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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001606757-26-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KE"
cik: "0001606757"
company_name: "Kimball Electronics, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-12T20:44:05+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-12T20:45:07.183177+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kimball Electronics Q4 sales $371.6M; FY27 guidance 7-9% growth with Helvoet accretive

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $371.6M (+5% seq); operating income $29.1M (7.8% of sales); adjusted op margin 4.9%.
- Debt $116.6M (lowest in 4+ yrs); cash $88.9M; borrowing capacity $322.4M; operating cash $42.4M.
- Q4 medical sales +1% YoY, automotive -3%, industrial -5%; cash conversion days 82 (best in 17 qtrs).
- FY26 net sales $1,431.4M, medical +>10% normalized; adj op margin 4.6%; repurchased $11.9M shares.
- FY27 guidance: net sales $1,535-1,560M (+7-9%), organic growth 3-5%, Helvoet ~$60M, adj op margin 4.4-4.7%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001606757-26-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KE
- cik: 0001606757
- company_name: Kimball Electronics, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-12T20:44:05+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606757/000160675726000030/0001606757-26-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606757/000160675726000030/ke-20260812.htm

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