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Issuer:     WINMARK CORP (WINA)
CIK:        0000908315
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000908315-26-000016
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Winmark Q1 net income $9.25M ($2.50 EPS) vs $9.96M year ago; declares $1.02 dividend
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- Q1 net income $9.25M ($2.50 diluted EPS) vs $9.96M ($2.71) in 2025; prior year had $2.2M litigation settlement.
- Quarterly dividend of $1.02 per share declared; payable June 1, 2026 to holders of record May 13, 2026.
- 1,383 franchises open; 79 awarded not open; over 2,800 territories available.
- Launching North American Ad Fund for Plato's Closet and modernizing POS for franchisees.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908315/000090831526000016/0000908315-26-000016-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908315/000090831526000016/wina-20260415x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000908315-26-000016

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