73 material Form 8-K filings that 66 companies we cover made with the SEC in January 2024, each read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). All of them were written later, when past filings were added: a selection, not every 8-K of the month (see the note below).
Graco reported record fourth-quarter and full-year 2023 sales and operating earnings, with net sales up 2% for the quarter to $566.6 million. A $42 million non-cash pension settlement loss cut fourth-quarter GAAP diluted earnings per share to $0.64 from $0.74, although adjusted EPS rose to $0.80 from $0.73. The company also initiated 2024 revenue guidance of low single-digit growth on an organic, constant currency basis.
Q4 net sales were $566.6 million, up 2%; full-year net sales were $2.2 billion, up 2%.
Q4 net earnings were $110.0 million, down 13%, after a $42 million non-cash pension settlement loss; GAAP diluted EPS was $0.64 versus $0.74.
Adjusted Q4 diluted EPS rose to $0.80 from $0.73; full-year GAAP diluted EPS was $2.94, up 11%.
For 2024, Graco initiated revenue guidance of low single-digit growth on an organic, constant currency basis.
Calix reported record fourth-quarter 2023 revenue of $264.7 million, up 8% from a year earlier, and non-GAAP net income of $29.4 million, while GAAP results included a net loss of $4.1 million after $28.7 million in inventory and component charges tied to its legacy product wind-down. The company guided first-quarter 2024 revenue to $225 million to $231 million, below the fourth quarter, citing customers pausing appliance purchases ahead of government broadband funding, so shareholders face a weaker near-term revenue outlook.
Q4 2023 revenue was a record $264.7 million, up 8% year over year; non-GAAP net income per diluted share was $0.43 versus guidance of $0.33 to $0.39
GAAP net loss was $4.1 million, or $(0.06) per diluted share, reflecting $28.7 million in one-time charges
Q1 2024 revenue guidance is $225 million to $231 million; non-GAAP EPS guidance is $0.17 to $0.23
Company repurchased $44.0 million of stock in Q4 2023 and the Board authorized an additional $100 million
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Briefs marked “Written later” were written in November 2026 for filings that were by then more than three weeks old, so months before mid-October 2026 hold a selection: every material 8-K of the past year for the 100 largest companies we cover and the last 15 important 8-Ks of every other one. Briefs the number check holds back are not shown or counted. Also: the last 45 days, briefs by company, A–Z and the live SEC filings wire.