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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-21-035402"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TPB"
cik: "0001290677"
company_name: "Turning Point Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-10-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T17:53:58.013927+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Turning Point Brands Q3 sales +5.5% to $109.9M; cuts 2021 guidance; boosts buyback

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $109.9M (+5.5%), gross profit $54.3M (+12.3%), adjusted EBITDA $26.3M (+9.9%).
- Diluted EPS $0.65; adjusted diluted EPS $0.72, compared to $0.44 and $0.69 in Q3 2020.
- Segment: Zig-Zag net sales +17.4% to $42.2M; Stoker's +2.4% to $30.5M; NewGen -3.2% to $37.2M.
- FY 2021 guidance lowered: net sales $433-443M (prev $447-462M), adj. EBITDA $104-108M (prev $108-113M).
- Board increased share repurchase authorization by $30.7M to $50M; FDA rescinded MDO for vapor products.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-21-035402
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TPB
- cik: 0001290677
- company_name: Turning Point Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1290677/000114036121035402/0001140361-21-035402-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1290677/000114036121035402/brhc10030071_8k.htm

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