---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-026263"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NGVC"
cik: "0001547459"
company_name: "Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-06T20:09:40+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-06T20:12:37.397784+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Natural Grocers Q3 net sales $334.7M (+1.8%), comps +1.2%, EPS $0.48

## Summary
- Net sales $334.7M, up 1.8% YoY; daily average comparable store sales +1.2% (8.6% two-year basis).
- Net income $11.1M, diluted EPS $0.48.
- Opened three new stores in Q3, six YTD; two more opened after quarter-end.
- Named 2026 Sustainability Retailer of the Year by Produce Business.
- No guidance update provided in the release.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-026263
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NGVC
- cik: 0001547459
- company_name: Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-06T20:09:40+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547459/000143774926026263/0001437749-26-026263-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547459/000143774926026263/ngvc20260805_8k.htm

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