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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000057515-26-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MZTI"
cik: "0000057515"
company_name: "MARZETTI CO"
filed_at: "2026-08-25T11:38:35+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-25T11:40:07.416776+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Marzetti Q4 adj EPS $1.46 (+9% YoY); FY adj EPS $6.83; 63rd straight dividend hike

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $465.0M, down 2.2% reported; up 0.4% ex-TSA; Bachan's added $15.4M.
- Q4 adjusted diluted EPS $1.46 vs $1.34; GAAP EPS $1.76 incl $0.66 gain from Milpitas property sale.
- FY net sales $1.93B (+1.1%); adjusted EPS $6.83 vs $6.72; operating cash flow record $283.8M.
- Dividend increased for 63rd consecutive year; paid $108.8M dividends and repurchased $36.3M stock in FY26.
- Management notes Cyclospora outbreak monitoring; expects moderate inflation in FY27 offset by pricing and cost savings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000057515-26-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MZTI
- cik: 0000057515
- company_name: MARZETTI CO
- filed_at: 2026-08-25T11:38:35+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751526000018/0000057515-26-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751526000018/mzti-20260825.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000057515-26-000018.txt

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