secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Hillman Solutions Corp. (HLMN)
CIK:        0001822492
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001822492-26-000017
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hillman Solutions reports record FY2025 net sales of $1.55B (+5.4% YoY); guides FY2026 $1.6-1.7B
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- Q4 net sales $365.1M (+4.5% YoY); net income $1.6M vs loss of $1.2M in Q4 2024.
- FY2025 net income $40.3M vs loss of $17.3M; adjusted diluted EPS $0.58 vs $0.49.
- FY2025 adjusted EBITDA $275.3M (+13.9% YoY); free cash flow $35.1M vs $98.1M.
- Net debt to EBITDA improved to 2.4x from 2.8x; gross debt reduced to $693.1M.
- FY2026 guidance: net sales $1.60-$1.70B; adjusted EBITDA $275-$285M; FCF $100-$120M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822492/000182249226000017/0001822492-26-000017-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822492/000182249226000017/hlmn-20260217.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001822492-26-000017

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