secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Hillman Solutions Corp. (HLMN)
CIK:        0001822492
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001822492-22-000073
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hillman Q1 sales up 6.4% to $363M; adj. EBITDA falls 7.9%; guidance reiterated
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- Net sales $363M (+6.4% YoY); net loss improved to $(1.9)M from $(9.0)M.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $0.09 vs $0.16 prior; Adjusted EBITDA $44.0M vs $47.8M.
- FY2022 guidance reaffirmed: revenue $1.5B-$1.6B, Adj. EBITDA $207M-$227M, FCF $120M-$130M.
- Hardware & Protective EBITDA -29.1% due to inflation & lower PPE; Robotics & Digital rev +10.6%.
- Maintained +94% fill rates; third price increase implemented; secured new customer wins.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822492/000182249222000073/0001822492-22-000073-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822492/000182249222000073/hlmn-20220503.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001822492-22-000073

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