secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BALCHEM CORP (BCPC)
CIK:        0000009326
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-23-035357
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000162828023035357/0001628280-23-035357-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000162828023035357/bcpc-20231027.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-035357

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