---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-035357"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BCPC"
cik: "0000009326"
company_name: "BALCHEM CORP"
filed_at: "2023-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T07:33:18.501060+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Balchem Q3 sales down 5.9% to $229.9M, but EPS up to $0.90; record adjusted EBITDA $59.9M

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $0.90 vs $0.78 prior year; adjusted EPS $1.04 vs $1.00.
- Record quarterly adjusted EBITDA $59.9M, up 11.4% from $53.8M YoY.
- Cash from ops $46.5M, free cash flow $38.2M; net debt reduced by $25M to $303.6M.
- New board members: Olivier Rigaud (Corbion CEO) & Monica Vicente (Fresh Del Monte CFO) elected Sept 6.
- Management: demand volatile, not yet normalized, but company well-positioned for recovery.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-035357
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BCPC
- cik: 0000009326
- company_name: BALCHEM CORP
- filed_at: 2023-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000162828023035357/0001628280-23-035357-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000162828023035357/bcpc-20231027.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-035357
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-035357.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-035357.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BALCHEM CORP reported Q3 2023 results: revenue $229.9 million, net income $29.1 million, EPS $0.90.
  - Period: Q3 2023
  - Revenue: $229.9 million
  - Net income: $29.1 million
  - EPS: $0.90
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Balchem Corporation (NASDAQ: BCPC) reported today third quarter net sales of $229.9 million for 2023, compared to net sales of $244.3 million in the prior year quarter. Third quarter net earnings were $29.1 million for 2023, compared to net earnings of $25.2 million for the third quarter 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000162828023035357/0001628280-23-035357-index.htm

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