Forward Looking Statement

Statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K that are not based on historical facts are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “should,” “could,” “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “continue,” or similar terms or variations of those terms or the negative of those terms. There are many factors that affect the Company’s business and the results of its operations and that may cause the actual results of operations in future periods to differ materially from those currently expected or anticipated. These factors include, but are not limited to: the impact of international hostilities, pandemics and other global crises or catastrophic events on employees, our supply chain, and the demand for our products and services around the world; materially adverse or unanticipated legal judgments, fines, penalties or settlements; conditions in the financial and banking markets, including fluctuations in exchange rates and the inability to repatriate foreign cash; domestic and international economic conditions, including the impact, length and degree of economic downturns on the customers and markets we serve and more specifically conditions in the automotive, construction, aerospace, defense, transportation, electrification, consumer appliance, energy, oil and gas and general industrial markets; lower-cost competition; the relative mix of products which impact margins and operating efficiencies in certain of our businesses; the impact of higher raw material and component costs, particularly steel, certain materials used in electronics parts, petroleum based products, and refrigeration components; the impact of higher transportation and logistics costs, especially with respect to transportation of goods from Asia; an inability to realize the expected cost savings from restructuring activities including effective completion of plant consolidations, cost reduction efforts including procurement savings and productivity enhancements, capital management improvements, strategic capital expenditures, and the implementation of lean enterprise manufacturing techniques; the potential for losses associated with the exit from or divestiture of businesses that are no longer strategic or no longer meet our growth and return expectations; the inability to achieve the savings expected from global sourcing of raw materials and diversification efforts in emerging markets; the impact on cost structure and on economic conditions as a result of actual and threatened increases in trade tariffs; the inability to attain expected benefits from acquisitions and the inability to effectively consummate and integrate such acquisitions and achieve synergies envisioned by the Company; market acceptance of our products; our ability to design, introduce and sell new products and related product components; the ability to redesign certain of our products to continue meeting evolving regulatory requirements; the impact of delays initiated by our customers; and our ability to increase manufacturing production to meet demand; the impact on our operations of any successful cybersecurity attacks; and potential changes to future pension funding requirements. In addition, any forward-looking statements represent management's estimates only as of the day made and should not be relied upon as representing management's estimates as of any subsequent date. While the Company may elect to update forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company and management specifically disclaim any obligation to do so, even if management's estimates change.

PART I

Item 1. Business

Standex International Corporation and subsidiaries ("we," "us," "our," the "Company" and "Standex") is a diversified industrial manufacturer with leading positions in a variety of products and services that are used in diverse commercial and industrial markets. Headquartered in Salem, New Hampshire, we have four operating and reportable segments: Electronics, Aerospace and Defense (A&D), Scientific and Engraving & Hydraulics. Our businesses work in close partnership with our customers to deliver custom solutions or engineered components that solve their unique and specific needs, an approach we call "Customer Intimacy."

Standex was incorporated in 1975 and is the successor of a corporation organized in 1955. We have paid dividends each quarter since Standex became a public corporation in November 1964. Overall management, strategic development and financial control are led by the executive staff at our corporate headquarters. Our growth strategy is focused on four key areas: (1) Increasing our presence in rapidly growing markets and applications (2) executing new product development in both core and adjacent market applications; (3) expanding geographically where meaningful business opportunities exist; and (4) undertaking strategically aligned acquisitions that strengthen and/or expand our core businesses. We direct our investments towards markets with long term, secular growth prospects such as power grid, military and defense, commercial space, life sciences, renewable energy, and electric vehicles. 

Unless otherwise noted, references to years are to fiscal years. Currently our fiscal year end is June 30. Our fiscal year 2026 includes the twelve-month period from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026.

Our long-term business strategy is to create, improve, and enhance shareholder value by driving profitable growth as we continue to scale our core platforms and further penetrate our favorable end markets. We do this through execution of our Standex Value Creation System. This methodology employs four components: Balanced Performance Plan, Growth Disciplines, Operational Excellence, and Talent Management and provides both a company-wide framework and tools used to achieve our goals. We intend to continue investing organically and inorganically in our high margin and growth businesses using this balanced and proven approach.

It is our objective to grow larger and more profitable business units through both organic and inorganic initiatives. We have a particular focus on identifying and investing in opportunities that complement our products and will increase the overall scale, global presence and capabilities of our businesses. We continue to execute on acquisitions where strategically aligned with our businesses and where the opportunity meets our investment metrics. We have divested, and likely will continue to divest, businesses that we feel are not strategic or do not meet our growth and return expectations.

The Company’s strong historical cash flow has been a cornerstone for funding our capital allocation strategy. We use cash flow generated from operations to fund investments in capital assets to upgrade our facilities, improve productivity and lower costs, invest in the strategic growth programs described above, including organic and inorganic growth, and to return cash to our shareholders through payment of dividends and stock buybacks. Where appropriate, we use a disciplined approach to leverage, in the form of our unsecured revolving credit facility, to fund important inorganic strategic initiatives. 

Please visit our website at www.standex.com to learn more about us or to review our most recent SEC filings. The information on our website is for informational purposes only and is not incorporated into this Annual Report on Form 10-K. 

Description of Segments

Electronics 

Our Electronics group is a global component and value-added solutions provider of sensing and switching technologies, high precision instruments transformers, and high reliability magnetic power conversion and measurement components and assemblies. Electronics competes on the basis of Customer Intimacy by designing, engineering, and manufacturing innovative solutions, components and assemblies to solve our customers’ application needs through our Partner/Solve/Deliver® approach. Our approach allows us to expand the business through organic growth with current customers as well as developing new products, driving geographic expansion, and pursuing inorganic growth through strategic acquisitions.

Components are manufactured in plants located in the U.S., Mexico, the U.K., Germany, Japan, China, India, and Croatia.

Markets and Applications

Our highly engineered products and vertically integrated manufacturing capabilities provide solutions to an array of markets and provide safe and efficient power transformation, current monitoring, and isolation, as well as switch, sensor and relay solutions to monitor systems for function and safety. The end-user of our engineered solution is typically an original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) or industrial equipment manufacturer. End-user markets include, but are not limited to, appliances, electrification (electric vehicles, solar, smart-grid, alternative energy), military, medical, aerospace, test and measurement, power distribution, security, general industrial applications, and transportation.

Brands

Business unit names are Standex Electronics, Standex-Meder Electronics, Renco Electronics, Northlake Engineering, Agile Magnetics, Sensor Solutions, Standex Electronics Japan, Minntronix, Nascent Technology, Sanyu, Amran Instruments and Narayan Powertech. Other associated brand names include the MEDER, KENT, and KOFU reed switch brands.

