secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Hillman Solutions Corp. (HLMN)
CIK:        0001822492
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001822492-25-000199
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Record Q3 net sales $424.9M, Adj. EBITDA $88.0M; FY25 Adj. EBITDA guidance raised to $270-275M
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- Net sales up 8.0% YoY to record $424.9M; net income $23.2M ($0.12 diluted EPS) vs $7.4M ($0.04) prior year.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $0.22 vs $0.13; Adjusted EBITDA record $88.0M vs $64.8M prior year.
- Free cash flow $9.1M vs $39.6M prior year; net debt to trailing twelve-month Adj. EBITDA improved to 2.5x.
- Repurchased ~325.6k shares at avg $9.72 for $3.2M.
- Updated FY2025 guidance: net sales reaffirmed $1.535-1.575B; Adj. EBITDA raised to $270-275M; year-end leverage 2.4x.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822492/000182249225000199/0001822492-25-000199-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822492/000182249225000199/hlmn-20251104.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001822492-25-000199

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