secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GRIFFON CORP (GFF)
CIK:        0000050725
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-05T11:46:19+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-052927
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Griffon Q3 revenue up 7% to $481.4M; EPS $1.47 vs loss; completes AMES JVs
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- Revenue $481.4M (+7% YoY); income from cont ops $66.3M ($1.47 EPS) vs prior year loss of $108.7M ($2.40 loss).
- Adjusted EBITDA $124.8M (+2% YoY); FY2026 outlook: revenue $1.8B, adj EBITDA $458M, interest expense $80M.
- Completed AMES Australasia JV on July 31: received $181M cash, $49M PIK note, 49% equity; AMES North America JV on June 9: $100M cash, $161M PIK debt, 43% equity.
- Debt reduced $137M in quarter; net debt/EBITDA leverage 2.2x vs 2.5x prior year; repurchased 626k shares for $53.2M at avg $85.00.
- Returned $135M to shareholders YTD through dividends and buybacks; cash $110.4M, total debt $1.3B.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50725/000162828026052927/0001628280-26-052927-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50725/000162828026052927/gff-20260805.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-052927

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