---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001611647-25-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FRPT"
cik: "0001611647"
company_name: "Freshpet, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T00:53:21.965733+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Freshpet Q3 net sales +14% to $288.8M; adj. EBITDA rises to $54.6M; guides FY lower end

## Summary
- Net sales $288.8M (+14% YoY); volume +12.9%, price/mix +1.1%.
- Net income $101.7M includes $77.9M discrete tax benefit; adj. EBITDA $54.6M vs $43.5M.
- Achieved positive free cash flow in Q3; now expects FY2025 free cash flow positive (one year early).
- Updates 2025 guidance to lower end of previous range due to consumer behavior changes.
- Adjusted gross margin 46.0% vs 46.5% YoY; SG&A leverage improved 480 bps.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001611647-25-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FRPT
- cik: 0001611647
- company_name: Freshpet, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611647/000161164725000027/0001611647-25-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611647/000161164725000027/frpt-20251103.htm

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