1,041 material Form 8-K filings that 824 companies we cover made with the SEC in November 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).
Post Holdings reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2025 net sales of $2.2 billion, up 11.8%, but net earnings fell 37.5% to $51.0 million and diluted EPS was $0.88 versus $1.28, partly due to a $29.8 million non-cash goodwill impairment. The company also guided fiscal 2026 Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) to $1,500 million to $1,540 million and announced that Chairman William P. Stiritz will retire from the Board on December 16, 2025, with CEO Robert V. Vitale becoming Chairman.
Q4 net sales $2,247.0 million, up 11.8%; operating profit $168.4 million, down 11.8%
Q4 net earnings $51.0 million, down 37.5%; diluted EPS $0.88 vs. $1.28; adjusted diluted EPS (non-GAAP) $2.09 vs. $1.53
Fiscal 2025 net earnings $335.7 million, down 8.5%; fiscal 2026 Adjusted EBITDA guidance $1,500 million to $1,540 million
Stiritz retires as Chairman effective December 16, 2025; Vitale named Chairman effective upon his retirement
Gap Inc. reported third quarter fiscal 2025 net sales of $3.9 billion, up 3% from a year earlier, with comparable sales up 5%. Diluted earnings per share fell to $0.62 from $0.72, and the company raised its full-year operating margin outlook and its net sales growth outlook, which shareholders should weigh against the lower quarterly profit.
Q3 net sales $3.9 billion, up 3%; comparable sales up 5%, the seventh straight quarter of positive comparable sales
Q3 net income $236 million vs. $274 million a year earlier; diluted EPS $0.62 vs. $0.72
Fiscal 2025 operating margin outlook raised to approximately 7.2% from 6.7% to 7.0%; net sales growth outlook raised to 1.7% to 2.0%
Board approved a fourth quarter fiscal 2025 dividend of $0.165 per share
Copart reported first-quarter fiscal 2026 results for the quarter ended October 31, 2025, with revenue of $1.16 billion, up 0.7% from a year earlier. Net income attributable to Copart rose 11.5% to $403.7 million, and diluted earnings per share were $0.41 versus $0.37, an increase of 11.7%, which points to higher profit for shareholders on a per-share basis.
Revenue was $1.16 billion, up $8.2 million or 0.7% year over year.
Gross profit rose $24.9 million, or 4.9%, to $537.0 million.
Diluted EPS was $0.41 compared with $0.37 a year earlier; net income attributable to Copart was $403.7 million, up 11.5%.
Copart will hold a conference call on November 20, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
ESCO Technologies reported fourth quarter fiscal 2025 sales of $353 million, up 28.9 percent, and GAAP earnings per share from continuing operations of $1.73, up from $1.52 a year earlier. Results include the Maritime acquisition and exclude VACCO Industries, which was sold in the quarter for an after-tax gain of $173 million. The company expects fiscal 2026 Adjusted EPS of $7.50 to $7.80, an increase of 24 to 29 percent, and filed separate details of fiscal 2026 executive equity awards.
Q4 2025 sales rose $79 million (28.9 percent) to $353 million; organic sales rose 7.7 percent
Q4 2025 GAAP EPS from continuing operations was $1.73 versus $1.52; Adjusted EPS was $2.32 versus $1.79
FY 2025 net sales were $1.1 billion, up 19.2 percent; FY 2025 GAAP EPS from continuing operations was $4.49
FY 2026 guidance: net sales of $1.27 to $1.31 billion and Adjusted EPS of $7.50 to $7.80
Ross Stores reported third-quarter fiscal 2025 results for the 13 weeks ended November 1, 2025, with diluted earnings per share of $1.58 versus $1.48 a year earlier and net income of $512 million versus $489 million. Sales rose 10% to $5.6 billion and comparable store sales increased 7%. The company raised its fiscal 2025 EPS guidance to $6.38 to $6.46, which benefits shareholders by signaling higher expected full-year profit.
Q3 diluted EPS was $1.58 versus $1.48; net income was $512 million versus $489 million
Q3 sales grew 10% to $5.6 billion; comparable store sales rose 7%
Fiscal 2025 EPS guidance raised to $6.38 to $6.46; Q4 EPS guidance set at $1.77 to $1.85
Repurchased $262 million of stock in Q3 and remains on track to buy back $1.05 billion in fiscal 2025
Intuit reported fiscal first-quarter 2026 results for the quarter ended October 31, 2025, with revenue of $3.9 billion, up 18%, and GAAP diluted EPS of $1.59 versus $0.70 a year earlier. The company reiterated its full-year fiscal 2026 guidance and set second-quarter guidance, and its board approved a $1.20 per share quarterly dividend, up 15%.
Q1 GAAP operating income was $534 million, up 97%; non-GAAP operating income was $1.258 billion, up 32%.
Q1 non-GAAP diluted EPS was $3.34, up 34%; GAAP diluted EPS was $1.59, up 127%.
Full-year fiscal 2026 guidance was reiterated: revenue of $20.997 billion to $21.186 billion and non-GAAP diluted EPS of $22.98 to $23.18.
Second-quarter guidance calls for non-GAAP diluted EPS of $3.63 to $3.68; the $1.20 dividend is payable January 16, 2026 to holders of record on January 9, 2026.
