---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001822492-25-000170"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HLMN"
cik: "0001822492"
company_name: "Hillman Solutions Corp."
filed_at: "2025-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T20:56:15.402102+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hillman Q2 net sales +6.2% to $402.8M; raises guidance mid-point; board authorizes $100M buyback

## Summary
- Q2 net sales $402.8M (+6.2% YoY); net income $15.8M ($0.08 diluted EPS); adjusted EBITDA $75.2M.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $0.17 vs $0.16 prior year; free cash flow $31.2M.
- Raises FY2025 guidance midpoint: net sales $1.535-1.575B, Adj. EBITDA $265-275M, year-end leverage 2.4x.
- Board authorizes $100M share repurchase program, first since going public in 2021.
- Net debt to trailing 12-month Adj. EBITDA improved to 2.7x from 2.8x at year-end.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001822492-25-000170
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HLMN
- cik: 0001822492
- company_name: Hillman Solutions Corp.
- filed_at: 2025-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822492/000182249225000170/0001822492-25-000170-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822492/000182249225000170/hlmn-20250731.htm

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