Products and Services

Our sensing products employ reed switch, Hall effect, inductive, conductive and other technologies. Sensing based solutions include reed relays, fluid level, proximity, motion, flow, HVAC condensate as well as custom electronic sensors containing our core technologies. Our grid technologies products include instrument transformers, current sensors and bushings. The magnetics or power conversion products include custom wound transformers and inductors for low and high frequency applications, current sense technology, advanced planar transformer technology, value added assemblies, and mechanical packaging.

Customers

The business sells globally to a wide variety of mainly OEM customers focused in the end markets noted previously through a direct sales force, regional sales managers, field applications engineers, commissioned agents, representative groups, and distribution channels.

Aerospace & Defense

Aerospace and Defense (A&D) is a provider of innovative, metal-formed solutions for OEM and Tier 1 manufacturers for use in their advanced engineering designs.

Our solutions seek to address unique customer design challenges such as reduction of input weight, material cost, part count, and complexity involving all formable materials with particular focus on challenge geometries, large thickness to thin-wall construction, and/or single-piece construction requirements. A&D devises and manufactures these cost-effective components and assemblies by combining a portfolio of best-in-class forming technologies and technical experience, vertically integrated manufacturing processes, and group wide technical and design expertise.

We intend to grow sales and product offerings by investing in advancements in our current and new technologies and identifying new cutting-edge solutions for these capabilities in existing and adjacent markets via customer and research collaboration. 

Our segment is comprised of our Spincraft businesses with locations in Billerica, MA, New Berlin, WI, and Newcastle upon Tyne in the U.K., and our McStarlite business located in Harbor City, CA.

Markets and Applications

A&D products serve applications within the space, aviation, defense, energy, medical, and general industrial markets.

Brands

Our products are sold under the brands - Spincraft and McStarlite.

Products and Services

Customers

A&D components are sold directly to large space, aviation, defense, energy and medical companies, or suppliers to those companies.

Scientific

Our Scientific business specializes in providing specialty temperature-controlled equipment for the medical, scientific, pharmaceutical, biotech, and industrial markets. We design and produce these products in Summerville, SC and Bruce Township, MI, ensuring high quality and reliability.

We offer a range of products in our portfolio that control the temperatures of critical healthcare products, medications, vaccines, and laboratory samples. Our focus is on solving customer problems for these critical applications, delivering innovative products and solutions that meet stringent regulatory requirements and the unique needs of our customers.

Markets and Applications

The scientific and healthcare equipment that we design, assemble and manufacture is used in hospitals, pharmacies, clinical laboratories, reference laboratories, physicians’ offices, life science laboratories, government and academic facilities, and industrial testing laboratories. Our product offerings include:

Brands

Our products are sold under various brands including American BioTech Supply (ABS), Lab Research Products (LRP), Corepoint, Cryosafe and CryoGuard, and Custom Biogenic Systems.

Products and Services

We manufacture and provide specialty-controlled temperature equipment purpose-built for the medical, scientific, pharmaceutical, biotech and industrial markets. Our comprehensive portfolio includes a range of innovative storage solutions for medications, vaccines, blood products, patient samples, biologics and laboratory samples.

Customers

Scientific products are sold to medical and laboratory distributors, healthcare facilities, research universities, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, pharmacies and industrial facilities.

Engraving & Hydraulics

Our Engraving & Hydraulics group is a global provider of custom textures and surface finishes on tooling that enhance the appearance, performance, and function of a wide range of consumer goods and automotive products, and a supplier of engineered hydraulic cylinders and systems for demanding applications. The group also produces specialized, differentiated parts requiring unique technical capabilities. We focus on meeting the needs of a changing marketplace by combining experienced craftsmanship with investments in new technologies including laser engraving and soft surface skin texturized tooling. Our growth strategy includes developing and acquiring technologies to enhance surface textures and support more sustainable manufacturing processes for our customers, including processes that may reduce energy consumption. We operate as one company with global reach, using a consistent approach designed to support texture harmony on global programs and better serve our customers. Our engineering expertise, broad manufacturing capabilities, global supply chain, speed to market, technical engineering support, and on-time delivery support growth opportunities across automotive, construction, refuse, and other adjacent markets, with a focus on customer-specific and challenging custom applications.

Markets and Applications

Standex Engraving Mold Tech offers a full range of services to OEM’s, Tier 1 suppliers, mold makers and product designers. These services include the design of bespoke textures, the verification of the texture on a prototype, mold engraving, enhancing and polishing it, on-site try-out support with ongoing tool maintenance, and texture repair capabilities. In addition the group produces soft trim tooling including in-mold graining (IMG) and nickel shells, as well as specialized parts requiring deep knowledge of the soft trim manufacturing processes. The Hydraulics business offers a full line of engineered hydraulic cylinders, including single and double acting telescopic and piston rod hydraulic cylinders. These products serve construction equipment, refuse, airline support, mining, oil and gas, and other material handling applications.

Brands 

Our products and services are sold under various brands including Mold Tech, Piazza Rosa, World Client Services (WCS), Tenibac-Graphion, GS Engineering, Innovent and Custom Hoists.

Products and Services

Our Engraving business designs and implements texture solutions using chemical, laser and soft trim production processes, and our Hydraulics business designs and manufactures single and double acting telescopic and piston rod hydraulic cylinders for original and aftermarket use in construction equipment, refuse, airline support, mining, oil and gas, and other material handling applications.

Customers

The Engraving & Hydraulics business provides products and services to automotive OEMs, product designers, Tier 1 suppliers, toolmakers, OEMs, distributors, service organizations, aftermarket repair outlets, end-users, dealers, buying groups, government agencies and manufacturers all around the world, as well as manufacturers of dump truck and dump trailers, refuse equipment, and specialized mobile equipment.

Working Capital

Our primary source of working capital is the cash generated from continuing operations. No segments require any special working capital needs outside of the normal course of business.

Competition

Standex manufactures and markets products many of which have achieved a unique or leadership position in their market, however, we encounter competition in varying degrees in all product groups and for each product line. Competitors include domestic and foreign producers of the same and similar products. The principal methods of competition are industry and design expertise, product performance and technology, price, delivery schedule, quality of services, and other terms and conditions. Standex competes on the basis of Customer Intimacy in which our teams work as extensions of our customers organizations to apply our expertise and technology to address needs with customer solutions.

International Operations

International operations are conducted at 37 locations, including Europe, Canada, China, Japan, India, Southeast Asia and Mexico. See the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for international operations financial data. The percentage of our overall net sales from continuing international operations increased slightly from 41% in fiscal year 2025 to 42% in fiscal year 2026. International operations are subject to certain inherent risks in connection with the conduct of business in foreign countries including exchange controls, price controls, limitations on participation in local enterprises, nationalizations, expropriation and other governmental action, restrictions on repatriation of earnings, and changes in currency exchange rates.

Research and Development

We develop and design new products to meet customer needs in order to offer enhanced products or to provide customized solutions for customers. Developing new and improved products, broadening the application of established products, and continuing efforts to improve our methods, processes, and equipment continue to drive our success. Research and development costs are quantified in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. 

