---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000074046-21-000083"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ODC"
cik: "0000074046"
company_name: "Oil-Dri Corp of America"
filed_at: "2021-10-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T21:14:34.177649+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Oil-Dri Q4 revenue +20% to $78M record, net income plunges 90% to $603K

## Summary
- Q4 net sales record $78.1M, up 20% YoY; net income $603K, down 90% from $5.9M.
- Full year net sales $305M (record), +8%; net income $11.1M, -41%; diluted EPS $1.57 vs $2.65.
- Severe cost inflation: domestic packaging costs +40%, natural gas +67% in Q4; resin and lumber spikes.
- B2B segment sales +13%, operating income -39%; Retail/Wholesale sales +26%, operating income swung to $3.3M profit.
- Management implemented price increases but did not keep pace with inflation; animal health trials and lightweight cat litter growth cited as positives.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000074046-21-000083
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ODC
- cik: 0000074046
- company_name: Oil-Dri Corp of America
- filed_at: 2021-10-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/74046/000007404621000083/0000074046-21-000083-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74046/000007404621000083/odc-20211013.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000074046-21-000083.txt

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