secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Sterling Check Corp. (—)
CIK:        0001645070
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001645070-24-000073
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Sterling Q1 revenue up 3.8% to $186M but net loss of $8M; adjusted EBITDA down 15.5%
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- Revenue $186.0M, +3.8% YoY; organic constant currency revenue declined 4.9%.
- GAAP net loss $8.0M ($0.09 diluted loss) vs prior year net income $0.6M.
- Adjusted EBITDA $38.5M, -15.5% YoY; margin 20.7%, down 470 bps.
- Adjusted EPS $0.19 diluted, -20.8% YoY, due to mix shift toward lower-margin revenues.
- Acquired Vault for ~$76M in Jan; pending merger with First Advantage announced Feb 28.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1645070/000164507024000073/0001645070-24-000073-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1645070/000164507024000073/ster-20240509.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001645070-24-000073

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