secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BALCHEM CORP (BCPC)
CIK:        0000009326
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-22-003111
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Balchem Q4 record sales $213M (+17.9% YoY); adj. EPS $0.85; dividend up 10.3%
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- Q4 net sales $213.1M (+17.9% YoY); GAAP EPS $0.76, adjusted EPS $0.85 (up from $0.83).
- Full year net sales $799M (+13.6%); GAAP EPS $2.94 record, adjusted EPS $3.57.
- Record Q4 adjusted EBITDA $45.6M (+4.7%); FY adjusted EBITDA $189.8M (+8.9%).
- Increased quarterly dividend to $0.64/share (+10.3%), 12th consecutive year of double-digit growth.
- Q4 ops cash $44.5M; free cash flow $124.4M FY; net debt reduced to $5.3M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000162828022003111/0001628280-22-003111-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000162828022003111/bcpc-20220218.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-003111

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