528 material Form 8-K filings that 462 companies we cover made with the SEC in January 2025, 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).
Heartland Express reported unaudited results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2024, in a press release dated January 28, 2025. Fourth-quarter operating revenue fell to $242.6 million from $275.3 million, and the company posted a net loss of $1.9 million, or $0.02 per share, compared with net income of $5.1 million, or $0.06 per share, a year earlier, and the full year showed a net loss of $29.7 million, or $0.38 per share.
Q4 2024 operating revenue of $242.6 million vs. $275.3 million in Q4 2023; operating income of $1.0 million vs. $10.7 million
Q4 2024 net loss of $1.9 million ($0.02 per share) vs. net income of $5.1 million ($0.06 per share) in Q4 2023
Full-year 2024 net loss of $29.7 million ($0.38 per share) vs. net income of $14.8 million ($0.19 per share) in 2023
Debt paid down by $100.3 million in 2024; debt and finance lease obligations were $200.7 million at December 31, 2024
Standex reported fiscal second quarter 2025 results for the quarter ended December 31, 2024. Net sales rose 6.4% to $189.8 million, helped by the Amran/Narayan acquisition, while GAAP operating income fell 67.2% to $8.5 million, mainly due to $16.4 million in acquisition-related costs. Adjusted diluted EPS was flat at $1.91, and the company expects significantly higher third-quarter revenue on a sequential basis.
Net sales were $189.8 million, up 6.4% from $178.4 million a year earlier.
GAAP diluted EPS was $0.07, compared with $1.61 a year earlier; adjusted diluted EPS was $1.91, unchanged.
GAAP operating income was $8.5 million, versus $25.8 million; adjusted operating income rose 15.4% to $35.5 million.
Free cash flow was $2.2 million, versus $19.5 million a year earlier; net debt was $413.2 million at December 31, 2024.
Phillips 66 reported fourth-quarter 2024 earnings of $8 million, or $0.01 per share, and an adjusted loss of $61 million, or $0.15 per share, compared with adjusted earnings of $859 million in the third quarter. The company said results were hit by $230 million in pre-tax accelerated depreciation tied to the Los Angeles Refinery, and full-year 2024 earnings fell to $2.1 billion, or $4.99 per share, from $7.0 billion in 2023.
Q4 2024 reported earnings were $8 million ($0.01 per share) versus $346 million in Q3 2024; adjusted loss was $61 million ($0.15 per share).
Refining adjusted pre-tax loss widened to $759 million, including accelerated depreciation tied to the Los Angeles Refinery.
Full-year 2024 earnings were $2.1 billion ($4.99 per share) and adjusted earnings were $2.6 billion ($6.15 per share).
Returned $1.1 billion to shareholders in Q4 through dividends and share repurchases; the company set new targets through 2027, including returning over 50% of operating cash flow to shareholders.
RBC Bearings reported fiscal third-quarter 2025 results for the quarter ended December 28, 2024, with net sales of $394.4 million, up 5.5%, and GAAP diluted EPS of $1.82, up 30.9%. The company also expects fourth-quarter net sales of $434.0 million to $444.0 million, a growth rate of 4.9% to 7.3% over last year, which indicates continued top-line growth for shareholders.
Net sales were $394.4 million, up 5.5%; Aerospace/Defense segment rose 10.7% and Industrial segment rose 2.7%.
GAAP diluted EPS was $1.82 versus $1.39 a year earlier; adjusted diluted EPS was $2.34 versus $1.85, up 26.5%.
Fourth-quarter fiscal 2025 net sales are expected at $434.0 million to $444.0 million, with gross margin of 44.0% to 44.5%.
Backlog as of December 28, 2024, was $896.5 million, compared with $864.0 million on September 28, 2024.
Tompkins Financial reported fourth-quarter 2024 diluted earnings per share of $1.37 and net income of $19.7 million, up 31.0% from the fourth quarter of 2023. Full-year 2024 diluted EPS was $4.97, compared with $0.66 in 2023, a year that included a $70.0 million pre-tax loss on securities sales. The company also declared a quarterly dividend of $0.62 per share, payable February 21, 2025, which matters to shareholders as a cash return.