Environmental Matters

Based on our knowledge and current known facts, we believe that we are presently in substantial compliance with all existing applicable environmental laws and regulations and do not anticipate (i) any instances of non-compliance that will have a material effect on our future capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position or (ii) any material capital expenditures for environmental control facilities.

Financial Information about Geographic Areas

Information regarding revenues from external customers attributed to the United States, all foreign countries and any individual foreign country, if material, is contained in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers.”

Human Capital Resources 

Standex International understands that its rich history of success and future opportunities are directly linked to its dedicated, engaged, and diverse workforce. As of June 30, 2026, we employ approximately 4,100 employees of which approximately 1,400 are in the United States. About 225 of our U.S. employees are represented by unions. Our competitive wages and benefits align with those of other manufacturers in our geographic locations. We prioritize open, two-way communication and foster strong relationships with both our non-union employees and the various unions and works councils within our business segments. Regular training programs tailored to employees’ roles and optional development opportunities are available for those seeking personal and professional growth. Our global Standex Safety Council, which includes representatives from all Standex sites, meets regularly to enhance our safety culture and monitor our Total Recordable Incident Rate.

The Chief Human Resources Officer frequently collaborates with the Chief Executive Officer and the Executive Leadership Team to align Human Capital strategies and initiatives with our business goals. We aim to provide a rewarding employee experience across the company by continuously reviewing our Human Capital Resources metrics, such as safety metrics, turnover rates, and culture survey responses. These reviews help us promote a safe, inclusive, and engaging work environment. Our annual Organization and Talent Review is a structured process that supports succession planning and provides visibility into our diverse leadership pipeline. It enables us to assess and develop key talent across the organization to ensure strong, future-ready leaders. Our LEAP performance management and development process emphasizes both manager engagement and employee ownership. We conduct regular employee engagement and satisfaction surveys, including our annual Culture Survey. Insights from these surveys drive senior management’s efforts to continually improve our company culture and operations. Action plans are developed and reviewed quarterly, and progress is a key performance indicator for every business annually. 

In fiscal year 2025, we commenced implementation of a global Human Capital Management System to further support our commitment to our workforce. This system enhances our ability to attract, manage and develop our talent, streamline operations, and improve overall employee satisfaction, providing a platform of standard work, tools, processes and analytics that better enable us to provide a rewarding and supportive environment for all employees.

Standex hosts an annual meeting event in the first quarter of the fiscal year with the extended global leadership team, representative of all our business segments and corporate functions, in which participants join together to align on business and culture goals, participate in leadership development training, share best practices and build unity across the company.

The Inclusion Advisory Council (IAC) serves as a collaborative platform for employee voices, informing and aligning the company’s commitment to inclusivity. The IAC provides operational input to the Executive Leadership Team in three key areas: setting global inclusivity and diversity goals, collaborating with Corporate Communications to highlight the IAC’s work, and championing the implementation of IAC initiatives. Additionally, we maintain the Women and Leadership Employee Resource Group that aims to increase the representation of women at all levels, enhancing the company’s success through relationships and partnerships. We continue to explore additional employee resource groups in partnership with the IAC.

Standex Cares is our community engagement program that supports local initiatives and charitable activities in the areas where we operate. It reflects our commitment to social responsibility and strengthens employee pride and connection through volunteerism and service. Together with our focus on safety, talent development, and culture, Standex Cares underscores our broader commitment to investing in our people and the communities we serve.

Executive Officers of Standex

The executive officers of the Company as of June 30, 2026 are as follows:

The executive officers are elected each year at the first meeting of the Board of Directors subsequent to the annual meeting of stockholders, to serve for one-year terms of office. There are no family relationships among any of the directors or executive officers of the Company.

Long-Lived Assets

Long-lived assets are described and discussed in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under the caption “Long-Lived Assets.”

Available Information

Standex’s corporate headquarters are at 23 Keewaydin Drive, Salem, New Hampshire 03079, and our telephone number at that location is (603) 893-9701.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) maintains an internet website at www.sec.gov that contains our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and proxy statements, and all amendments thereto. Standex’s internet website address is www.standex.com. Our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and proxy statements, and all amendments thereto, are available free of charge on our website as soon as reasonably practicable after such reports are electronically filed with or furnished to the SEC. In addition, our code of business conduct, our code of ethics for senior financial management, our corporate governance guidelines, and the charters of each of the committees of our Board of Directors (which are not deemed filed by this reference), are available on our website and are available in print to any Standex shareholder, without charge, upon request in writing to “Chief Legal Officer, Standex International Corporation, 23 Keewaydin Drive, Salem, New Hampshire, 03079.”

Item 1A. Risk Factors

An investment in the Company involves various risks, including those mentioned below and those that are discussed from time to time in our other periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Investors should carefully consider these risks, along with the other information filed in this report, before making an investment decision regarding the Company. Any of these risks could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and/or value of an investment in the Company.

Ongoing hostilities in the Middle East could disrupt international shipping and adversely affect global energy prices, which could harm our business.

Continued or escalating military conflict in the Middle East could disrupt shipping lanes and chokepoints critical to global trade, including the Strait of Hormuz and Suez Canal, resulting in vessel rerouting, longer transit times, port congestion, and higher freight and insurance costs for the raw materials, components, and finished goods we ship to and from our facilities and customers. These disruptions could also delay production schedules and customer deliveries. In addition, instability in the region has historically contributed to volatility in global oil and natural gas prices, and any sustained increase in energy costs could raise our transportation, utility, and input costs. We may not be able to fully offset these increased costs through pricing actions or otherwise pass them on to customers, and any prolonged disruption to shipping routes or energy markets resulting from the conflict could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

A pandemic or other global health crisis could adversely affect our revenues, operating results, cash flow and financial condition.

Our business and operations, and the operations of our suppliers, business partners and customers, were adversely affected by the Coronavirus (or COVID-19) pandemic which impacted worldwide economic activity including in many countries or localities in which we operate, sell, or purchase goods and services. Any future pandemics or other global health crises could similarly have an adverse effect on our revenues, operating results, cash flow and financial condition. The ultimate extent to which any such circumstance impacts our business will depend on the severity, location and duration of the issue, the actions undertaken in response by local and world governments and health officials, and the success of medical efforts to address and mitigate the threat.

A deterioration in the domestic and international economic environment, whether by way of inflationary conditions or recessionary conditions, could adversely affect our operating results, cash flow and financial condition.

We are subject to inflationary impacts across the world which could materially increase our costs of materials, labor and transportation. We attempt to maintain our profit margins by anticipating such inflationary pressures and increasing our prices where possible in accordance with contractual requirements and competitive conditions. While we thus far have been largely successful in mitigating the impact of such inflationary conditions, we may be unable to continue to increase our own prices sufficiently to offset cost increases, and, to the extent that we are able to do so, we may not be able to maintain existing operating margins and profitability. Additionally, competitors operating in regions with less inflationary pressure may be able to compete more effectively which could further impact our ability to increase prices and/or result in lost sales. 

