80 material Form 8-K filings that 75 companies we cover made with the SEC in March 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).
DXP Enterprises reported fourth quarter and fiscal 2023 results. Q4 diluted EPS was $0.94 versus $0.37 a year earlier, while Q4 sales were $407.0 million compared with $406.3 million. For the full year, sales rose 13.4% to $1.7 billion and net income increased to $68.8 million from $48.2 million, a result that favors shareholders on the headline measures.
Q4 2023 diluted EPS was $0.94 versus $0.37 in Q4 2022; Q4 sales were $407.0 million versus $406.3 million.
Fiscal 2023 sales were $1.7 billion, up 13.4%, and net income was $68.8 million versus $48.2 million.
Adjusted EBITDA for fiscal 2023 was $174.3 million versus $126.8 million, and free cash flow was $94.0 million.
In fiscal 2023 the company refinanced its Senior Secured Term Loan B, raising $550 million, and repurchased 1.7 million shares for $54.7 million.
Merchants Bancorp said its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, John F. Macke, notified the company on March 7, 2024 that he intends to retire. The company said the decision was voluntary and not the result of any dispute or disagreement with management, the Board, or its operations, policies, or practices. Shareholders will see a change in the company's top financial officer, with Macke staying in the role during the transition.
John F. Macke, EVP, CFO and principal accounting officer, notified the company of his intention to retire on March 7, 2024.
Macke will continue in his current role and help with the transition until his retirement on or before September 30, 2024.
The company will begin a search for Macke's replacement; no successor was named in the filing.
The filing states the retirement was voluntary and not related to any dispute or disagreement.
NAPCO's Chairman, President and CEO Richard L. Soloway agreed on March 5, 2024 to sell 2,000,000 shares of NAPCO common stock in an underwritten secondary offering at $40.75 per share. The company will not receive any proceeds and will not issue shares, so the offering does not add capital or dilute existing holders, and the offering is expected to close on or about March 8, 2024.
Selling stockholder Richard L. Soloway is selling 2,000,000 shares at $40.75 per share, with underwriters Needham & Company and Cowen and Company.
Underwriters have a 30-day option to buy up to 300,000 additional shares from Soloway at the public offering price.
NAPCO will receive no proceeds from the sale and will issue no shares in the offering.
The offering is expected to close on or about March 8, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions.
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2023 results, with total revenues up 8.7% to $5.36 billion and diluted EPS up 13.7% to $1.08 from the prior-year quarter. For fiscal 2024, the company guided to adjusted EPS of $3.75 to $4.00, compared with fiscal 2023 adjusted EPS of $3.96, and projected capital expenditures of approximately $500 million.
Q4 fiscal 2023 total revenues were $5.36 billion, up 8.7%, and net income was $145.9 million, up 12.7% from continuing operations.
Q4 comparable club sales excluding gasoline rose 0.5%; fiscal 2023 full-year adjusted EPS was $3.96, up 1.0%.
Fiscal 2024 guidance: comparable club sales excluding gasoline up 1% to 2%, adjusted EPS of $3.75 to $4.00, and capital expenditures of approximately $500 million.
Fiscal 2023 included a 53rd week, which added approximately $353.4 million in net sales and $13.4 million in net income.
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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.