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Issuer:     FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC (FDP)
CIK:        0001047340
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001047340-25-000006
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Fresh Del Monte Q4 net income $20.4M, EPS $0.42; authorizes $150M buyback, dividend to $0.30
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- Q4 net income $20.4M ($0.42 diluted EPS) vs net loss of $106.4M; adjusted operating income $17.1M.
- Full-year net sales $4,280M, down 1%; gross margin improved to 8.4% from 8.1%, driven by fresh/value-added segment.
- Fresh and value-added segment gross margin rose to 9.3% (6.8% prior) on higher pineapple, avocado, fresh-cut fruit sales.
- Banana segment gross margin fell to 5.9% (10.0% prior) on lower North America volumes and higher costs.
- Board authorized $150M share repurchase program and increased quarterly dividend to $0.30 per share.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047340/000104734025000006/0001047340-25-000006-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047340/000104734025000006/fdp-20250224.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001047340-25-000006

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