Recessionary economic conditions, with or without a tightening of credit, could adversely impact major markets served by our businesses, including cyclical markets such as automotive, aviation, energy and power, heavy construction vehicle, general industrial, consumer appliances and food service. An economic recession could adversely affect our business by:

We rely on our credit facility to provide us with sufficient capital to operate our businesses and to fund acquisitions.

We rely on our revolving credit facility, in part along with operating cash flow, to provide us with sufficient capital to operate our businesses and to fund acquisitions. The availability of borrowings under our revolving credit facility is dependent upon our compliance with the covenants set forth in the facility, including the maintenance of certain financial ratios. Our ability to comply with these covenants is dependent upon our future performance, which is subject to economic conditions in our markets along with factors that are beyond our control. Violation of those covenants could result in our lenders restricting or terminating our borrowing ability under our credit facility, cause us to be liable for covenant waiver fees or other obligations, or trigger an event of default under the terms of our credit facility, which could result in acceleration of the debt under the facility and require prepayment of the debt before its due date. Even if new financing is available, in the event of a default under our current credit facility, the interest rate charged on any new borrowing could be substantially higher than under the current credit facility, thus adversely affecting our overall financial condition. If our lenders reduce or terminate our access to amounts under our credit facility, we may not have sufficient capital to fund our working capital needs and/or acquisitions or we may need to secure additional capital or financing to fund our working capital requirements or to repay outstanding debt under our credit facility or to fund acquisitions.

Our credit facility contains covenants that restrict our activities.

Our revolving credit facility contains covenants that restrict our activities, including our ability to:

Our global operations subject us to international business risks.

We operate in 37 locations outside of the United States in Europe, Canada, China, Japan, India, Singapore, Mexico, Turkey and Malaysia. If we are unable to successfully manage the risks inherent to the operation and expansion of our global businesses, those risks could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flow or financial condition. These international business risks include:

Failure to achieve expected savings and synergies could adversely impact our operating profits and cash flows.

We focus on improving profitability through LEAN enterprise, low-cost sourcing and manufacturing initiatives, improving working capital management, developing new and enhanced products, consolidating factories where appropriate, automating manufacturing processes, diversification efforts and completing acquisitions which deliver synergies to stimulate sales and growth. If we are unable to successfully execute these programs, such failure could adversely affect our operating profits and cash flows. In addition, actions we may take to consolidate manufacturing operations to achieve cost savings or adjust to market developments may result in restructuring charges that adversely affect our profits.

Violation of anti-bribery or similar laws by our employees, business partners or agents could result in fines, penalties, damage to our reputation or other adverse consequences.

We cannot assure that our internal controls, code of conduct and training of our employees will provide complete protection from reckless or criminal acts of our employees, business partners or agents that might violate United States or international laws relating to anti-bribery or similar topics. A violation of these laws could subject us to civil or criminal investigations that could result in substantial civil or criminal fines and penalties, and which could damage our reputation.

We face significant competition in our markets and, if we are not able to respond to competition in our markets, our net sales, profits and cash flows could decline.

Our businesses operate in highly competitive markets. To compete effectively, we must retain long standing relationships with significant customers, offer attractive pricing, maintain product quality, meet customer delivery requirements, develop enhancements to products that offer performance features that are superior to our competitors and which maintain our brand recognition, continue to automate our manufacturing capabilities, continue to grow our business by establishing relationships with new customers, diversify into emerging markets and penetrate new markets. In addition, many of our businesses experience sales churn as customers seek lower cost suppliers. We attempt to offset this churn through our continual pursuit of new business opportunities. However, if we are unable to compete effectively or succeed in our pursuit of new business opportunities, our net sales, profitability and cash flows could decline. Pricing pressures resulting from competition may adversely affect our net sales and profitability.

If we are unable to successfully introduce new products and product enhancements, our future growth could be impaired.

Our ability to develop new products and innovations to satisfy customer needs or demands in the markets we serve can affect our competitive position and often requires significant investment of resources. Difficulties or delays in research, development or production of new products and services or failure to gain market acceptance of new products and technologies may significantly reduce future net sales and adversely affect our competitive position.

Increased prices or significant shortages of the commodities that we use in our businesses could result in lower net sales, profits and cash flows.

We purchase large quantities of steel, aluminum, refrigeration components, freight services, and other metal commodities for the manufacture of our products. We also purchase significant quantities of relatively rare elements used in the manufacture of certain of our electronics products. Historically, prices for commodities and rare elements have fluctuated, and we are unable to enter into long-term contracts or other arrangements to hedge the risk of price increases in many of these commodities. Significant price increases for these commodities and rare elements could adversely affect our operating profits if we cannot timely mitigate the price increases by successfully sourcing lower cost commodities or rare elements or by passing the increased costs on to customers. Shortages or other disruptions in the supply of these commodities or rare elements could delay sales or increase costs.

Current and threatened tariffs on components and finished goods from China, India and other countries could result in lower net sales, profits and cash flows and could impair the value of our investments in our Chinese operations.

As part of our low-cost country sourcing strategy, we (i) maintain manufacturing facilities in China and India and (ii) import certain components and finished goods from our own facilities and third-party suppliers in China and India. Many of the components and finished goods we import from China and India are or have been subject to tariffs enacted by the United States government. While we attempt to pass on these additional costs to our customers, competitive factors (including competitors who import from other countries subject to lower tariffs) may limit our ability to sustain price increases and, as a result, may adversely impact our net sales, profits and cash flows. The maintenance of such tariffs over the long-term also could impair the value of our investments in our Chinese and Indian operations. In addition, the imposition of tariffs may influence the sourcing habits of certain end users of our products and services which, in turn, could have a direct impact on the requirements of our direct customers for our products and services. Such an impact could adversely affect our net sales, profits and cash flows.

An inability to identify or complete future acquisitions could adversely affect our future growth.

As part of our growth strategy, we intend to pursue acquisitions that provide opportunities for profitable growth for our businesses and enable us to leverage our competitive strengths. While we continue to evaluate potential acquisitions, we may not be able to identify and successfully negotiate suitable acquisitions, obtain financing for future acquisitions on satisfactory terms, obtain regulatory approval for certain acquisitions or otherwise complete acquisitions in the future. An inability to identify or complete future acquisitions could limit our future growth.

We may experience difficulties in integrating acquisitions.

Integration of acquired companies involves several risks, including:

Additionally, our level of indebtedness may increase in the future if we finance acquisitions with debt, which would cause us to incur additional interest expense and could increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions and limit our ability to service our debt or obtain additional financing. We cannot assure that future acquisitions will not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Impairment charges could reduce our profitability.

