---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-065455"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ODC"
cik: "0000074046"
company_name: "Oil-Dri Corp of America"
filed_at: "2026-10-08T20:12:31+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T15:28:48.651324+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Oil-Dri posts record FY2026 sales of $493.8M; Q4 EPS $1.00, up 12%; declares $0.225 dividend

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $129.3M (+3% YoY), operating income $18.2M (+17%), net income $14.4M (+10%), EBITDA $24.1M (+13%), diluted EPS $1.00 vs $0.89.
- FY2026 net sales $493.8M (+2%), net income $57.0M (+6%), EBITDA $93.3M (+4%), diluted EPS $3.92 vs $3.70; FY operating income flat at $68.0M.
- Q4 Business-to-Business sales $50.1M (+4%) with segment operating income $16.96M (+13%); Retail and Wholesale sales $79.2M (+3%) but segment income $9.26M (-5%).
- Board declared quarterly dividends of $0.225 per Common share and $0.168 per Class B share, payable Nov 20, 2026 to holders of record Nov 6; 23 straight years of increases.
- Board appointed Anthony W. Parker, VP, General Counsel & Secretary, as an executive officer; he joined Oil-Dri in June 2018 and became GC in December 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-065455
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ODC
- cik: 0000074046
- company_name: Oil-Dri Corp of America
- filed_at: 2026-10-08T20:12:31+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74046/000162828026065455/0001628280-26-065455-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74046/000162828026065455/odc-20261008.htm

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