secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp (ZWS)
CIK:        0001439288
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001439288-25-000016
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1439288/000143928825000016/0001439288-25-000016-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1439288/000143928825000016/zws-20250204.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001439288-25-000016

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