secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MARZETTI CO (MZTI)
CIK:        0000057515
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-25T11:38:35+00:00
Accession:  0000057515-26-000018
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751526000018/0000057515-26-000018-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751526000018/mzti-20260825.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000057515-26-000018

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