---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001439288-23-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZWS"
cik: "0001439288"
company_name: "Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp"
filed_at: "2023-02-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T22:47:38.776424+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Zurn Elkay Q4 sales up 46% to $340M; core sales -3%; $500M buyback authorized

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $340M (+46% YoY); core sales -3%; adjusted EPS $0.16 vs $0.22 YoY.
- Adj. EBITDA $65M (19.0% of sales) vs $45M (19.4%) YoY.
- FY2023 guidance: sales $1,500-$1,550M, Adj. EBITDA $325-$345M, FCF ~$200M.
- Board authorized $500M share repurchase; at least $100M expected in 2023; $25M repurchased in Q4.
- Q1 2023 guidance: sales $340-$355M, Adj. EBITDA margin 19.0%-19.5% with 250bps inventory headwind.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001439288-23-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZWS
- cik: 0001439288
- company_name: Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp
- filed_at: 2023-02-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1439288/000143928823000013/0001439288-23-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1439288/000143928823000013/zws-20230207.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp reported the quarter ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $340 million, net income $10 million, EPS $0.06.
  - Period: the quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $340 million
  - Net income: $10 million
  - EPS: $0.06
  - Result: reported results
  source text: 8, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time MILWAUKEE, WI (USA) - Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation (NYSE:ZWS) Fourth Quarter Highlights • Net sales in the quarter increased 46% to $340 million compared with $232 million in last year’s December quarter (+50% acquisitions, -1% foreign currency translation, -3% core sales (1) ). • Net income from continuing operations was
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1439288/000143928823000013/0001439288-23-000013-index.htm

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