secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MGP INGREDIENTS INC (MGPI)
CIK:        0000835011
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-10-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-24-043025
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

MGP Ingredients preliminary Q3 sales down 24%, cuts full-year guidance significantly
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- Preliminary Q3 sales $161.5M, -24% YoY; net income $23.9M (+82%) but adjusted EPS down 5% to $1.29.
- Distilling Solutions segment sales -36%; Branded Spirits -6% (premium plus +1%); Ingredient Solutions -18%.
- FY 2024 guidance cut: sales $695-705M (prev $742-756M), adj EBITDA $196-200M (prev $218-222M), adj EPS $5.55-5.65 (prev $6.12-6.23).
- CEO cites soft spirits trends and elevated whiskey inventories pressuring brown goods, especially craft customers, through year-end.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/835011/000162828024043025/0001628280-24-043025-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/835011/000162828024043025/mgpi-20241017.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-043025

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