---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000074046-24-000097"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ODC"
cik: "0000074046"
company_name: "Oil-Dri Corp of America"
filed_at: "2024-12-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T04:28:55.140045+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Oil-Dri reports record Q1: net sales $127.9M (+15%), EPS $2.25 (+50%); stockholders approve 2-for-1 stock split

## Summary
- Net income $16.4M, up 52% from $10.7M; diluted EPS $2.25 vs $1.50 a year ago.
- B2B segment sales $48.4M (+24%), operating income $17.1M (+54%); Retail & Wholesale sales $79.5M (+10%), operating income $13.4M (+18%).
- Stockholders approved amendment to increase authorized common shares from 15M to 30M to effect 2-for-1 stock split via stock dividend; record date Dec 20, 2024, distribution expected Jan 3, 2025.
- Quarterly cash dividend declared: $0.155 per common share and $0.1165 per Class B share, payable Mar 7, 2025 to holders of record Feb 21, 2025.
- Dividend amount adjusted for stock split; Oil-Dri has paid cash dividends each year since 1974 and increased annually for 21 consecutive years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000074046-24-000097
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ODC
- cik: 0000074046
- company_name: Oil-Dri Corp of America
- filed_at: 2024-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74046/000007404624000097/0000074046-24-000097-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74046/000007404624000097/odc-20241209.htm

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