---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001587523-22-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KN"
cik: "0001587523"
company_name: "Knowles Corp"
filed_at: "2022-02-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T09:36:32.253559+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Knowles Q4 non-GAAP EPS $0.48 beats guidance; FY free cash flow $134M

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $234.3M, non-GAAP gross margin 43.3%, GAAP diluted EPS $0.98 (includes $59.1M tax benefit), non-GAAP diluted EPS $0.48.
- Full year: adjusted EBIT $174M (20.1% of revenue); cash from operations $182M; free cash flow $134M (15.4% of revenue).
- Precision Devices sales up ~40% YoY, driven by broad end-market growth; Audio segment adjusted EBIT margin 26.8%.
- Q1 2022 guidance: revenue $197-203M, non-GAAP EPS $0.29-0.31, non-GAAP gross margin 39-41% (both above Q1 2020).
- Repaid convertible notes in full; exited 2021 with essentially no net debt.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001587523-22-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KN
- cik: 0001587523
- company_name: Knowles Corp
- filed_at: 2022-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1587523/000158752322000004/0001587523-22-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1587523/000158752322000004/kn-20220209.htm

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