secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NATIONAL BEVERAGE CORP (FIZZ)
CIK:        0000069891
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-26-008252
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

National Beverage Q3 EPS up 5% to $0.44; gross margin improves 60 bps
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- Net sales $264.6M vs $267.1M YoY; slight revenue decline amid soft early-quarter volume.
- Net income $41.2M ($0.44 diluted EPS) vs $39.6M ($0.42) YoY; EPS up 5%.
- Gross profit $100M; gross margin improved 60 basis points year-over-year.
- Operating cash flow $136M; quarter-end cash $314M; balance sheet remains strong.
- January shipments rose 7% despite winter storm Fern; new LaCroix flavors and Shasta/Faygo ZERO Sugar expanding.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69891/000143774926008252/0001437749-26-008252-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69891/000143774926008252/fizz20260312_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-008252

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