---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-007181"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FIZZ"
cik: "0000069891"
company_name: "NATIONAL BEVERAGE CORP"
filed_at: "2024-03-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T00:54:03.908804+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# National Beverage Q3 record sales $270M, EPS $0.42 (+14% YoY), gross margin 36%

## Summary
- Net sales record $270M, up 0.6% YoY; eleventh consecutive quarter of record sales.
- Gross profit all-time high $97M; gross margin improved to 36% of sales.
- Operating income record $48M, margin up 120 bps from prior year.
- Earnings per share $0.42 diluted (+14% YoY); cash grew to $277M.
- Company reiterates health-focused strategy, no long-term debt, and no stock buybacks.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-007181
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FIZZ
- cik: 0000069891
- company_name: NATIONAL BEVERAGE CORP
- filed_at: 2024-03-08T23:59:59+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/69891/000143774924007181/0001437749-24-007181-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69891/000143774924007181/fizz20240307_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-007181.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NATIONAL BEVERAGE CORP reported financial results for third quarter ended January 27, 2024.
  - Period: third quarter ended January 27, 2024
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On March 7, 2024, National Beverage Corp. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing financial results for the periods ended January 27, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69891/000143774924007181/0001437749-24-007181-index.htm

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