secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ARGAN INC (AGX)
CIK:        0000100591
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-09-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001558370-25-011873
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Argan Q2 EPS $2.50 beats prior year $1.31; revenue up 4.7% to $237.7M; record backlog $2B
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- Q2 net income $35.3M, diluted EPS $2.50 (vs $1.31). Revenue $237.7M, up 4.7% YoY.
- Gross margin improved to 18.6% from 13.7%; EBITDA $36.2M (vs $24.8M).
- Record project backlog of $2.0B, up from $1.36B at Jan 31, 2025.
- Cash dividend increased to $0.375/share (up 25% from $0.30); no debt, cash & investments $572.2M.
- First fire achieved at Trumbull units; new EPC contract for 170 MW Platin Power Station in Ireland.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100591/000155837025011873/0001558370-25-011873-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100591/000155837025011873/agx-20250904x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-25-011873

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