---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-018574"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WEST"
cik: "0001806347"
company_name: "Westrock Coffee Co"
filed_at: "2023-11-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T07:21:28.480881+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Westrock Coffee Q3 net sales $219.6M (-4.6% YoY); Adjusted EBITDA $11.6M misses guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $219.6M, down 4.6% YoY; net income $16.6M vs net loss $13.0M YoY.
- Adjusted EBITDA $11.6M, down 35% from $17.9M YoY; CEO cites rapid fall-off in hot coffee volumes.
- Beverage Solutions segment Adjusted EBITDA fell to $9.9M from $15.9M YoY; SS&T segment also down.
- Guidance reduced: 2023 Adjusted EBITDA now expected below prior range of flat to 10% over 2022.
- Conway, AR extract/RTD facility remains on schedule for Q2 2024 production start.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-018574
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WEST
- cik: 0001806347
- company_name: Westrock Coffee Co
- filed_at: 2023-11-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000155837023018574/0001558370-23-018574-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000155837023018574/west-20231109x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Westrock Coffee Co updated its 2023 guidance (lowered).
  - Period: 2023
  - Guidance: lowered
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: The Company expects its 2023 outlook for Adjusted EBITDA to fall below its previously issued guidance range of flat to 10% over 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000155837023018574/0001558370-23-018574-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  Westrock Coffee Co reported financial results for third quarter ended September 30, 2023.
  - Period: third quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Consolidated net sales were $219.6 million for the third quarter of 2023, a decrease of $10.7 million, or 4.6%, compared to the third quarter of 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000155837023018574/0001558370-23-018574-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  Westrock Coffee Co reported financial results for third quarter ended September 30, 2023.
  - Period: third quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net income for the period was $16.6 million, compared to a net loss of $13.0 million for the third quarter of 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000155837023018574/0001558370-23-018574-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  Westrock Coffee Co reported financial results for third quarter ended September 30, 2023.
  - Period: third quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Adjusted EBITDA was $11.6 million for the third quarter of 2023, a decrease of $6.3 million, compared to the third quarter of 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000155837023018574/0001558370-23-018574-index.htm

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