---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001606757-21-000059"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KE"
cik: "0001606757"
company_name: "Kimball Electronics, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T22:37:21.992071+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kimball Electronics Q4 net sales up 15% to $329M; adjusted EPS $0.58 vs $0.34 YoY

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $329M (+15% YoY); adjusted op margin 5.5%, up 170 bps.
- Q4 adjusted EPS $0.58 vs $0.34 YoY; GAAP EPS $0.57 vs ($0.05) loss.
- FY2021 record: net sales $1.29B, op income $65.7M (5.1% margin), diluted EPS $2.24.
- FY2021 adjusted EPS $2.23 vs $1.10 prior year; cash from ops $26.3M in Q4.
- Company expects continued strength in FY2022, but no specific guidance provided.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001606757-21-000059
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KE
- cik: 0001606757
- company_name: Kimball Electronics, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606757/000160675721000059/0001606757-21-000059-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606757/000160675721000059/ke-20210804.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606757-21-000059
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606757-21-000059.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606757-21-000059.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.