secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp (ZWS)
CIK:        0001439288
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-005012
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Zurn Elkay Q4 net sales up 10% to $407M; adj. EPS $0.36 beats year-ago $0.32
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- Net sales $407M in Q4 (+10% core sales); full year sales $1,696M (+8% core sales).
- Adjusted EPS $0.36 (Q4) vs $0.32; full year adj. EPS $1.52 vs $1.28.
- Record free cash flow $317M in 2025; net debt leverage 0.4x.
- Guidance: FY2026 mid-single digit core sales growth, adj. EBITDA margin ~35% incremental, FCF ~$335M.
- Repurchased $160M in shares during 2025; quarterly dividend raised 22% YoY.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1439288/000162828026005012/0001628280-26-005012-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1439288/000162828026005012/zws-20260203.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-005012

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