secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NATIONAL BEVERAGE CORP (FIZZ)
CIK:        0000069891
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-06-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-24-021424
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

National Beverage reports record Q4: EPS $0.47, revenue $297M, net income up 20% YoY
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- Q4 net sales rose $11M to $297M; gross margin expanded 100 bps to 36.7%.
- Net income increased 20% to $44M ($0.47 diluted EPS) vs $36M ($0.39) a year ago.
- Fiscal year net sales $1.19B (+$19M); net income $177M ($1.89 per share), up 24%.
- Operating profit grew 240 bps to $218M; cash balance increased $169M to $327M.
- LaCroix and Rip It drove 5% case volume growth; new flavors Mojito and Rip It varieties highlighted.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69891/000143774924021424/0001437749-24-021424-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69891/000143774924021424/fizz20240626_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-021424

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