---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001822492-24-000021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HLMN"
cik: "0001822492"
company_name: "Hillman Solutions Corp."
filed_at: "2024-02-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T20:46:01.022652+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hillman Q4 net sales $347.8M, adj EPS $0.10; guides FY2024 EBITDA $230-240M

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $347.8M (-0.8% YoY; +3.8% ex-14th week); net loss $(10.1)M vs $(13.9)M prior.
- Adjusted EBITDA $54.4M vs $45.0M in Q4 2022; FY adjusted EPS $0.41 vs $0.43.
- Net debt reduced to $722M from $888M; net debt/EBITDA improved to 3.3x from 4.2x.
- FY2024 guidance: net sales $1.475-$1.555B, adj EBITDA $230-$240M, FCF $100-$120M.
- Post-year-end acquired Koch Industries (rope/chain), entering new product category.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001822492-24-000021
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HLMN
- cik: 0001822492
- company_name: Hillman Solutions Corp.
- filed_at: 2024-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822492/000182249224000021/0001822492-24-000021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822492/000182249224000021/hlmn-20240222.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Hillman Solutions Corp. reported financial results for thirteen and fifty-two weeks ended December 30, 2023.
  - Period: thirteen and fifty-two weeks ended December 30, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 22, 2024, Hillman Solutions Corp. (the “Company”) issued a press release, furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference, announcing the Company's selected summary financial results for its thirteen and fifty-two weeks ended December 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822492/000182249224000021/0001822492-24-000021-index.htm

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