---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-21-019469"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SENEB"
cik: "0000088948"
company_name: "Seneca Foods Corp"
filed_at: "2021-08-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T15:57:05.621999+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Seneca Foods Q1 FY2022 EPS $1.56; net sales $235M, down 18.5% YoY

## Summary
- Net sales $235.0M vs $288.2M year-ago; decline driven by $24.2M from prepared foods divestiture and $28.5M volume variance.
- Gross margin 14.3% vs 16.9% in prior year quarter.
- Earnings per common share $1.56, described as very respectable and highest Q1 in many years excluding last year.
- CEO notes prior-year comparison difficult due to COVID panic buying; Q1 performance was in line with expectations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-21-019469
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SENEB
- cik: 0000088948
- company_name: Seneca Foods Corp
- filed_at: 2021-08-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88948/000143774921019469/0001437749-21-019469-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88948/000143774921019469/senea20210802_8k.htm

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