National Beverage declares $3.25 special dividend and reports fiscal 2026 results
National Beverage Corp. declared a special cash dividend of $3.25 per share, with a record date of July 13, 2026 and payment on or before July 30, 2026. Fiscal 2026 net sales, net income and diluted earnings per share were each slightly lower than in fiscal 2025, though the fiscal 2025 year had 53 weeks compared with 52 weeks in fiscal 2026.
Key points
- Fiscal 2026 net sales were $1,180,552 thousand ($1.18 billion), down from $1,201,354 thousand in fiscal 2025.
- Net income was $183.6 million, down from $186.8 million; diluted earnings per share were $1.96, down $0.04 from $2.00 in the prior year.
- Special dividend of $3.25 per share: record date July 13, 2026; payable on or before July 30, 2026.
- The company said the special dividend is its thirteenth cash payment in 22 years, with $19.78 per share (over $1.8 billion) distributed in total across those payments.
The filing
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