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).
Applied Industrial Technologies reported fiscal 2025 second-quarter net income of $93.3 million, or $2.39 per diluted share, up from $2.32 a year earlier, on net sales of $1.1 billion that fell 0.4%. The company raised its fiscal 2025 EPS guidance to $9.65 to $10.05 from $9.25 to $10.00 and increased its quarterly dividend 24% to $0.46 per share.
Net sales of $1.1 billion, down 0.4% year over year; down 3.4% on an organic daily basis
Net income of $93.3 million, or $2.39 per diluted share, versus $2.32 a year earlier; EBITDA of $135.1 million, up 3.3%
Fiscal 2025 EPS guidance raised to $9.65 to $10.05 from $9.25 to $10.00, including the Hydradyne acquisition that closed December 31, 2024
Quarterly dividend raised to $0.46 per share, payable February 28, 2025, to holders of record on February 14, 2025
Victoria's Secret & Co. named Scott Sekella, former CFO of JOANN Inc., as chief financial officer effective January 29, 2025. Timothy Johnson stepped down as chief financial and administrative officer effective January 28, 2025, and is retiring in June 2025. In the same January 29 press release, the company raised the low end of its fourth quarter 2024 guidance for net sales, adjusted operating income, and adjusted diluted earnings per share, which it said are expected to fall within or near the top end of prior ranges.
Updated Q4 2024 adjusted operating income guidance is $260 million to $270 million, up from $240 million to $270 million.
Updated adjusted diluted EPS guidance is $2.20 to $2.30, up from $2.00 to $2.30; net sales growth guidance is +3% to +4%, up from +2% to +4%.
Sekella's pay includes a $750,000 base salary, a target bonus of 100% of salary, and a one-time $200,000 cash bonus.
Johnson remains employed by the company in a non-executive role.
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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.