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Issuer:     WINMARK CORP (WINA)
CIK:        0000908315
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-10-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000908315-22-000033
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Winmark Q3 net income up to $10.37M ($2.93 EPS) vs $10.08M ($2.67); special dividend $3/share
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- Q3 net income $10.37M ($2.93 diluted EPS) vs $10.08M ($2.67) a year ago.
- Nine-month net income $29.25M ($8.11 diluted EPS) vs $28.33M ($7.40).
- Quarterly dividend $0.70/share and special dividend $3.00/share, payable Dec 1 to holders of record Nov 9.
- Special dividend total ~$10.3M; 2022 YTD capital return $68.3M ($49.1M buybacks, $19.2M dividends).
- Franchise count at quarter end: 1,291 operating, 54 awarded not yet open.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908315/000090831522000033/0000908315-22-000033-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908315/000090831522000033/tmb-20221012x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000908315-22-000033

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