Q3 FY26 · Ended Sep 30, 2026 · View SEC filing
Nearly a full year of sales is already ordered
Firm backlog equals 95.5% of last year's net sales, and orders still outpace shipments in every segment that reports them.
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Sales rose 28.03% but pre-tax income only 7.45%, as interest expense nearly tripled after borrowing for acquisitions.
Free cash flow fell to $1.03B from $1.17B as capital spending rose to build production capacity.
Systems make up 69.5% of Electrical Americas sales, and a system specified into a project is hard to swap out.
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