352 material Form 8-K filings that 310 companies we cover made with the SEC in August 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).
La-Z-Boy reported fiscal first-quarter results for the period ended July 27, 2024, with sales up 3% to $496 million, led by its Wholesale segment. GAAP diluted earnings per share fell to $0.61 from $0.63, and the GAAP operating margin declined to 6.5% from 7.2%, so shareholders see higher sales alongside lower GAAP profit. The company also guided second-quarter sales to $495 million to $515 million and a Non-GAAP operating margin of 6% to 7%.
Consolidated sales rose 3% to $496 million; Wholesale segment sales increased 5% to $351 million.
GAAP diluted EPS was $0.61 versus $0.63 a year earlier; Non-GAAP diluted EPS was $0.62, flat year over year.
Retail segment delivered sales fell 3% to $202 million, and Retail GAAP operating margin was 10.2% versus 14.1%.
Second-quarter fiscal 2025 guidance: sales of $495 million to $515 million and Non-GAAP operating margin of 6% to 7%.
For the fiscal fourth quarter ended June 27, 2024, net sales rose 15.1% to $269.6 million, mainly from the Lakeville snack bar acquisition, while diluted EPS fell 31.7% to $0.86 and gross profit fell 8.6%. Excluding Lakeville, quarterly net sales declined 3.8%. For the full year, diluted EPS fell 4.6% to $5.15 on net sales of $1.07 billion, and the company raised its annual dividend and declared a special dividend, both payable September 11, 2024.
Q4 diluted EPS fell 31.7% to $0.86; gross profit fell 8.6% to $50.0 million
Excluding the Lakeville Acquisition, Q4 net sales fell 3.8%, with sales volume down 1.9% and weighted average price per pound down 1.9%
Full-year net sales rose 6.7% to $1.07 billion; diluted EPS fell 4.6% to $5.15
Annual dividend raised 6.3% to $0.85 per share, plus a $1.25 special dividend, both payable September 11, 2024
Keysight reported fiscal third-quarter 2024 results for the period ended July 31, 2024, with revenue of $1.22 billion, down 12% from $1.38 billion a year earlier. GAAP net income rose to $389 million, or $2.22 per share, which includes a 94-cent year-to-date benefit from a change in effective tax rate, while non-GAAP net income fell to $275 million, or $1.57 per share, from $393 million. The company expects fourth-quarter revenue of $1.245 billion to $1.265 billion.
Revenue of $1.22 billion versus $1.38 billion in Q3 2023; Communications Solutions Group down 8% and Electronic Industrial Solutions Group down 20%
GAAP diluted EPS of $2.22 versus $1.61; includes a 94-cent year-to-date benefit from a change in effective tax rate
Non-GAAP EPS of $1.57 versus $2.19; fourth-quarter fiscal 2024 non-GAAP EPS guidance of $1.53 to $1.59
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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.