AI filing briefs · archive

8-K filings in August 2026, explained

2,914 material Form 8-K filings that 2,352 companies we cover made with the SEC in August 2026, 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).

Clear

1 of 2,914 briefs matches

newest first · times in ET
FLOFLOWERS FOODS INC Aug 20, 4:10 PM ET

Flowers Foods cuts 2026 outlook as second-quarter net income falls 30.3%

Negative guidance Written later 2.02

Flowers Foods reported second-quarter results for the 12 weeks ended July 18, 2026, with net sales down 4.0% to $1.193 billion and net income down 30.3% to $40.7 million, or $0.19 per diluted share. The company lowered its full-year 2026 outlook for net sales, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted diluted EPS, citing a more cautious view for the rest of the year. Shareholders face lower expected earnings for 2026 than previously guided.

  • Net sales fell 4.0% to $1.193 billion, with volume down 5.8% and pricing/mix up 1.8%.
  • Adjusted EBITDA fell 19.2% to $111.3 million, and adjusted diluted EPS fell $0.09 to $0.21.
  • Full-year 2026 adjusted diluted EPS guidance was cut to $0.75 to $0.85 from $0.80 to $0.90; net sales guidance was cut to $5.070 billion to $5.142 billion from $5.163 billion to $5.267 billion.
  • Management will host a live question-and-answer webcast at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on August 21, 2026.
Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Briefs are written by AI from the filing text and can contain mistakes — open the filing before acting on anything. Impact (1-5) and tone are the AI's reading of the filing for shareholders, not a price forecast. Not investment advice.

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.