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The dividend king RPM International today reported on the first quarter of the 2025 financial year.

Highlights

• Record net profit in the first quarter of 227.7 million dollarsrecord earnings per share (diluted) of 1,77$
• Adjusted diluted earnings per share of 1,84$ in the first quarter is a record and is thus 12,2 % above the previous year's figure.
• Net sales in the first quarter amounted to 1.97 billion dollars2.1 % less than in the previous year
• The company distributed 76.4 million dollars in the form of cash dividends and share buybacks.
• Total debt amounted to 2.05 billion dollars compared to 2.51 billion dollars in the previous year.

Source:

https://www.rpminc.com/news/news-release/?workflowid=0e276308-077b-4e6c-acc2-2e9c18a87aba

The week summarized:

Monday

• S&P U.S. Manufacturing PMI (final March)
• Construction Spending (February)
• ISM Manufacturing (March)

Tuesday

• Vacancies (February)
• The President of the FED of San Francisco, Mary Dalygives speeches, and the President of the FED of New York, John Williamsmoderates a panel discussion
• Publication of business figures from Paychex ($PAYX (+0,37 %) ), Cal-Maine Foods ($CALM (-0,33 %) ) and Dave & Buster's Entertainment ($PLAY (+0,38 %) )

Wednesday

• ADP Employment (March)
• S&P U.S. Services PMI (final March)
• ISM Services (March)
• The President of the FED of Chicago, Austan Goolsbeegives speeches, and Jerome Powell participates in a forum at at Standford University attends
• Publication of business figures from Acuity Brands ($AYI (+0 %) ), Levi Strauss ($LEVI (+1,2 %) ) and BlackBerry Limited ($BB (+0,22 %) )
• Annual General Meeting of Disney ($DIS (+0,11 %) )

Thursday

• US trade balance (February)
• Speeches by Loretta MesterPresident of the FED of Cleveland, and Austan GoolsbeePresident of the Chicago FED
• Publication of earnings by RPM International ($RPM (+0,27 %) ) and Conagra Brands ($CAG )

Friday

• 
  US Labor Market Report (March)
• Consumer Credit (February)

There are some important economic events coming up in the next week that could be relevant:

Monday

• S&P Global Manufacturing PMI - Final Reading (September)
• ISM Manufacturing PMI (September)
• Construction Spending (August)

Tuesday

• Companies like McCormick & Company ($MKC (+0,29 %) ), Cal-Maine Foods Inc. ($CALM (-0,33 %) ) and Novagold Resources Inc.. ($NG (-1,36 %) ) will release their quarterly reports.
• Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) (August)
• IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index (October)
• LMI Logistics Managers' Index (September)

Wednesday

• Companies like RPM International Inc. ($RPM (+0,27 %) ), Acuity Brands Inc. ($AYI (+0 %) ) and Helen of Troy Ltd.. ($HELE (+0 %) ) will release their quarterly reports.
• ADP National Employment Report (September)
• S&P Global Services PMI - Final Reading (September)
• S&P Global Composite PMI - Final Reading (September)
• ISM Services PMI (September)
• PLAndings Manufacturing (August)

Thursday

• Companies like Constellation Brands ($STZ (-0,02 %) ), Lamb Weston Holdings ($LW (-0,09 %) ), ConAgra Brands ($CAG ) and Levi Strauss & Co. ($LEVI (+1,2 %) ) will release their quarterly reports.
• Challenger, Gray & Christmas Job Cuts (September)
• Trade Balance of the USA (August)

Friday

• U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls (September)
• Consumer Credit Report (August)
• Updates on the Labor Market

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