---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-014256"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WEST"
cik: "0001806347"
company_name: "Westrock Coffee Co"
filed_at: "2023-08-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T23:05:34.171982+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Westrock Coffee Q2 net loss $26.8M; closes $118.8M equity investment for growth

## Summary
- Net loss widened to $26.8M from $5.8M in Q2 2022; revenue $224.7M (+0.6% YoY).
- Adjusted EBITDA $11.3M, down $2.0M YoY; Beverage Solutions $11.7M, SS&T ($0.4M).
- Closed $118.8M equity investment: $100M from HF Direct/Hunt/Arkansas Teacher and $18.8M from BBH at $10/share.
- Reaffirmed FY2023 adjusted EBITDA growth outlook of flat to 10% over 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-014256
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WEST
- cik: 0001806347
- company_name: Westrock Coffee Co
- filed_at: 2023-08-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000155837023014256/0001558370-23-014256-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000155837023014256/west-20230809x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Westrock Coffee Co reported the second quarter ended June 30, 2023 results: revenue $224.7 million, net income $26.8 million net loss. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the second quarter ended June 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $224.7 million
  - Net income: $26.8 million net loss
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: ● Consolidated net sales were $224.7 million for the second quarter of 2023, an increase of $1.3 million, or 0.6%, compared to the second quarter of 2022. ● Consolidated gross profit for the second quarter of 2023 was $35.7 million and included $1.0 million of non-cash mark-to-market gains, compared to consolidated gross profit of $38.9 million for the second quarter of 2022, which included $1.4 million of non-cash mark-to-market losses. ● Net loss for the period was $26.8 million, compared to a net loss of $5.8 million for the second quarter of 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000155837023014256/0001558370-23-014256-index.htm

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