---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001439288-25-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZWS"
cik: "0001439288"
company_name: "Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp"
filed_at: "2025-02-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T03:24:21.236374+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Zurn Elkay Q4 adj EPS $0.32 vs $0.26 y/y; record FY cash flow; guides FY adj EBITDA $405-420M

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $371M (+4% core); adj EPS $0.32 vs $0.26; adj EBITDA margin 24.6% vs 23.6%.
- FY2024 net sales $1,567M (+2%); adj EPS $1.28 vs $0.97; adj EBITDA $390M (24.9%) vs $340M (22.2%).
- Record free cash flow $272M; repurchased $150M shares; paid $57M dividends; net debt leverage 0.8x.
- FY2025 guidance: adj EBITDA $405-420M, free cash flow ~$290M; Q1 core sales low single digits, adj EBITDA margin 24.5-25.0%.
- CEO cites record sales, EBITDA, cash flow; margin expansion 270 bps; confident in 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001439288-25-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZWS
- cik: 0001439288
- company_name: Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp
- filed_at: 2025-02-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1439288/000143928825000016/0001439288-25-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1439288/000143928825000016/zws-20250204.htm

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