---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001062993-22-005525"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STKL"
cik: "0000351834"
company_name: "SunOpta Inc."
filed_at: "2022-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T05:04:59.574579+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SunOpta Q4 revenue flat at $204.2M, gross margin collapses to 9.0%; guides FY22 EBITDA $67-75M

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $204.2M, down 0.6% YoY; plant-based +5.8%, fruit-based -9.4%.
- Gross margin fell 650 bps to 9.0% due to labor costs, inflation, fruit spoilage.
- Adjusted EBITDA $10.7M (-48.2% YoY); adjusted EPS loss $0.01 vs $0.03 prior.
- FY2022 guidance: revenue $890M-$930M, adj. EBITDA $67M-$75M.
- CEO expects Q1'22 sequential recovery; new aseptic plant in Midlothian on track.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001062993-22-005525
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STKL
- cik: 0000351834
- company_name: SunOpta Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351834/000106299322005525/0001062993-22-005525-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351834/000106299322005525/form8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001062993-22-005525.txt

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