Q4 2024 net income $19.7 million, up 31.0% from Q4 2023; diluted EPS $1.37 versus $1.05
Full-year 2024 diluted EPS $4.97 versus $0.66 in 2023; net income $70.9 million
Q4 2024 net interest margin 2.93%, up from 2.79% in Q3 2024; total deposits $6.5 billion, down 1.6% from September 30, 2024
Quarterly dividend $0.62 per share, payable February 21, 2025, to holders of record February 14, 2025
Franklin Resources reported net income attributable to the company of $163.6 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2024. That was down 35% from a year earlier but improved from a net loss of $84.7 million in the prior quarter, while operating revenues rose 13% year over year. Long-term net outflows of $50.0 billion, including $67.9 billion at Western Asset Management, reduced total assets under management to $1,575.7 billion, and the company's revenue depends on those assets.
Net income attributable to Franklin Resources was $163.6 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, versus a net loss of $84.7 million in the prior quarter and $251.3 million a year earlier.
Operating revenues were $2,251.6 million, up 13% from $1,991.1 million a year earlier and up 2% from $2,211.2 million in the prior quarter.
Adjusted diluted earnings per share were $0.59, flat from the prior quarter and down 9% from $0.65 a year earlier. The company says these are non-GAAP measures.
Long-term net outflows were $50.0 billion, including $67.9 billion at Western Asset Management; total assets under management ended the quarter at $1,575.7 billion, down from $1,678.6 billion.
Badger Meter reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 results on January 31, 2025, with sales, operating profit and earnings per share all higher than a year earlier. The company also said it acquired SmartCover Systems, a sewer and lift station monitoring business, and the filing does not state the deal terms. For shareholders, the results show growth in both sales and profit, and the acquisition extends the company's BlueEdge product line.
Q4 2024 net sales were $205.2 million, up 13% from $182.4 million a year earlier.
Q4 diluted EPS was $1.04, up 24% from $0.84, and operating profit rose 22% with a 19.1% margin.
Full-year 2024 net sales were $826.6 million, up 18%, and diluted EPS was $4.23, up 35% from $3.14.
The company announced the acquisition of SmartCover Systems on January 31, 2025; the filing does not disclose its price.
Grainger reported fourth-quarter 2024 sales of $4.2 billion, up 5.9%, and reported diluted EPS of $9.71, up 23.1%. For full-year 2024, sales rose 4.2% to $17.2 billion and reported diluted EPS rose 6.8% to $38.71, while reported operating margin fell 20 basis points to 15.4%. The company also issued 2025 guidance calling for net sales of $17.6 billion to $18.1 billion and diluted EPS of $39.00 to $41.50.
Q4 2024 net sales of $4,233 million rose 5.9%; reported operating margin was 15.0%, up 110 basis points.
FY 2024 reported diluted EPS of $38.71 rose 6.8%; FY 2024 operating cash flow was $2.1 billion.
2025 guidance: net sales of $17.6 billion to $18.1 billion, adjusted diluted EPS of $39.00 to $41.50, and share buybacks of $1.15 billion to $1.25 billion.
The company returned $1.6 billion to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases in 2024.
Piper Sandler reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 results on January 31, 2025. Q4 net revenues were $484 million, up 3% from a year earlier, and full-year net revenues were $1.53 billion, up 13%. Full-year GAAP earnings per diluted share were $10.24, up 106%, and the board declared a $3.00 special dividend plus a $0.65 quarterly dividend, which shareholders will receive as higher payouts totaling $5.50 per share for fiscal 2024.
Q4 2024 net revenues of $484 million, up 35% from Q3 2024 and 3% from Q4 2023.
Q4 2024 GAAP net income attributable to the company of $69 million, or $3.86 per diluted share, up 29% from Q4 2023.
Full-year 2024 GAAP net revenues of $1.53 billion, up 13%, and GAAP earnings of $10.24 per diluted share, up 106%.
Special dividend of $3.00 and quarterly dividend of $0.65 per share, payable March 14, 2025, to holders of record as of March 4, 2025.
First Hawaiian reported fourth-quarter 2024 net income of $52.5 million, or $0.41 per diluted share, down from $61.5 million and $0.48 in the prior quarter but up from $47.5 million and $0.37 a year earlier. The results include a $26.2 million pre-tax loss from selling $290.4 million of low-yielding securities, which the company reinvested in $291.5 million of higher-yielding securities.
Q4 2024 net income $52.5 million, $0.41 per diluted share, versus $61.5 million and $0.48 in Q3 2024
Q4 2024 included a $26.2 million pre-tax ($19.2 million after-tax) loss on the sale of securities
Net interest margin rose 8 basis points to 3.03%; total deposits rose $94.5 million to $20.3 billion
Board declared a $0.26 per share quarterly dividend payable February 28, 2025, and adopted a repurchase program of up to $100.0 million for 2025
Gentex reported fourth-quarter 2024 net sales of $541.6 million, down 8% from a year earlier, and diluted EPS of $0.39 versus $0.50. For calendar 2024, net sales rose 1% to a record $2.31 billion, but diluted EPS fell to $1.76 from $1.84. The company also issued 2025 revenue guidance of $2.40 to $2.45 billion, which is a forecast of growth for shareholders to weigh against the weaker fourth quarter and lower profit.
