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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-314238"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CULP"
cik: "0000723603"
company_name: "CULP INC"
filed_at: "2025-12-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:42:49.414883+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Culp Q2 fiscal 2026 net loss narrows to $0.34 per share; bedding sales up 2%

## Summary
- Net sales $53.2M, down 4.5% YoY but up sequentially from $50.7M; net loss $4.3M vs $5.6M prior year.
- Bedding segment sales $30.8M (+2% YoY); gross margin improved to 10.1% from 8.1% on restructuring.
- Upholstery sales $22.4M (-12% YoY); gross margin dipped to 16.1% from 16.9% on weak housing and tariffs.
- Adjusted EBITDA negative $1.0M, improved from negative $1.1M; Q3 guidance near break-even to positive adjusted EBITDA.
- Expects over $20M annualized cost savings by fiscal 2027 from restructuring and platform optimization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-314238
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CULP
- cik: 0000723603
- company_name: CULP INC
- filed_at: 2025-12-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723603/000119312525314238/0001193125-25-314238-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723603/000119312525314238/culp-20251210.htm

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