We test goodwill and our other intangible assets with indefinite useful lives for impairment on an annual basis or on an interim basis if a potential impairment factor arises that indicates the fair value of the reporting unit may fall below its carrying value. Various uncertainties, including adverse conditions in the capital markets or changes in general economic conditions, could impact the future operating performance at one or more of our businesses which could significantly affect our valuations and could result in additional future impairments. The recognition of an impairment of a significant portion of goodwill would negatively affect our results of operations.

Materially adverse or unforeseen legal judgments, fines, penalties or settlements could have an adverse impact on our profits and cash flows.

We are and may, from time to time, become a party to legal proceedings incidental to our businesses, including, but not limited to, alleged claims relating to product liability, environmental compliance, patent infringement, commercial disputes and employment and regulatory matters. In accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, we establish reserves based on our assessment of contingent liabilities. Subsequent developments in legal proceedings may affect our assessment and estimates of loss contingencies, recorded as reserves, which could require us to record additional reserves or make material payments which could adversely affect our profits and cash flows. Even the successful defense of legal proceedings may cause us to incur substantial legal costs and may divert management's time and resources away from our businesses.

The costs of complying with existing or future environmental regulations, and of correcting any violations of these regulations, could impact adversely our profitability.

We are subject to a variety of environmental laws relating to the storage, discharge, handling, emission, generation, use and disposal of chemicals, hazardous waste and other toxic and hazardous materials used to manufacture, or resulting from the process of manufacturing, our products and providing our services. We cannot predict the nature, scope or effect of regulatory requirements to which our operations might be subject or the manner in which existing or future laws will be administered or interpreted. We are also exposed to potential legacy environmental risks relating to businesses we no longer own or operate. Future regulations could be applied to materials, products or activities that have not been subject to regulation previously. The costs of complying with new or more stringent regulations, or with more vigorous enforcement of these or existing regulations, could be significant.

In addition, properly permitted waste disposal facilities used by us as a legal and legitimate repository for hazardous waste may in the future become mismanaged or abandoned without our knowledge or involvement. In such event, legacy landfill liability could attach to or be imposed upon us in proportion to the waste deposited at any disposal facility.

Environmental laws require us to maintain and comply with a number of permits, authorizations and approvals and to maintain and update training programs and safety data regarding materials used in our processes. Violations of these requirements could result in financial penalties and other enforcement actions. We could be required to halt one or more portions of our operations until a violation is cured. Although we attempt to operate in compliance with these environmental laws, we may not succeed in this effort at all times. The costs of curing violations or resolving enforcement actions that might be initiated by government authorities could be substantial.

The costs of complying with existing or future regulations applicable to our products, and of correcting any violations of such regulations, could adversely impact our profitability.

Certain of our products are subject to regulations promulgated by administrative agencies such as the Department of Energy, Occupational Health and Safety Administration and the Food and Drug Administration. Such regulations, among other matters, specify requirements regarding energy efficiency and product safety. Regulatory violations could result in financial penalties and other enforcement actions. We could be required to halt production of one or more products until a violation is cured. Although we attempt to produce our products in compliance with these requirements, the costs of curing violations or resolving enforcement actions that might be initiated by administrative agencies could be substantial.

Our results could be adversely affected by natural disasters, political crises, labor unrest or other catastrophic events.

Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, and other adverse weather and climate conditions; political crises, such as terrorist attacks, war, labor unrest, and other political instability; or other catastrophic events, such as disasters occurring at our suppliers' manufacturing facilities, whether occurring in the United States or internationally, could disrupt our operations or the operations of one or more of our suppliers. Certain of our key manufacturing facilities are located in geographic areas with a higher than nominal risk of earthquake and flood (such as Japan and Southern California) and hurricane (such as South Carolina). The effects of global warming have elevated the possibility of natural catastrophes which could impact these and other locations as well as the locations of certain of our customers and suppliers. Certain of our key facilities are in areas of higher than nominal political risk (such as China). The labor workforces in three of our U.S. facilities belong to unions and a strike, slowdown or other concerted effort could adversely impact production at the affected facility. To the extent any of these events occur, our operations and financial results could be adversely affected.

An expansion of the war in Ukraine could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

To date, we have experienced minimal adverse impacts on our businesses related to the ongoing war in Ukraine, beyond the general impact on global energy prices and other economic conditions. However, customer demand for our products and services as well as raw material and components from our suppliers may be impacted in the future if the war was to extend beyond Ukrainian borders, especially into Europe. Any of these impacts could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

We depend on our key personnel and the development of high potential employees; the loss of their services may adversely affect our business.

We believe that our success depends on our ability to hire new talent, develop existing talent and the continued employment of our senior management team and other key personnel. While we engage in ongoing succession planning, if one or more members of our senior management team or other key personnel were unable or unwilling to continue in their present positions, our business could be seriously harmed. In addition, if any of our key personnel joins a competitor or forms a competing company, some of our customers might choose to use the services of that competitor or those of a new company instead of our own. Other companies seeking to develop capabilities and products or services similar to ours may hire away some of our key personnel. If we are unable to maintain and develop our key personnel and attract new employees, the execution of our business strategy may be hindered and our growth limited.

Strategic divestitures and contingent liabilities from businesses that we sell could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

From time to time, we have sold and may continue to sell business that we consider to be either underperforming or no longer part of our strategic vision. The sale of any such business could result in a financial loss and/or write-down of goodwill which could have a material adverse effect on our results for the financial reporting period during which such sale occurs. In addition, in connection with such divestitures, we have retained and may in the future retain responsibility for some of the known and unknown contingent liabilities related to certain divestitures such as lawsuits, tax liabilities, product liability claims, and environmental matters.

The trading price of our common stock has been volatile, and investors in our common stock may experience substantial losses.

The trading price of our common stock has been volatile and may become volatile again in the future. The trading price of our common stock could decline or fluctuate in response to a variety of factors, including:

Decreases in discount rates and actual rates of return could require an increase in future pension contributions to our pension plans which could limit our flexibility in managing our Company.

The discount rate and the expected rate of return on plan assets represent key assumptions inherent in our actuarially calculated pension plan obligations and pension plan expense. If discount rates and actual rates of return on invested plan assets were to decrease significantly, our pension plan obligations could increase materially. Although our pension plans have been frozen, the size of future required pension contributions could require us to dedicate a greater portion of our cash flow from operations to making contributions, which could negatively impact our financial flexibility.

Our business could be negatively impacted by cybersecurity threats, information systems and network interruptions, and other security threats or disruptions.

Our information technology networks and related systems are critical to the operation of our business and essential to our ability to successfully perform day-to-day operations. Cybersecurity threats are persistent, evolve quickly, and include, but are not limited to, computer viruses, ransomware, attempts to access information, denial of service and other electronic security breaches. These events could disrupt our operations or customers and other third-party IT systems in which we are involved and could negatively impact our reputation among our customers and the public which could have a negative impact on our financial conditions, results of operations, or liquidity.

