---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-011155"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GIC"
cik: "0000945114"
company_name: "GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL Co"
filed_at: "2026-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:01:04.437738+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Global Industrial Q4 sales up 14.3% to $345.6M, EPS $0.38 (+40.7%), dividend raised 7.7% to $0.28

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $345.6M (+14.3% YoY); operating income $19.6M (+35.2%); diluted EPS $0.38 (+40.7%).
- FY 2025 sales $1.38B (+4.8%); operating income $97.6M (+21.2%); diluted EPS $1.85 (+17.8%).
- Gross margin improved to 34.5% in Q4 vs 33.8% last year; full-year gross margin 35.5% vs 34.3%.
- Quarterly dividend increased 7.7% to $0.28/share, payable March 16, 2026 to holders of record March 9, 2026.
- Repurchased ~326,000 shares for $9.3M in Q4; cash and equivalents $67.5M, working capital $218M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-011155
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GIC
- cik: 0000945114
- company_name: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL Co
- filed_at: 2026-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945114/000162828026011155/0001628280-26-011155-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945114/000162828026011155/gic-20260224.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-011155.txt

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