secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NATIONAL BEVERAGE CORP (FIZZ)
CIK:        0000069891
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-11T21:00:19+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-26-030186
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

FIZZ Q1 EPS $0.50 vs $0.60; margin hit by aluminum, tariffs
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- Net sales flat at $331M; net income $47.0M vs $55.8M, EPS $0.50 vs $0.60 (down ~17%).
- Gross margin 35%; aluminum costs alone cut ~600 bps, plus packaging, tariffs, freight pressure.
- Paid $3.25/share special dividend on July 30, 2026; cash $107M post-payment, 13th special dividend.
- Company cites volume declines offsetting price increases but says August orders rebounding.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69891/000143774926030186/0001437749-26-030186-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69891/000143774926030186/fizz20260910_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-030186

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