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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-035859"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NGVC"
cik: "0001547459"
company_name: "Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T17:58:35.436437+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Natural Grocers Q4 EPS $0.51 beat; FY sales $1.33B; dividend raised 25% to $0.15

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $336.1M (+4.2% YoY), diluted EPS $0.51, net income $11.8M (+31%).
- Full-year net sales $1.33B (+7.2%), net income $46.4M (+36.9%), diluted EPS $2.00.
- Daily comparable store sales +7.3% for fiscal 2025; 22nd consecutive year of positive comps.
- Quarterly cash dividend raised 25% to $0.15/share, payable Dec 10 to holders of record Dec 1.
- Company reiterates plan to open 6-8 new stores in fiscal 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-035859
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NGVC
- cik: 0001547459
- company_name: Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547459/000143774925035859/0001437749-25-035859-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547459/000143774925035859/ngvc20251118_8k.htm

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