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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000024545-24-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TAP"
cik: "0000024545"
company_name: "MOLSON COORS BEVERAGE CO"
filed_at: "2024-08-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T12:44:12.975656+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Molson Coors Q2 net sales flat, income before taxes +26.9% GAAP; reaffirms FY guidance

## Summary
- Net sales decreased 0.4% reported (0.1% constant currency); underlying pretax income +5.2% constant currency.
- GAAP income before taxes $559.9M (+26.9%); underlying diluted EPS $1.92 (+7.9%).
- Returned $353M to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases.
- U.S. distributor inventory built ahead of Fort Worth brewery strike (14 weeks ended May 2024).
- Exiting contract brewing arrangement impacting 900,000+ hectoliters; reaffirms FY 2024 top-line and bottom-line growth guidance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000024545-24-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TAP
- cik: 0000024545
- company_name: MOLSON COORS BEVERAGE CO
- filed_at: 2024-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24545/000002454524000016/0000024545-24-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24545/000002454524000016/tap-20240806.htm

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