secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Oil-Dri Corp of America (ODC)
CIK:        0000074046
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-08T20:12:31+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-065455
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74046/000162828026065455/0001628280-26-065455-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74046/000162828026065455/odc-20261008.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-065455

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