secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp (ZWS)
CIK:        0001439288
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-28T20:07:42+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-050151
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Zurn Elkay Q2 net sales up 10% to $491M; raises FY2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance to $503-513M
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- Q2 net sales $491M (+10% core); net income $113M ($0.67 diluted EPS) vs $50M ($0.29) a year ago.
- Adjusted EBITDA $136M (27.7% margin) vs $118M (26.5%); adjusted EPS $0.50 vs $0.42.
- Completed acquisition of Intellihot, a high-efficiency water heater maker; expects $16M sales from Intellihot in H2 2026.
- Raised FY2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance to $503-513M; expects free cash flow at least $350M (excl tariff refunds).
- Repurchased $50M of shares (1.0M shares) in Q2; net debt leverage 0.3x; paid $37M in dividends.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1439288/000162828026050151/0001628280-26-050151-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1439288/000162828026050151/zws-20260728.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-050151

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