---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-018884"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NGVC"
cik: "0001547459"
company_name: "Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-08-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T04:04:00.042380+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Natural Grocers Q3 FY2022: Sales $266.3M, EPS $0.17, comps +2.5%

## Summary
- Net sales $266.3M (+3.0% YoY); daily avg comp store sales +2.5%.
- Net income $3.9M; diluted EPS $0.17; operating income $5.7M.
- Adjusted EBITDA $13.0M; results in-line with expectations.
- Co-President cites 14.1% comp growth vs Q3 FY2019; EPS +88.9% over same period.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-018884
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NGVC
- cik: 0001547459
- company_name: Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547459/000143774922018884/0001437749-22-018884-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547459/000143774922018884/ngvc20220802_8k.htm

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