Construction Partners reported results for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, with revenue up 54% to $2.812 billion and net income up 48% to $101.8 million. Adjusted EBITDA rose 92% to $423.7 million, and the company reiterated its fiscal 2026 outlook, which calls for revenue of $3.400 billion to $3.500 billion and net income of $150.0 million to $155.0 million. Management attributed the growth to five acquisitions in fiscal 2025 and 8.4% organic growth, while interest expense, net rose to $90.4 million from $19.1 million.
Fiscal 2025 revenue was $2.812 billion, up from $1.824 billion in fiscal 2024; net income was $101.8 million, up from $68.9 million.
Fourth-quarter revenue was $899.8 million, up from $538.2 million a year earlier; fourth-quarter net income was $56.6 million, up from $29.3 million.
Adjusted EBITDA was $423.7 million, up 92%, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin was 15.1%, up from 12.1%.
Fiscal 2026 outlook was reiterated: revenue of $3.400 billion to $3.500 billion and net income of $150.0 million to $155.0 million.
Warner Music Group reported fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of $1.87 billion, up 15%, and net income of $109 million, up from $48 million a year earlier. For the full fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, revenue rose 4% to $6.71 billion, but net income fell 23% to $370 million and operating income fell 16% to $694 million, which shareholders should weigh against the stronger quarter.
Q4 revenue was $1,868 million, up 15% from $1,630 million; Q4 net income was $109 million versus $48 million.
Full-year revenue was $6,707 million, up 4%; full-year net income was $370 million versus $478 million, down 23%.
Full-year operating income was $694 million, down from $823 million, including $79 million of impairment charges related to EMP.
Net debt was $3.833 billion as of September 30, 2025, compared with $3.320 billion a year earlier.
Liquidity Services reported fiscal fourth-quarter 2025 results, with GMV up 12% to $404.5 million, revenue up 10% to $118.1 million, and GAAP net income up 23% to $7.8 million. The company also said its board approved a $15.0 million increase to its share repurchase authorization, and it gave first-quarter fiscal 2026 guidance that expects tempered year-over-year consolidated GMV and revenue.
Q4 GAAP diluted EPS was $0.24, up 20% from $0.20; Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA was $18.5 million, up 28%.
Fiscal 2025 GMV was $1.57 billion, up 15%, and revenue was $476.7 million, up 31%.
On November 17, 2025, the board authorized repurchases of up to $15.0 million of common stock through December 31, 2027.
Q1 fiscal 2026 guidance calls for GAAP net income of $5.0 million to $8.0 million and GMV of $370 million to $405 million.
Walmart reported third-quarter results for the period ended October 31, 2025, with revenue up 5.8% to $179.5 billion and GAAP EPS of $0.77, up from $0.57. The company raised its fiscal 2026 adjusted EPS outlook to $2.58 to $2.63, and it also said it will move its common stock and notes from the NYSE to Nasdaq, with trading on Nasdaq starting December 9, 2025.
Revenue of $179.5 billion, up 5.8%; operating income fell 0.2% to $6.7 billion, mainly due to a non-cash share-based compensation charge at PhonePe
GAAP EPS of $0.77 versus $0.57 a year earlier; adjusted EPS of $0.62
Fiscal 2026 adjusted EPS outlook raised to $2.58 to $2.63, from $2.52 to $2.62 in the August 21, 2025 update
NYSE trading ends at market close December 8, 2025; Nasdaq trading begins at market open December 9, 2025, under the same symbols
Maximus reported fiscal 2025 results for the year ended September 30, 2025, with revenue up 2.4% to $5.43 billion and diluted EPS of $5.51, compared with $4.99 a year earlier. The company also set fiscal 2026 guidance, with revenue of $5.225 billion to $5.425 billion and adjusted diluted EPS of $7.95 to $8.25.
Full-year revenue rose 2.4% to $5.43 billion from $5.31 billion; organic growth was 3.9%.
Diluted EPS was $5.51 versus $4.99; adjusted diluted EPS was $7.36 versus $6.11.
Fiscal 2026 guidance: revenue of $5.225 billion to $5.425 billion; adjusted diluted EPS of $7.95 to $8.25; free cash flow of $450 million to $500 million.
The company booked $16 million of severance charges in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, and declared a $0.30 quarterly dividend payable December 1, 2025.
Jacobs reported fiscal fourth-quarter 2025 gross revenue of $3.2 billion, up 6.6% year over year, and adjusted EPS of $1.75, up 27.7%. GAAP EPS fell 55.9% to $1.05, which the company attributes partly to mark-to-market gains in the prior-year period from its former Amentum stake. The company also guided fiscal 2026 adjusted EPS to $6.90 to $7.30, which it says is 16% growth at the midpoint.
Q4 gross revenue $3.2 billion, up 6.6%; adjusted net revenue $2.2 billion, up 5.8%
Q4 GAAP EPS $1.05, down from $2.38; adjusted EPS $1.75, up from $1.37
Fiscal 2025 adjusted EPS $6.12, up 15.9%; GAAP EPS $2.58, down 46.1%
Fiscal 2026 outlook: adjusted net revenue growth of 6% to 10% and adjusted EPS of $6.90 to $7.30
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