427 material Form 8-K filings that 376 companies we cover made with the SEC in September 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).
Paychex reported first-quarter fiscal 2026 results for the three months ended August 31, 2025, with total revenue up 17% to $1.54 billion, driven largely by the Paycor acquisition. GAAP diluted earnings per share fell 10% to $1.06 because of acquisition-related costs, while adjusted diluted earnings per share rose 5% to $1.22. The company now expects fiscal 2026 adjusted diluted earnings per share to grow 9% to 11%, and other guidance is unchanged.
Total revenue rose 17% to $1.54 billion; operating income fell 1% to $541.9 million
GAAP diluted EPS fell 10% to $1.06; adjusted diluted EPS rose 5% to $1.22
Fiscal 2026 adjusted diluted EPS growth now expected at 9% to 11%
Paycor acquisition, completed in April 2025, contributed about 17% to Management Solutions revenue growth
Heritage Financial Corporation agreed on September 25, 2025 to merge Olympic Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Kitsap Bank, into Heritage in an all-stock transaction with an implied total value of approximately $176.6 million. Olympic shareholders will receive 45.0 Heritage shares for each Olympic share and will own about 17.4% of the combined company, so Heritage shareholders will own about 82.6%; the company expects closing in the first quarter of 2026, subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals.
Implied total deal value of approximately $176.6 million, based on Heritage's $24.64 closing price on September 24, 2025
Exchange ratio of 45.0 Heritage shares per Olympic share; Olympic shareholders to own about 17.4% of the combined company
Kitsap Bank had total assets of about $1.7 billion and total deposits of $1.4 billion as of June 30, 2025 per the press release
Expected closing in the first quarter of 2026; termination fee of $7,000,000 applies in certain circumstances
Concentrix reported fiscal third-quarter 2025 results for the period ended August 31, 2025, with revenue up 4.0% to $2.48 billion and GAAP net income rising to $88.1 million from $16.6 million. Non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP diluted EPS both declined year-on-year, while the company raised its full-year constant currency revenue growth outlook and increased its quarterly dividend. For shareholders, the top line and GAAP profit improved, but the company's adjusted profit measures fell.
Revenue of $2.48 billion, up 4.0% year-on-year (2.6% on a constant currency basis), exceeding the company's guidance for the quarter.
Non-GAAP diluted EPS of $2.78 vs. $2.87 a year earlier, down 3.1%; GAAP diluted EPS of $1.34 vs. $0.25.
Full-year fiscal 2025 constant currency revenue growth outlook raised to 1.75% to 2.0%; fourth-quarter reported revenue expected at $2.525 billion to $2.550 billion.
Quarterly dividend increased to $0.36 per share from $0.33275, payable November 4, 2025.
THOR Industries reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2025 diluted EPS of $2.36, up 40.5% from $1.68, on net sales of $2.52 billion, down 0.4%. For the full year ended July 31, 2025, net sales fell 4.6% to $9.58 billion and diluted EPS fell 2.0% to $4.84. The company guided fiscal 2026 net sales of $9.0 billion to $9.5 billion and diluted EPS of $3.75 to $4.25, a range that sits below fiscal 2025 results.
Q4 net income attributable to THOR was $125.8 million, up from $90.0 million; Q4 net sales were $2.52 billion versus $2.53 billion a year earlier.
FY2026 guidance: net sales of $9.0 billion to $9.5 billion and diluted EPS of $3.75 to $4.25, excluding a meaningful impact from the Heartland realignment and Keystone model refresh.
Q4 wholesale unit shipments fell 10.1% in North American Towable and 14.1% in European RVs.
Fiscal 2025 debt payments of about $237.0 million; $158.8 million returned to shareholders through dividends and buybacks.
Arrow Electronics replaced Chief Executive Sean Kerins with director Bill Austen as interim President and CEO, effective September 16, 2025, and the Board is searching for a permanent CEO. The company also reaffirmed its third-quarter 2025 outlook from its July 31, 2025 release, but the filing gives no reason for the departure beyond stating it is unrelated to the financial statements.
Bill Austen, 66, a director since May 15, 2020, became interim President and CEO effective September 16, 2025, succeeding Sean Kerins.
Kerins receives no severance, forfeits unvested equity and cash incentive awards, and will be paid $61,000 per month for at least six months of transition assistance.
Austen stepped down as Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee and from the Compensation Committee, and the Board was reduced to nine members.
