---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-025501"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FIZZ"
cik: "0000069891"
company_name: "NATIONAL BEVERAGE CORP"
filed_at: "2023-09-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T22:24:05.667897+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# National Beverage Q1 record sales $324M; EPS up 39% to $0.53

## Summary
- Net sales record $324M, up from $318M YoY.
- EPS $0.53, up 39% from $0.38; operating profit $63M (+36%).
- Cash from operations $70M, an increase of $30M.
- Ninth consecutive quarter of record sales; margins improved on price increases.
- New LaCroix flavors Mojito and Sunshine to launch in coming months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-025501
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FIZZ
- cik: 0000069891
- company_name: NATIONAL BEVERAGE CORP
- filed_at: 2023-09-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69891/000143774923025501/0001437749-23-025501-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69891/000143774923025501/fizz20230907_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-025501.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NATIONAL BEVERAGE CORP reported first quarter ended July 29, 2023 results: revenue $324,240, net income $49,631, EPS $0.53.
  - Period: first quarter ended July 29, 2023
  - Revenue: $324,240
  - Net income: $49,631
  - EPS: $0.53
  - Result: reported results
  source text: July 29, 2023 and July 30, 2022 (in thousands, except per share amounts) Three Months Ended Trailing Twelve Months Ended July 29, 2023 July 30, 2022 July 29, 2023 Net Sales $ 324,240 $ 318,117 $ 1,179,055 Net Income $ 49,631 $ 35,454 $ 156,341 Earnings Per Common Share Basic $ .53 $ .38 $ 1.67 Diluted $ .53 $ .38 $ 1.67 Average Common Shares Outstanding Basic
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69891/000143774923025501/0001437749-23-025501-index.htm

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