Q4 2024 net sales were $541.6 million, down from $589.1 million in Q4 2023; the company cited a revenue shortfall of approximately $45 to $50 million versus its beginning-of-quarter forecast.
Q4 2024 gross margin was 32.5% versus 34.5%, and the quarter included an $8.9 million intangible asset impairment charge.
Calendar 2024 net income was $404.5 million versus $428.4 million in 2023.
2025 guidance includes revenue of $2.40 to $2.45 billion and gross margin of 33.5% to 34.5%; the guidance excludes the pending VOXX International acquisition.
Colgate-Palmolive reported fourth quarter and full year 2024 results. Fourth quarter net sales were $4,944 million, down 0.1%, while GAAP diluted EPS rose 3% to $0.90. For the full year, net sales reached $20.1 billion (up 3.3%) and GAAP diluted EPS rose 27% to $3.51. For 2025, the company expects roughly flat net sales and mid-single-digit GAAP EPS growth.
Q4 2024 net sales $4,944 million, down 0.1%; organic sales up 4.3%
Q4 2024 GAAP diluted EPS $0.90, up 3%; Base Business EPS $0.91, up 5%
Full year 2024 net sales $20.1 billion, up 3.3%; GAAP diluted EPS $3.51, up 27%
2025 guidance: net sales roughly flat, including a mid-single-digit negative FX impact; GAAP EPS growth mid-single-digit
Broadridge reported second-quarter fiscal 2025 results for the period ended December 31, 2024, with total revenues up 13% to $1,589 million and diluted EPS up 103% to $1.20. The company reaffirmed its fiscal 2025 guidance, including 6-8% constant-currency recurring revenue growth, 8-12% adjusted EPS growth, and closed sales of $290-$330 million, which keeps the outlook unchanged for shareholders.
Total revenues rose 13% to $1,589 million from $1,405 million; operating income rose 69% to $211 million.
Adjusted EPS rose 70% to $1.56 from $0.92; diluted EPS rose to $1.20 from $0.59.
Recurring revenues rose 9% to $980 million; event-driven revenues rose 126% to $125 million.
FY25 guidance was unchanged, including 6-8% recurring revenue growth constant currency and closed sales of $290-$330 million.
Revvity reported fourth-quarter 2024 revenue of $729 million, up from $696 million a year earlier, and GAAP EPS of $0.78 versus $0.64. For full-year 2024, adjusted EPS from continuing operations rose to $4.90 from $4.65 on revenue that was essentially flat at $2,755 million. The company also initiated 2025 guidance of $2.80-$2.85 billion in revenue and $4.90-$5.00 in adjusted EPS, which gives shareholders its outlook for the year.
Q4 2024 GAAP EPS $0.78 vs $0.64; adjusted EPS from continuing operations $1.42 vs $1.25
Q4 2024 GAAP operating income $119 million vs $77 million; GAAP operating margin 16.3% vs 11.1%
Full-year 2024 GAAP EPS $2.20 vs $5.55 in 2023; the 2023 figure included $4.11 per share from discontinued operations
2025 guidance: total revenue $2.80-$2.85 billion and adjusted EPS $4.90-$5.00
Church & Dwight reported fourth-quarter 2024 net sales of $1,582.0 million, up 3.5%, and adjusted EPS of $0.77, up 18.5%, both ahead of its outlook. Full-year reported EPS fell 22.3% to $2.37 because of $357.1 million in asset impairments, mainly in its vitamin business, while full-year adjusted EPS rose 8.5% to $3.44. The company also expects 2025 adjusted EPS to grow 7% to 8% and raised its quarterly dividend 4%, but guided first-quarter adjusted EPS down 6% to $0.90.