We are subject to increasing regulation associated with data privacy and processing, the violation of which could result in significant penalties and harm our reputation.

Regulatory scrutiny of privacy, data protection, collection, use and sharing of data is increasing on a global basis. Like all global companies, we are subject to a number of laws, rules and directives (“privacy laws”) relating to the collection, use, retention, security, processing and transfer (“processing”) of personally identifiable information about our employees, customers and suppliers (“personal data”) in the countries where we operate. The most notable of these privacy laws is the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), which came into effect in 2018. GDPR extends the scope of the EU data protection law to all foreign companies processing data of EU residents and imposes a strict data protection compliance regime with severe penalties for non-compliance of up to the greater of 4% of worldwide turnover and €20 million. While we continue to strengthen our data privacy and protection policies and to train our personnel accordingly, a determination that there have been violations of GDPR or other privacy or data protection laws could expose us to significant damage awards, fines and other penalties that could, individually or in the aggregate, materially harm our results of operations and reputation.

Various restrictions in our charter documents, Delaware law and our credit agreement could prevent or delay a change in control that is not supported by our board of directors.

We are subject to several provisions in our charter documents, Delaware law and our credit facility that may discourage, delay or prevent a merger, acquisition or change of control that a stockholder may consider favorable. These anti-takeover provisions include:

Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law prohibits a merger, consolidation, asset sale or other similar business combination between the Company and any stockholder of 15% or more of our voting stock for a period of three years after the stockholder acquires 15% or more of our voting stock, unless (1) the transaction is approved by our board of directors before the stockholder acquires 15% or more of our voting stock, (2) upon completing the transaction the stockholder owns at least 85% of our voting stock outstanding at the commencement of the transaction, or (3) the transaction is approved by our board of directors and the holders of 66 2/3% of our voting stock, excluding shares of our voting stock owned by the stockholder.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

None.

Item 1C. Cybersecurity

Item 2. Properties

We operate a total of 57 locations including manufacturing plants, service centers, and warehouses located throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Southeast Asia, Japan, China, India, Brazil, and Mexico. The Company owns 17 of the locations and the others are leased. For the year ended June 30, 2026, the approximate building space utilized by each segment is as follows:

⁽¹⁾ EMEA consists of Europe, Middle East and S. Africa.

In general, the buildings are in sound operating condition and are considered to be adequate for their intended purposes and current uses.

We own substantially all of the machinery and equipment utilized in our businesses.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

Discussion of legal matters is incorporated by reference to Part II, Item 8, Note 12, “CONTINGENCIES,” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not Applicable

PART II

Item 5. Market for the Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The principal market in which the Common Stock of Standex is traded is the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “SXI”. The approximate number of stockholders of record on August 7, 2026 was 990. 

Additional information regarding our equity compensation plans is presented in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under the caption “Stock-Based Compensation and Purchase Plans” and Item 12 “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.”

⁽¹⁾ The Company has a Stock Buyback Program (the “Program”) which was originally announced on January 30, 1985 and most recently amended on April 28, 2022. Under the Program, the Company is authorized to repurchase up to an aggregate of $200 million of its shares. Under the program, purchases may be made from time to time on the open market, including through 10b5-1 trading plans, or through privately negotiated transactions, block transactions, or other techniques in accordance with prevailing market conditions and the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Board’s authorization is open-ended and does not establish a timeframe for the purchases. The Company is not obligated to acquire a particular number of shares, and the program may be discontinued at any time at the Company’s discretion.

Except as set forth below, none of our directors or executive officers adopted or terminated a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or adopted or terminated a non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement (as defined in Item 408(c) of Regulation S-K) during the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

The graph below matches Standex International Corporation's cumulative 5-Year total shareholder return on common stock with the cumulative total returns of the Russell 2000 index and the S&P 600 Industrials index. The graph tracks the performance of a $100 investment in our common stock and in each index (with the reinvestment of all dividends) from 6/30/2021 to 6/30/2026.

 

Item 6. [Reserved]

Not Applicable

Item 7.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Overview

We are a diversified industrial manufacturer with leading positions in a variety of products and services that are used in diverse commercial and industrial markets. We have four operating and reportable segments. Please refer to Item 1. Business, above, for additional information regarding our segment structure and management strategy.

As part of our ongoing strategy:

As a result of these portfolio moves, we have transformed Standex to a company with a more focused group of businesses selling customized solutions to high value end markets via a compelling customer value proposition. The narrowing of the portfolio allows for greater management focus on driving operational disciplines and positions us well to use our cash flow from operations to invest selectively in our ongoing pipeline of organic and inorganic opportunities.

The Company’s strong historical cash flow has been a cornerstone for funding our capital allocation strategy. We use cash flow generated from operations to fund investments in capital assets to upgrade our facilities, improve productivity and lower costs, invest in the strategic growth programs described above, including organic growth and acquisitions, and to return cash to our shareholders through payment of dividends and stock buybacks. 

Restructuring expenses reflect costs associated with our efforts of continuously improving operational efficiency and expanding globally in order to remain competitive in our end-user markets. We incur costs for actions to size our businesses to a level appropriate for current economic conditions, improve our cost structure, enhance our competitive position and increase operating margins. Such expenses include costs for moving facilities to locations that allow for lower fixed and variable costs, external consultants who provide additional expertise starting up plants after relocation, downsizing operations because of changing economic conditions, and other costs resulting from asset redeployment decisions. Shutdown costs include severance, benefits, stay bonuses, lease and contract terminations, asset write-downs, costs of moving fixed assets, and moving and relocation costs. Vacant facility costs include maintenance, utilities, property taxes and other costs.

Because of the diversity of the Company’s businesses, end user markets and geographic locations, management does not use specific external indices to predict the future performance of the Company, other than general information about broad macroeconomic trends. Each of our individual business units serves niche markets and attempts to identify trends other than general business and economic conditions which are specific to its business and which could impact their performance. Those units report pertinent information to senior management, which uses it to the extent relevant to assess the future performance of the Company.  A description of any such material trends is described below in the applicable segment analysis.

We monitor a number of key performance indicators (“KPIs”) including net sales, income from operations, backlog, effective income tax rate, gross profit margin, and operating cash flow. A discussion of these KPIs is included below.  We may also supplement the discussion of these KPIs by identifying the impact of foreign exchange rates, acquisitions, and other significant items when they have a material impact on a specific KPI. 

We believe the discussion of these items provides enhanced information to investors by disclosing their impact on the overall trend which provides a clearer comparative view of the KPI, as applicable. For discussion of the impact of foreign exchange rates on KPIs, the Company calculates the impact as the difference between the current period KPI calculated at the current period exchange rate as compared to the KPI calculated at the historical exchange rate for the prior period. For discussion of the impact of acquisitions, we isolate the effect on the KPI amount that would have existed regardless of our acquisition. Sales resulting from synergies between the acquisition and existing operations of the Company are considered organic growth for the purposes of our discussion.

