National Beverage
FIZZ Nasdaq· Soft Drinks & Non-alcoholic Beverages
Last close · Oct 23, 2026
$36.15
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- National Beverage had $1.2B of revenue in fiscal 2026, down 1.7% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +1.9% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 19.5%, down 0.1 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 19 is left after running the business.
- National Beverage made $184M of net profit in fiscal 2026. From fiscal 2017 to 2026, diluted EPS grew 6.1% a year.
- Free cash flow was $156M in fiscal 2026, 13.2% of revenue.
- National Beverage returned $0.7M to shareholders in fiscal 2026, 0% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 0.0%.
- National Beverage has $350M more cash than debt.
Market cap
$3.4B
P/E
19.4x
Revenue
$1.2B
Net income
$184M
Free cash flow
$156M
Operating margin
19.5%
National Beverage in 30 seconds · fiscal 2026
Are sales growing?
−1.7%
No. Sales fell 1.7% last year.
Does it make a profit?
15.6%
Yes. It keeps 15.6% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
13.2%
Yes. 13.2% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
Net cash
Yes. It has more cash than debt.
How healthy are the accounts?
7 / 9
Solid. It passes 7 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
19.4x
One share costs 19.4 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 24.7x.
What National Beverage does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- May 2, 2026
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Jul 1, 2026
- Legal name
- National Beverage Corp.
- CIK
- 0000069891
National Beverage · FIZZ
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.2B |
| Revenue growth | 6.1% | 3.1% | 1.6% | 0.8% | −1.7% |
| Gross margin | 36.7% | 33.8% | 36.0% | 37.0% | 37.0% |
| Operating margin | 18.3% | 15.9% | 18.3% | 19.6% | 19.5% |
| Net income | $159M | $142M | $177M | $187M | $184M |
| Net margin | 13.9% | 12.1% | 14.8% | 15.6% | 15.6% |
| Diluted EPS | $1.69 | $1.52 | $1.89 | $1.99 | $1.96 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $133M | $162M | $198M | $207M | $181M |
| Capital expenditure | $29.0M | $22.0M | $30.3M | $36.3M | $25.1M |
| Free cash flow | $104M | $140M | $168M | $170M | $156M |
| FCF margin | 9.2% | 11.9% | 14.1% | 14.2% | 13.2% |
| Dividends paid | $280M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $304M | $0.0M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.7M |
| Share count change | −0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | −0.0% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $48.0M | $158M | $327M | $194M | $350M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $30.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $239M | $373M | $560M | $444M | $636M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.1x | −0.8x | −1.4x | −0.8x | −1.4x |
| Current ratio | 1.9x | 2.5x | 3.9x | 2.9x | 4.4x |
| Interest coverage | 560.3x | 592.7x | 958.4x | 2,029.8x | 827.7x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 82.7% | 65.3% | 75.2% | 74.5% | 65.5% |
| Return on equity | 53.2% | 46.5% | 37.9% | 37.2% | 34.0% |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| Altman Z'' | 7.4 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 9.0 | 10.7 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
1 insider
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
National Beverage · FIZZ
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Beverage FIZZ | $3.4B | −1.7% | 19.5% | 13.2% | 65.5% | 19.4x | 7 |
| Vita Coco COCO | $3.4B | 18.2% | 13.5% | 6.4% | 55.3% | 28.4x | 5 |
| Celsius CELH | $7.2B | 85.5% | 5.6% | 12.9% | 25.1% | 122.4x | 5 |
| Coca-Cola Consolidated COKE | — | 4.8% | 13.2% | 8.6% | 39.7% | — | — |
| Monster Beverage MNST | $45.9B | 10.7% | 29.2% | 23.7% | 36.1% | 21.5x | 9 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $36.15 a share, the company is worth $3.4B: 19.4 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
National Beverage grew sales faster than 0 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 0 of 3.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000069891). Data updated October 20, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.