The company reaffirmed its third-quarter 2025 outlook, originally provided on July 31, 2025.
RH reported second quarter 2025 GAAP net revenues of $899.2 million, up 8.4%, and GAAP net income of $51.7 million, up 79%, for the quarter ended August 2, 2025. The company also revised its fiscal 2025 guidance, citing tariffs, including a $30 million cost of incremental tariffs, net of mitigation, in the second half, and roughly $40 million of revenue expected to shift from Q3 into Q4 and Q1 2026.
Q2 GAAP net revenues rose 8.4% to $899.2 million; GAAP net income rose 79% to $51.7 million.
Q2 free cash flow was $80.7 million; GAAP operating margin was 14.3% and adjusted operating margin was 15.1%.
Updated outlook includes a $30 million cost of incremental tariffs, net of mitigation, in the second half of 2025.
Fiscal 2025 outlook includes revenue growth of 9% to 11% and free cash flow of $250 million to $300 million; the filing does not state the prior guidance figures.
Synopsys reported third-quarter fiscal 2025 revenue of $1.740 billion, up 14% from a year earlier, after closing the Ansys acquisition on July 17, 2025. GAAP net income fell to $242.5 million from $425.9 million, and the CEO said the IP business underperformed expectations, while the CFO said the company is taking a more conservative view of the fourth quarter.
Q3 GAAP earnings per diluted share were $1.50, versus $2.73 a year earlier; non-GAAP earnings per diluted share were $3.39, versus $3.43.
Design IP segment revenue was $427.6 million, down from $463.1 million, and its adjusted operating margin fell to 20.1% from 36.7%.
Full-year fiscal 2025 revenue target is $7.03 billion to $7.06 billion; fourth-quarter GAAP earnings per share target is a loss of $0.27 to $0.16.
Q3 interest expense was $146.5 million, compared with $11.7 million a year earlier.
Core & Main reported fiscal second-quarter 2025 results for the period ended August 3, 2025, with net sales up 6.6% to $2,093 million and net income up 11.9% to $141 million. The company also lowered its full-year fiscal 2025 guidance, citing market conditions and higher operating expenses, which matters to shareholders because the revised outlook is below the earlier expectations.
Q2 net sales rose 6.6% to $2,093 million; diluted EPS rose 14.8% to $0.70
Q2 net income rose 11.9% to $141 million; Adjusted EBITDA rose 3.5% to $266 million
Full-year net sales guidance lowered to $7,600 to $7,700 million; Adjusted EBITDA to $920 to $940 million
Full-year operating cash flow guidance set at $550 to $610 million; Q2 operating cash flow was $34 million
ABM reported fiscal third-quarter 2025 revenue up 6.2% to $2.2 billion, and GAAP net income rose to $41.8 million from $4.7 million a year earlier, partly because the prior year included a $36 million contingent consideration adjustment. Adjusted EPS slipped to $0.82 from $0.84, and the company now expects fiscal 2025 adjusted EPS toward the lower end of its $3.65 to $3.80 range, citing higher interest expense and margin pressure, while launching a restructuring program and raising its buyback authorization by $150 million.
Adjusted EPS was $0.82 versus $0.84 a year earlier; GAAP diluted EPS was $0.67 versus $0.07
Fiscal 2025 adjusted EPS expected toward the lower end of the $3.65 to $3.80 range
Restructuring program expected to deliver approximately $35 million of annualized cost savings, with about $10 million in charges in the fourth quarter
Board raised share repurchase authorization by $150 million; $233 million remains; quarterly dividend of $0.265 payable November 3, 2025
Quanex reported net sales of $495.3 million for the quarter ended July 31, 2025, up 76.7% from a year earlier, mainly due to the Tyman acquisition. A $302.3 million non-cash goodwill impairment tied to the re-segmentation of the business drove a net loss of $276.0 million, or $6.04 per diluted share, compared with net income of $25.4 million a year earlier. The company also updated its fiscal 2025 guidance to about $1.82 billion in net sales and about $235 million in Adjusted EBITDA.
Q3 net sales $495.3 million, up from $280.3 million; excluding Tyman, sales rose 1.4%
Net loss of $276.0 million, or $6.04 per diluted share, versus $0.77 per share a year earlier
Adjusted diluted EPS $0.69 versus $0.81 a year earlier; Adjusted EBITDA $70.3 million
Fiscal 2025 guidance: net sales of approximately $1.82 billion and Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $235 million
lululemon reported second-quarter fiscal 2025 revenue up 7% to $2.5 billion, but diluted EPS fell to $3.10 from $3.15 a year earlier and operating income declined 3%. The company revised its full-year outlook, now expecting 2025 revenue of $10.850 billion to $11.000 billion and diluted EPS of $12.77 to $12.97, citing U.S. business underperformance and an estimated $240 million gross profit reduction from tariffs.
