---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000074046-23-000081"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ODC"
cik: "0000074046"
company_name: "Oil-Dri Corp of America"
filed_at: "2023-12-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T15:17:49.979161+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Oil-Dri reports record Q1 net sales $111.4M (+13% YoY) and net income $10.7M (+105%)

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $1.50 vs $0.78 last year; gross margin expanded to 27.8% from 22.6%.
- B2B segment sales $39.2M (+16%), driven by fluids purification (+23%) and animal health (+18%).
- Retail/Wholesale sales $72.3M (+11%); domestic cat litter ex-co-pack up 18%.
- Launched Cat's Pride Antibacterial Clumping Litter, first EPA-approved antibacterial cat litter.
- Co-packaged coarse litter sales down 36% due to customer cyberattack disrupting orders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000074046-23-000081
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ODC
- cik: 0000074046
- company_name: Oil-Dri Corp of America
- filed_at: 2023-12-11T23:59:59+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/74046/000007404623000081/0000074046-23-000081-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74046/000007404623000081/odc-20231211.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000074046-23-000081
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000074046-23-000081.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000074046-23-000081.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Oil-Dri Corp of America reported financial results for first quarter ended October 31, 2023.
  - Period: first quarter ended October 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On December 11, 2023, Oil-Dri Corporation of America (the "Registrant") issued a press release announcing its results of operations for its first quarter ended October 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74046/000007404623000081/0000074046-23-000081-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.