---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-26-009663"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EML"
cik: "0000031107"
company_name: "EASTERN CO"
filed_at: "2026-11-10T22:00:24+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-11-10T22:02:23.062269+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eastern Q3 2026 net sales up 36% to $75.0M; net income $3.4M ($0.57/sh) vs $0.6M ($0.10)

## Summary
- Net sales $75.0M vs $55.3M YoY; truck mirror assemblies +$7.4M, returnable transport packaging +$5.7M, latch/handle +$1.1M, Sungear/Crown Precision +$5.4M.
- Gross margin 23.9% vs 22.3%; operating profit $5.6M (7.4% of sales) vs 3.1%; adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations more than doubled to $7.6M.
- Net income from continuing operations $3.4M, or $0.57/diluted share, vs $0.6M, or $0.10; adjusted EPS $0.60 vs $0.13.
- Backlog rose 70% YoY to $126.1M; repaid $2M of debt in the quarter, leaving $61M of revolver availability at quarter end.
- First nine months: net sales $196.5M (+3%); net income $9.7M ($1.61/sh), including a $6.5M non-cash bargain purchase gain on Sungear/Crown Precision.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-26-009663
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EML
- cik: 0000031107
- company_name: EASTERN CO
- filed_at: 2026-11-10T22:00:24+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31107/000165495426009663/0001654954-26-009663-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31107/000165495426009663/eml_8k.htm

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