Unless otherwise noted, references to years are to fiscal years.

Consolidated Results from Continuing Operations (in thousands):

Net Sales

Net sales increased for fiscal year 2026 by $101.5 million, or 12.8% when compared to the prior year period. Acquisitions accounted for increased sales of $66.4 million, or 8.4%. Divestitures reduced sales by $12.8 million, or 1.6%. Organic sales increased by $43.6 million, or 5.5%, primarily due to increased sales into fast growth markets and contributions from new products. Sales included $263.8 million in the period attributed to fast growth markets. New products accounted for 5.3% of sales growth. 

Net sales increased for fiscal year 2025 by $69.5 million, or 9.6% when compared to the prior year period. Acquisitions accounted for increased sales of $123.6 million, or 17.2%. Organic sales decreased by $53.8 million, or 7.5%, due to general economic softness in Europe and North America in the Electronics segment, the impact of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding cuts in the Scientific segment and continued softness in North America from delays in new platform rollout in the Engraving & Hydraulics segment. Sales included $184.2 million in the period attributed to fast growth markets. New products accounted for 2.5% of sales growth.

We discuss our results and outlook for each segment below. 

Gross Profit 

Gross profit in fiscal year 2026 increased to $372.0 million, or a gross margin of 41.7%, as compared to $315.2 million, or a gross margin of 39.9%, for the prior year. The margin increase was a result of higher volume and the continued focus on pricing disciplines and productivity actions.

Gross profit in fiscal year 2025 increased to $315.2 million, or a gross margin of 39.9%, as compared to $282.0 million, or a gross margin of 39.1%, for the prior year. This increase was a result of higher volume, productivity initiatives and impact of acquisitions partially offset by material inflation.

Restructuring Costs

During fiscal year 2026, we incurred restructuring expenses of $12.2 million, primarily related to facility rationalization activities and announced closure of four sites within our Engraving & Hydraulics segment as well as restructuring activities within our Electronics segment. We expect to continue seeing realization of the benefit of these restructuring actions into fiscal year 2027. 

During fiscal year 2025, we incurred restructuring expenses of $6.9 million, primarily related to facility rationalization activities, and global headcount reductions mostly within our Engraving & Hydraulics segment.

Deal Related Costs

We incurred deal related expenses of $4.1 million and $21.4 million in fiscal year 2026 and 2025, respectively. Deal related costs typically consist of due diligence, advisory, legal, integration, and valuation activities associated with recent or pending acquisitions or divestitures transactions. Deal related costs were lower in fiscal year 2026 as compared to 2025 mainly due to 2025 acquisitions.

Gain on Sale of Business

During fiscal year 2026, we recorded a gain on the sale of the Federal Industries business of $57.1 million. The sale transaction and financial results of Federal Industries are classified as continuing operations in the consolidated financial statements.

Income from Operations

Income from operations for the fiscal year 2026 was $193.6 million, compared to $93.5 million during the prior year. The increase of $100.0 million, or 106.9%, is primarily due to the gain on the divestiture of Federal Industries, effects of recent acquisitions, productivity improvement initiatives, and lower purchase accounting and deal related costs, partially offset by an increase in administrative and research and development expenses.

Income from operations for the fiscal year 2025 was $93.5 million, compared to $101.7 million during the prior year. The decrease of $8.2 million, or 8.0%, is primarily due to increase of acquisition costs and administrative expenses which more than offset the income from the increase in sales from recent acquisitions.

Discussion of the performance of each of our reportable segments is fully explained in the segment analysis that follows.  

Interest Expense

Interest expense for fiscal year 2026 was $30.7 million, an increase of $6.8 million as compared to the prior year. The increase in interest expense in fiscal 2026 was primarily due to longer period over which the debt was outstanding in fiscal 2026.

Interest expense for fiscal year 2025 was $23.9 million, an increase of $19.3 million as compared to the prior year. The increase in interest expense in fiscal 2025 was due to increased debt to fund fiscal 2025 acquisitions. 

Our effective interest rate in fiscal 2026 was 5.71% as compared to 6.38% for the fiscal year 2025. The reduction in effective interest rate was on account of favorable interest rates in fiscal 2026 and a favorable interest rate swap.

Income Taxes

The income tax provision from continuing operations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026 was $34.3 million, or an effective rate of 21.02% compared to $11.1 million, or an effective rate of 16.11%, for the year ended June 30, 2025, and $21.5 million, or an effective rate of 22.6%, for the year ended June 30, 2024. Changes in the effective tax rates from period to period may be significant as they depend on many factors including, but not limited to, the amount of our income or loss, the mix of income earned in the U.S. versus outside the U.S., the effective tax rate in each of the countries in which we earn income, and any one-time tax issues which occur during the period.

The income tax provision from continuing operations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026 was impacted by the following items: (i) a tax provision of $8.1 million due to the mix of income in various jurisdictions, (ii) tax benefits of $4.3 million primarily related to foreign tax credits of $1.8 million, as well as Federal R&D tax credits of $2.5 million and (iii) a tax benefit of $5.0 million primarily related to the release of the valuation allowance on Federal capital loss carryforwards.

The income tax provision from continuing operations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 was impacted by the following items: (i) a tax provision of $5.8 million due to the mix of income in various jurisdictions, (ii) tax benefits of $4.7 million related to foreign tax credits of $2.1 million, as well as Federal R&D tax credits of $2.5 million, (iii) a tax provision of $1.8 million related to officers’ compensation, (iv) a tax provision of $3.0 million related to cash repatriation, and (v) a tax benefit of $9.1 million (inclusive of $1.2 million of interest) related to the release of a Sec. 965 toll tax uncertain tax position due to the lapse of statute of limitations.

The income tax provision from continuing operations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 was impacted by the following items: (i) a tax provision of $3.1 million due to the mix of income in various jurisdictions, (ii) tax benefits of $2.8 million related to foreign tax credits of $0.7 million, as well as Federal R&D tax credits of $2.1 million, (iii) a tax provision of $3.8 million related to officers’ compensation, and (iv) a tax benefit of $3.8 million relating to share-based compensation.

