---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000034563-23-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FARM"
cik: "0000034563"
company_name: "FARMER BROTHERS CO"
filed_at: "2023-02-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T22:05:59.858057+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Farmer Bros. Q2 net sales +12% to $132.7M; net loss $13.6M vs $5.4M; Adj EBITDA loss $3.1M

## Summary
- Net sales $132.7M (+12% YoY); net loss $13.6M vs $5.4M loss prior year.
- Gross margin 22.9% (down from 29.5% YoY) but sequentially improved; expects margin recovery in H2.
- Adjusted EBITDA loss $3.1M vs income $4.5M prior year; sequentially improved from loss $4.9M.
- Unrestricted cash grew ~$8M to >$17M; appointed new head of DSD business.
- CEO states Q2 likely high-water mark for coffee cost per pound; expects margin improvement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000034563-23-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FARM
- cik: 0000034563
- company_name: FARMER BROTHERS CO
- filed_at: 2023-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/34563/000003456323000005/0000034563-23-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000003456323000005/farm-20230208.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000034563-23-000005.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  FARMER BROTHERS CO reported financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2022.
  - Period: its second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 8, 2023 , Farmer Bros. Co., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), issued a press release announcing its financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000003456323000005/0000034563-23-000005-index.htm

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