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Issuer:     FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC (FDP)
CIK:        0001047340
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001047340-23-000230
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Fresh Del Monte Q3 net income $8.4M ($0.17 EPS) vs $33.3M; banana margin up 250 bps
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- Net sales Q3 $1,003.1M vs $1,053.5M; gross profit $74.4M vs $88.0M (incl. $8.4M Greece flood charge).
- Banana segment gross margin improved to 8.3% from 5.8% on lower distribution and ocean freight costs.
- Long-term debt reduced 26% to $401.0M from $539.8M at FY2022 year-end.
- Quarterly cash dividend increased to $0.20 per share from $0.15, payable Dec 8, 2023.
- Nine-month diluted EPS $1.97 vs $1.68; adjusted EBITDA growth driven by higher gross margins.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047340/000104734023000230/0001047340-23-000230-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047340/000104734023000230/fdp-20231101.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001047340-23-000230

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