secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MGP INGREDIENTS INC (MGPI)
CIK:        0000835011
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-29T11:30:41+00:00
Accession:  0000835011-26-000101
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

MGP Ingredients Q2 sales down 15% to $124.4M; adjusted EPS $0.72 vs $0.97; reaffirms FY guidance
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- Consolidated sales $124.4M (-15% YoY); gross margin 37.4% vs 40.1%; net income $12.0M vs $14.4M.
- Adjusted basic EPS $0.72 vs $0.97; adjusted EBITDA $27.6M (-23%).
- Distilling Solutions sales fell 42% to $29.2M on 59% decline in brown goods; Ingredient Solutions sales up 2% but gross margin halved to 10.1%.
- Branded Spirits sales down 1% to $59.6M; premium plus up 5% led by Penelope Bourbon (+13%) and Yellowstone.
- Reaffirmed FY2026 guidance: sales $480-500M, adj. EBITDA $90-98M, adj. EPS $1.50-1.80; declared $0.12 quarterly dividend.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/835011/000083501126000101/0000835011-26-000101-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/835011/000083501126000101/mgpi-20260729.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000835011-26-000101

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