---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-009461"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZVIA"
cik: "0001854139"
company_name: "Zevia PBC"
filed_at: "2022-05-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T19:23:29.913825+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Zevia Q1 net sales +24% to $38M; net loss widens to $17.5M; CFO departs

## Summary
- Net sales $38.0M, up 24% YoY; unit volume +21% to 3.4M equivalized cases.
- Gross margin fell to 38.4% from 46.2% due to inflation and mix; net loss $17.5M ($0.30/share).
- Adjusted EBITDA loss $8.3M vs. +$0.5M a year ago; includes $8.9M non-cash equity comp.
- FY2022 guidance reaffirmed: net sales $177M-$182M (+28-32%); Q2 seen at $41M-$43M.
- CFO Bill Beech departed May 6; severance of $280K over 12 months plus health benefits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-009461
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZVIA
- cik: 0001854139
- company_name: Zevia PBC
- filed_at: 2022-05-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/000095017022009461/0000950170-22-009461-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/000095017022009461/zvia-20220506.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-009461
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-009461.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-009461.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William “Bill” D. Beech departed as Chief Financial Officer at Zevia PBC.
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: As previously announced, William “Bill” D. Beech, the Company’s former Chief Financial Officer, departed the Company on May 6, 2022 (the “Separation Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854139/000095017022009461/0000950170-22-009461-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.