secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY CO (BDCO)
CIK:        0000793306
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-18T15:12:56+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-26-017548
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Blue Dolphin Q1 net income jumps to $14.7M ($0.99/sh) from $2.2M; gross profit triples
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- Net income of $14.7M ($0.99 diluted EPS) vs $2.2M ($0.15) in Q1 2025.
- Gross profit of $20.6M, up from $6.1M a year ago; EBITDA of $20.7M vs $5.1M.
- Revenue of $81.5M slipped slightly from $83.7M; cash and equivalents at $1.4M (down from $2.0M at Dec 2025).
- CEO cites improved product differentials and favorable inventory impacts amid geopolitical uncertainty.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793306/000143774926017548/0001437749-26-017548-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793306/000143774926017548/bdco20260513_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-017548

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