619 material Form 8-K filings that 507 companies we cover made with the SEC in December 2025, each read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). All of them were written later, when past filings were added: a selection, not every 8-K of the month (see the note below).
Cracker Barrel reported a first-quarter fiscal 2026 GAAP net loss of $24.6 million, or $1.10 per diluted share, compared with net income of $4.8 million, or $0.22 per share, a year earlier. The company cut its fiscal 2026 adjusted EBITDA outlook to $70 million to $110 million from $150 million to $190 million, and lowered its revenue outlook, which signals weaker expected profit and sales for shareholders.
Total revenue fell 5.7% to $797.2 million; comparable store restaurant sales decreased 4.7% and comparable store retail sales decreased 8.5%.
Adjusted loss per diluted share was $0.74, versus adjusted earnings of $0.45 a year earlier; adjusted EBITDA was $7.2 million, compared with $45.8 million.
Fiscal 2026 revenue outlook was lowered to $3.2 billion to $3.3 billion from $3.35 billion to $3.45 billion.
The quarterly dividend was declared at $0.25 per share, payable February 11, 2026, to holders of record as of January 16, 2026.
Academy Sports and Outdoors reported third-quarter fiscal 2025 net sales of $1.38 billion, up 3.0%, with comparable sales down 0.9% and diluted GAAP earnings per share of $1.05, up 14.1%. The company narrowed its full-year guidance: the sales range is now -2.0% to flat (previously -3.0% to +1.0%), and GAAP EPS is now $5.35 to $5.85 (previously $5.30 to $6.00), so the top of both ranges came down while the bottom of the sales and gross margin ranges moved up.
Q3 net sales $1.38 billion, up 3.0%; comparable sales down 0.9%
Q3 diluted GAAP EPS $1.05 vs. $0.92 a year earlier; year-to-date diluted EPS $3.57, down 7.5%
Fiscal 2025 sales guidance narrowed to -2.0% to flat; GAAP EPS guidance $5.35 to $5.85
Gross margin guidance low end raised to 34.3% from 34.0%; quarterly dividend of $0.13 declared December 4, 2025
Ollie's reported third-quarter fiscal 2025 net sales of $613.6 million, up 18.6%, and net income of $46.2 million, or $0.75 per diluted share, versus $0.58 a year earlier. The company raised its full-year fiscal 2025 net sales and adjusted earnings per share outlook, which gives shareholders a higher expected range for the year.
Q3 net sales rose 18.6% to $613.6 million; comparable store sales rose 3.3%
Diluted EPS was $0.75 versus $0.58; adjusted EPS rose 29.3% to $0.75
Fiscal 2025 net sales outlook raised to $2.648 billion to $2.655 billion from $2.631 billion to $2.644 billion
Fiscal 2025 adjusted EPS outlook raised to $3.81 to $3.87 from $3.76 to $3.84; gross margin decreased 10 basis points to 41.3% on tariff costs
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Briefs marked “Written later” were written in November 2026 for filings that were by then more than three weeks old, so months before mid-October 2026 hold a selection: every material 8-K of the past year for the 100 largest companies we cover and the last 15 important 8-Ks of every other one. Briefs the number check holds back are not shown or counted. Also: the last 45 days, briefs by company, A–Z and the live SEC filings wire.