On July 4, 2025, the U.S. government enacted The One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 (“OBBBA”) which includes, among other provisions, changes to the U.S. corporate income tax system including the allowance of immediate expensing of qualifying research and development expenses and permanent extensions of certain provisions within the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The OBBBA did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements for fiscal year 2026.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (the "Inclusive Framework") have put forth Pillar Two proposals that ensure a minimal level of taxation. Several countries in which the Company operates, including several European Union member states, have adopted domestic legislation to implement the Inclusive Framework's global corporate minimum tax rate of fifteen percent. This legislation became effective for the Company beginning June 1, 2024. Based on the Company's analysis of Pillar Two provisions, these tax law changes did not have a material impact on the Company's financial statements for fiscal year 2026. On January 5, 2026, the OECD Inclusive Framework members approved changes to the model rules, including the introduction of a “side by side” rule which would exempt U.S.-parented companies from certain aspects of the global minimum tax regime. The updated model rules will need to be incorporated into local tax legislation to be effective. We do not expect the new rules to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Capital Expenditures

Our capital spending is focused on growth initiatives, cost reduction activities, and upgrades to extend the capabilities of our capital assets. In general, we anticipate our capital expenditures over the long-term will be approximately 4 to 5% of net sales. 

During fiscal year 2026, capital expenditures were $25.2 million or 2.8% of net sales, as compared to $28.8 million, or 3.6%, of net sales in the prior year. We expect 2027 capital spending to be between $45 million and $55 million.

Backlog

Backlog includes all active or open orders for goods and services. Backlog also includes any future deliveries based on executed customer contracts, so long as such deliveries are based on agreed upon delivery schedules. Backlog orders are not necessarily an indicator of future sales levels because of variations in lead times and customer production demand pull systems, with the exception of A&D. Customers may delay delivery of products or cancel orders prior to shipment, subject to possible cancellation penalties. Due to the nature of long-term agreements in the A&D segment, the timing of orders and delivery dates can vary considerably resulting in significant backlog changes from one period to another. 

Backlog orders are as follows (in thousands): 

Total backlog realizable within one year increased $72.9 million, or 29.7% to $318.5 million at June 30, 2026 from $245.6 million at June 30, 2025. Changes in backlog under 1 year are as follows (in thousands):

Segment Analysis (in thousands)

Overall Outlook

Looking forward to fiscal year 2027, barring any unforeseen economic, global trade, or tariff related disruptions, we expect mid to high single digit sales growth, driven by high single digit to low double-digit organic growth, partially offset by the impact of the Federal divestiture and unfavorable foreign exchange. 

We plan to release over 20 new products which are projected to contribute approximately 300 bps of incremental growth. Sales from fast growth markets are expected to grow approximately 20% year-on-year to greater than $310 million. In fiscal year 2027, the Company is on track to further reduce its net debt to EBITDA ratio, positioning the Company well to fund future organic and inorganic opportunities. 

In general, for fiscal year 2027, we expect:

Electronics Group

Net sales in fiscal year 2026 increased by $74.9 million, or 18.7%, when compared to the prior year. The full year benefit of fiscal year 2025 acquisitions added $44.0 million, or 11.0% to net sales in 2026. Organic sales increased by $31.1 million, or 7.8%, due to increased sales into fast growth markets and increased new product sales. The foreign currency impact decreased sales by $0.3 million, or 0.1% as compared to the prior year. 

Income from operations in the fiscal year 2026 increased by $33.4 million, or 38.0%, when compared to the prior year. The operating income increase was the result of higher volume, pricing initiatives and product mix, partially offset by growth investments.

Net sales in fiscal year 2025 increased by $78.2 million, or 24.3%, when compared to the prior year. Acquisitions added $104.4 million, or 32.4% to net sales in 2025. Organic sales decreased by $26.8 million, or 8.3%, due to general market softness in Europe and North America. Declines occurred across most markets, particularly industrial applications, transportation and utilities. The foreign currency impact increased sales by $0.6 million, or 0.2%. The Amran Narayan acquisition took place in the fiscal year 2025 while the fiscal year 2024 acquisitions included Minntronix, Sanyu and SEPL.

Income from operations in the fiscal year 2025 increased by $23.9 million, or 37.3%, when compared to the prior year. Acquisitions contributed $25.8 million income from operations. Pricing, and productivity initiatives, and favorable product mix were partially offset by lower core volume.

Aerospace & Defense Group

Net sales in fiscal year 2026 increased by $32.4 million, or 31.6%, when compared to the prior year. The sales increase was attributable to the full year benefit of the acquisition of McStarlite which added $17.5 million or 17.1% to revenue and an organic sales increase of $14.5 million or 14.1% driven by increased project activity in the defense end markets. Foreign currency impact increased net sales by $0.4 million or 0.4% as compared to the prior year.

Income from operations in fiscal year 2026 increased by $6.5 million, or 42.3%, when compared to the prior year. The increase in operating income was a result of higher volume and project mix.

Net sales in fiscal year 2025 increased by $19.1 million, or 22.9%, when compared to the prior year. Sales increase was attributable to the acquisition of McStarlite which added $11.6 million to revenue and an organic sales increase of $5.8 million, or 8.6% driven by growth in the space and aviation end markets. 

Income from operations in fiscal year 2025 increased by $0.2 million, or 1.4% primarily related to the McStarlite acquisition. This growth is attributed to increased sales volume across the aviation markets and space markets combined with the McStarlite acquisition, and productivity initiatives. 

Scientific Group

Net sales in fiscal year 2026 increased by $3.4 million, or 4.7% when compared to the prior year, due primarily to an $4.8 million or 6.6% full year benefit from the Custom Biogenic Systems acquisition, partially offset by an organic decline of $1.4 million or 2.0% from lower demand at academic and research institutions that were impacted by NIH funding cuts. 

Income from operations in fiscal year 2026 increased by $0.6 million, or 3.2%, when compared to the prior year due to contribution from the acquisition partially offset by organic decline.

Net sales in fiscal year 2025 increased by $3.4 million, or 5.0% when compared to the prior year, due to benefit from the Custom Biogenic Systems acquisition, mostly offset by an organic decline from lower demand at academic and research institutions that were impacted by NIH funding cuts. 

Income from operations in fiscal year 2025 decreased by $1.5 million or 8.1%, when compared to the prior year due to organic decline partially offset by contribution from the acquisition and price and productivity initiatives.

Engraving & Hydraulics Group

Net sales in fiscal year 2026 increased by $3.0 million, or 1.7%, compared to the prior year. Organic sales decreased by $1.1 million, or 0.6%, primarily as a result of general market softness. Foreign exchange impacts increased sales by $4.1 million, or 2.3% as compared to prior year. 

Income from operations in fiscal year 2026 increased by $2.2 million, or 8.9%, when compared to the prior year. The operating income increase was supported by higher sales and the realization of previously announced productivity initiatives and restructuring actions.

Net sales in fiscal year 2025 decreased by $26.7 million or 13.0% compared to the prior year. Organic sales decreased by $25.3 million, primarily as a result of delays in new platform rollouts in North America. Foreign exchange impacts reduced sales by $1.4 million, or 0.9%. 

Income from operations in fiscal year 2025 decreased by $11.9 million, or 32.0%, when compared to the prior year primarily as a result of lower demand in North America, partially offset by productivity actions.  

Other