---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001941365-23-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MBC"
cik: "0001941365"
company_name: "MasterBrand, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T03:03:58.989817+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MasterBrand Q2 net sales -18.8% to $695M; net income +25.2%; raises 2023 outlook

## Summary
- Net sales $695.1M vs $855.6M YoY; gross profit margin expanded 481bps to 34.0%.
- Net income $51.2M ($0.39 diluted EPS) vs $40.9M ($0.32 pro forma EPS) YoY.
- Adjusted EBITDA $106.3M; margin 15.3% vs 12.5% YoY, up 281bps.
- Operating cash flow $194.0M, free cash flow $182.6M for six months; net debt 1.7x EBITDA.
- Repurchased ~405k shares for $4.4M; raised 2023 adjusted EBITDA outlook.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001941365-23-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MBC
- cik: 0001941365
- company_name: MasterBrand, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1941365/000194136523000050/0001941365-23-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1941365/000194136523000050/mbc-20230808.htm

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