secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp (ZWS)
CIK:        0001439288
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-25-046758
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Zurn Elkay Q3 beats; core sales +11% YoY; raises FY guidance, boosts dividend 22%
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- Q3 net sales $455M (+11% core sales); adj. EBITDA $122M (26.8% margin) vs $105M (25.6%) YoY.
- Adjusted EPS $0.43, up 26% YoY; diluted EPS $0.35 vs $0.25.
- Raises FY2025 adj. EBITDA guidance to $437-440M (prev $420-430M); Q4 adj. EBITDA expected $99-102M.
- Increases annual dividend 22% to $0.44/share and share repurchase authorization to $500M.
- Free cash flow $94M in Q3; net debt leverage 0.6x.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1439288/000162828025046758/0001628280-25-046758-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1439288/000162828025046758/zws-20251028.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-046758

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