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