---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-055821"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ODC"
cik: "0000074046"
company_name: "Oil-Dri Corp of America"
filed_at: "2025-12-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T14:08:28.072002+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Oil-Dri Q1 FY2026: second-highest earnings but net sales down 6% YoY

## Summary
- Net sales $120.5M, down 6% YoY; net income $15.5M, down 6% YoY.
- Diluted EPS $1.06 vs $1.13 in prior year; EBITDA $23.6M, down 10%.
- Business-to-Business segment sales fell 9% to $44.3M; operating income $13.6M.
- Retail and Wholesale sales $76.2M (-4%); operating income $12.4M (-7%).
- Company management cites decline but notes Q1 is second-highest quarterly earnings in history.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-055821
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ODC
- cik: 0000074046
- company_name: Oil-Dri Corp of America
- filed_at: 2025-12-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74046/000162828025055821/0001628280-25-055821-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74046/000162828025055821/odc-20251208.htm

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