---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-053973"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CULP"
cik: "0000723603"
company_name: "CULP INC"
filed_at: "2021-11-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T14:40:52.422702+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Culp lowers Q2 FY22 outlook; expects operating income $1.3M-$1.6M, sales down 11% sequentially

## Summary
- Net sales down ~11% vs Q1 FY22; operating income $1.3M-$1.6M, below prior expectation of flat Q1.
- Upholstery fabrics segment sales significantly impacted by COVID-related shutdowns in Vietnam that lasted longer than anticipated.
- Mattress fabrics segment also pressured by customer supply chain constraints, labor shortages, and shipment delays from Asia.
- Shutdowns in Vietnam have now lifted; upholstery segment resuming normalized shipments.
- Full fiscal 2022 outlook to be updated when Q2 results are reported in early December.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-053973
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CULP
- cik: 0000723603
- company_name: CULP INC
- filed_at: 2021-11-03T23:59:59+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/723603/000156459021053973/0001564590-21-053973-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723603/000156459021053973/culp-8k_20211103.htm

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