Q4 2024 net sales $1,582.0 million, up 3.5%; organic sales up 4.2%, above the 2% to 3% outlook
Q4 reported EPS $0.76, up 22.6%; adjusted EPS $0.77 versus $0.65 a year earlier
Full-year reported EPS $2.37, down 22.3%, due to $357.1 million in tradename and asset impairments
Quarterly dividend raised 4% to $0.295 per share, payable March 3, 2025
Virtus Investment Partners reported fourth-quarter 2024 results. Revenue rose 9% from a year earlier to $233.5 million, and GAAP diluted earnings per share were $4.66, up from $4.21, though down from $5.71 in the prior quarter. Net outflows of $4.8 billion and a drop in assets under management to $175.0 billion from $183.7 billion in the prior quarter weighed on the period, so results point in mixed directions for shareholders.
GAAP diluted EPS was $4.66, up 11% from $4.21 a year earlier but down 18% from $5.71 in the prior quarter
Adjusted diluted EPS was $7.50, up 23% from $6.11 a year earlier
Net outflows were $4.8 billion, including a previously disclosed $3.3 billion lower-fee partial redemption of an institutional mandate
Assets under management ended the quarter at $175.0 billion, down from $183.7 billion at September 30, 2024
LyondellBasell reported a fourth-quarter 2024 net loss of $603 million, or $1.87 per diluted share, compared with net income of $185 million in the same quarter of 2023. Sales and other operating revenues were $9,497 million, down from $9,929 million a year earlier, and the company recorded $1,065 million of pre-tax asset write-downs. The filing also announced that Agustin Izquierdo will succeed Michael McMurray as chief financial officer effective March 1, 2025.
Q4 2024 net loss of $603 million, or $1.87 per share, versus net income of $185 million in Q4 2023
Q4 2024 sales and other operating revenues of $9,497 million, versus $9,929 million in Q4 2023
Full-year 2024 net income of $1,367 million, or $4.15 per share, versus $2,121 million in 2023
Agustin Izquierdo to succeed Michael McMurray as CFO effective March 1, 2025
Autoliv reported fourth-quarter 2024 results with net sales down 4.9% to $2,616 million and organic sales down 3.3%, while operating income reached a record $353 million and diluted EPS rose 14% to $3.10. Adjusted diluted EPS fell 19% to $3.05, and the company guided 2025 to around 2% organic sales growth and an adjusted operating margin of around 10-10.5%, with around $1.2 billion of operating cash flow.
Q4 2024 net sales were $2,616 million, down 4.9% from $2,751 million; organic sales declined 3.3% against a global LVP increase of 0.4%.
Operating income was a record $353 million (13.5% margin) versus $237 million a year earlier; adjusted operating income was $349 million.
Full year 2025 guidance: around 2% organic sales growth, adjusted operating margin of around 10-10.5%, and operating cash flow of around $1.2 billion.
The company expects 2025 LVP to decline slightly and will hold its Capital Markets Day on June 3, 2025.
ArcBest reported fourth quarter 2024 revenue of $1.0 billion, down from $1.1 billion a year earlier, and net income of $29.0 million, or $1.24 per diluted share, versus $48.8 million, or $2.01, in the prior-year quarter. For the full year, GAAP diluted earnings per share from continuing operations rose to $7.28 from $5.77, but that figure includes a $67.9 million after-tax benefit from a reduced contingent consideration liability, and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share fell to $6.28 from $7.88.
Q4 2024 revenue $1.0 billion vs. $1.1 billion in Q4 2023; net income $29.0 million, $1.24 per diluted share, vs. $48.8 million, $2.01
Full-year 2024 revenue $4.2 billion vs. $4.4 billion in 2023; GAAP diluted EPS from continuing operations $7.28 vs. $5.77
Full-year non-GAAP diluted EPS $6.28 vs. $7.88 in 2023
Over $85 million returned to shareholders in 2024 through buybacks and dividends; $48.7 million repurchase authorization remaining as of January 29, 2025
WisdomTree reported fourth-quarter 2024 net income of $27.3 million and diluted EPS of $0.18, compared with a net loss in the prior quarter. Operating revenues fell 2.2% from the third quarter to $110.7 million but rose 21.9% from a year earlier, and operating margin declined to 31.7%. The company also declared a $0.03 quarterly dividend, payable February 26, 2025.
Q4 2024 operating revenues were $110.7 million, down 2.2% from Q3 2024 and up 21.9% from Q4 2023.
Q4 2024 net income was $27.3 million, versus a net loss of $4.5 million in Q3 2024; full-year 2024 net income was $66.7 million, versus $102.5 million in 2023.
Operating income margin was 31.7%, down from 36.0% in Q3 2024, due to higher expenses including costs of the BNY Custody Migration.
Board declared a $0.03 per share quarterly dividend on January 28, 2025, payable February 26, 2025 to holders of record on February 12, 2025.
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