---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-005453"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FRPT"
cik: "0001611647"
company_name: "Freshpet, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T15:13:05.736492+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Freshpet Q4 net sales $215.4M (+29.9% YoY); net income $15.3M vs loss; guides FY24 sales at least $950M

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $215.4M (+29.9% YoY); net income $15.3M vs net loss of $2.9M prior year.
- Q4 Adjusted EBITDA $31.3M (14.5% of sales) vs $18.8M (11.3%) prior year.
- FY23 net sales $766.9M (+28.8% YoY); Adjusted EBITDA $66.6M vs $20.1M prior year.
- FY24 guidance: net sales at least $950M (≥24% growth); Adjusted EBITDA $100-110M; capex ~$210M.
- Operating cash flow improved $119.1M to $75.9M; cash $296.9M, debt $393.1M net of issuance costs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-005453
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FRPT
- cik: 0001611647
- company_name: Freshpet, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/1611647/000143774924005453/0001437749-24-005453-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611647/000143774924005453/frpt20231215_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Freshpet, Inc. reported financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023.
  - Period: the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 26, 2024, Freshpet, Inc. (“Freshpet”) issued a press release disclosing its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023. The full text of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611647/000143774924005453/0001437749-24-005453-index.htm

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