---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950142-26-001485"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MOV"
cik: "0000072573"
company_name: "MOVADO GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-27T11:30:33+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T11:36:11.549972+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Movado Q1 EPS $0.30 vs $0.06 YoY; sales up 8% to $142.4M; dividend raised 14% to $0.40

## Summary
- Net sales $142.4M, up 8.1% YoY (4.5% constant-currency); US sales +8.7%, international +7.6%.
- GAAP EPS $0.30; adjusted EPS $0.32; operating income $7.0M vs $0.3M YoY; gross margin improved 320 bps to 57.3%.
- Board approved $0.05 dividend increase to $0.40/share; payable June 24, record June 10; $44.6M remaining under buyback program.
- Ended quarter with $225.3M cash, no debt; repurchased 61,000 shares during Q1.
- Company declined to provide FY2027 outlook citing economic/geopolitical uncertainty, notes Q2 sales growth may moderate.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950142-26-001485
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MOV
- cik: 0000072573
- company_name: MOVADO GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-27T11:30:33+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72573/000095014226001485/0000950142-26-001485-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72573/000095014226001485/eh260784585_8k.htm

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