Q2 net revenue rose 7% to $2.5 billion; Americas comparable sales fell 4% and international comparable sales rose 15%.
Q2 gross margin fell 110 basis points to 58.5%; operating margin fell 210 basis points to 20.7%.
Full-year 2025 EPS guidance is $12.77 to $12.97; third-quarter EPS is expected at $2.18 to $2.23.
Inventories rose 21% to $1.7 billion, and cash and equivalents stood at $1.2 billion at quarter end.
The Toro Company reported fiscal 2025 third-quarter net sales of $1.13 billion, down 2% from a year earlier, and reported diluted EPS of $0.54 versus $1.14, after an $81 million non-cash impairment charge tied to the Spartan business. Adjusted diluted EPS rose 5% to $1.24, but management now expects full-year net sales and adjusted diluted EPS at the lower end of prior guidance ranges.
Q3 net sales $1.13 billion, down 2%; Residential segment net sales down 27.9% to $192.8 million
Q3 reported diluted EPS $0.54 vs. $1.14; adjusted diluted EPS $1.24 vs. $1.18, up 5%
Fiscal 2025 guidance: net sales flat to down 3%, adjusted diluted EPS of about $4.15, at the lower end of prior ranges
AMP cost program: $75 million in annualized savings today, targeting at least $100 million by 2027
Macy's reported second-quarter 2025 results, with net sales of $4.8 billion, down 2.5% from a year earlier but above the company's guidance. The company raised its full-year net sales and adjusted diluted EPS guidance, though adjusted diluted EPS of $0.41 was below $0.53 in the year-earlier quarter.
Q2 net sales were $4.8 billion, down 2.5%; comparable sales rose 1.9% on an owned-plus-licensed-plus-marketplace basis.
Adjusted diluted EPS was $0.41 versus $0.53 a year earlier; GAAP diluted EPS was $0.31 versus $0.53.
Full-year adjusted diluted EPS guidance rose to $1.70 to $2.05 from $1.60 to $2.00; net sales guidance rose to $21.15 billion to $21.45 billion from $21.0 billion to $21.4 billion.
The company reported a net reduction of about $340 million in long-term debt from July and August 2025 financing transactions.
Greif completed the sale of its containerboard business, including its CorrChoice sheet feeder network, to Packaging Corporation of America, effective August 31, 2025, for $1.8 billion, subject to certain adjustments. The company estimates a $1.1 billion gain on the sale and plans to use the proceeds to reduce debt by about $1.4 billion. Its 2025 guidance now covers only continuing operations, with Adjusted EBITDA of $507 million to $517 million and Adjusted Free Cash Flow lowered by $15 million to $290 million to $300 million.
Sale closed effective August 31, 2025; purchase price of $1.8 billion, subject to adjustments in the agreement
Buyer is Packaging Corporation of America; the company sold equity interests in the subsidiaries that owned the business
Estimated gain on sale of $1.1 billion; proceeds intended to reduce debt by about $1.4 billion
2025 Adjusted EBITDA guidance for continuing operations set at $507 million to $517 million, excluding $168 million year-to-date and implied fourth-quarter $50 million from the containerboard business
Academy Sports and Outdoors reported second-quarter fiscal 2025 net sales of $1.6 billion, up 3.3%, with comparable sales up 0.2% after a 6.9% decline a year earlier. Diluted GAAP earnings per share fell 5.1% to $1.85, and the company raised the low end of its full-year GAAP EPS range to $5.30 to $6.00 while keeping the high end at $6.00 and narrowing its sales guidance to a decline of 3.0% to a gain of 1.0%.
Q2 net sales $1,599.8 million, up 3.3%; comparable sales up 0.2% versus a 6.9% decline a year earlier
Q2 diluted GAAP EPS $1.85 versus $1.95; net income $125.4 million, down 12.1%
FY2025 GAAP EPS guidance low end raised from $5.10 to $5.30; high end $6.00 (previously $5.90)
Sales guidance low end narrowed from -4.0% to -3.0%; range now -3.0% to +1.0%
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