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BRIDGFORD FOODS CORP

BRIDGFORD FOODS CORP is an American sausages and prepared meat products company based in Anaheim.1

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Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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  • TickerBRID on Nasdaq1
  • IndustrySausages & Other Prepared Meat Products1
  • HeadquartersAnaheim, California1
  • Incorporated inCA2
  • Business address1308 N Patt St, P O Box 3773, Anaheim, Ca 928012
  • Filer categoryNon-accelerated filer, Smaller reporting company2

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We do not participate in the commodity futures market or hedging to limit commodity exposure.3 From its latest annual report

Financials

From the company’s reports to the SEC. Every number links to the filing it came from.

Key numbers, fiscal 2025

19.3%Gross margin4
-8.1%Operating margin4
-5.8%Net margin4
3.3%Revenue growth, 20254
-11.6%Return on equity4
0.01×Debt to equity4
-$9.3MFree cash flow4

What sells

Revenue by product, business segment and region, as the company reports it to the SEC.

Products and services

Retail brought in 78% of the revenue BRIDGFORD FOODS CORP broke down this way in fiscal 2025.

  1. Retail$180.8M478%up 5% from 2024
  2. Food service$50.2M422%down 1% from 2024
Products and services by year
Products and services20242025
Retail$172.9M$180.8M
Food service$50.8M$50.2M

Business segments

Snack Food Products brought in 75% of the revenue BRIDGFORD FOODS CORP broke down this way in fiscal 2025.

  1. Snack Food Products$172.9M475%up 5% from 2024
  2. Frozen Food Products$58.0M425%down 1% from 2024
Business segments by year
Business segments20242025
Snack Food Products$165.2M$172.9M
Frozen Food Products$58.4M$58.0M

Where the money goes

Where each dollar of revenue went, fiscal 2025

  • Cost of revenue73¢$186.4M
  • Selling, general and admin25¢$63.5M
  • Income tax2¢$4.7M

Out of $231.0M in revenue.4 The company lost money this year.

Financial statements

Revenue567894$231.0M in 2025+22% since 2019
0$100.0M$200.0M$300.0M2019: $188.8M$188.8M20192020: $198.0M$198.0M2020+5%2021: $240.4M$240.4M2021+21%2022: $265.9M$265.9M2022+11%2023: $251.6M$251.6M2023−5%2024: $223.6M$223.6M2024−11%2025: $231.0M$231.0M2025+3%
Gross profit567894$44.6M in 2025−28% since 2019
0$20.0M$40.0M$60.0M$80.0M2019: $61.7M$61.7M20192020: $59.5M$59.5M2020−3%2021: $51.4M$51.4M2021−14%2022: $72.1M$72.1M2022+40%2023: $70.4M$70.4M2023−2%2024: $56.3M$56.3M2024−20%2025: $44.6M$44.6M2025−21%
Operating income67894-$18.8M in 2025
-$25.0M0$25.0M$50.0M$75.0M2020: $4.4M$4.4M20202021: -$8.2M-$8.2M20212022: $64.6M$64.6M20222023: $4.6M$4.6M2023−93%2024: -$6.3M-$6.3M20242025: -$18.8M-$18.8M2025+199%
Net income567894-$13.4M in 2025
-$20.0M0$20.0M$40.0M$60.0M2019: $6.5M$6.5M20192020: $7.3M$7.3M2020+13%2021: -$5.5M-$5.5M20212022: $45.1M$45.1M20222023: $3.5M$3.5M2023−92%2024: -$3.4M-$3.4M20242025: -$13.4M-$13.4M2025+295%

Every line of the income statement as filed: the last 2 fiscal years, latest first.4

Period ending2025-10-312024-10-31
Net sales$231.0M$223.6M
Cost of products sold$186.4M$167.3M
Gross margin$44.6M$56.3M
Selling, general and administrative expenses$63.5M$62.4M
(Gain) loss on sale of property, plant and equipment-$143.0K$146.0K
Operating loss-$18.8M-$6.3M
Interest expense-$314.0K-$429.0K
Cash surrender value gain$1.0M$2.0M
Total other income$704.0K$1.6M
Loss before taxes-$18.1M-$4.7M
Benefit on income taxes-$4.7M-$1.3M
Net loss-$13.4M-$3.4M
Basic loss per share-$1.47-$0.37
Shares used to compute basic loss per share9.1M shares9.1M shares

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What it owns

What BRIDGFORD FOODS CORP reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Property and equipment

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Property and equipment, before depreciation$143.8M4 Oct 31, 2025$141.8M4 Nov 1, 2024+1.4%
Accumulated depreciation$82.0M4 Oct 31, 2025$77.2M4 Nov 1, 2024+6.3%
Property and equipment, net$61.8M4 Oct 31, 2025$64.6M4 Nov 1, 2024−4.4%

Investments

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Cash and cash equivalents$876.0K4 Oct 31, 2025$10.2M4 Nov 1, 2024−91.4%

Inventory

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Inventory, total$37.1M4 Oct 31, 2025$33.3M4 Nov 1, 2024+11.2%
Work in process$2.2M4 Oct 31, 2025$2.6M4 Nov 1, 2024−16.6%
Finished goods$25.1M4 Oct 31, 2025$20.4M4 Nov 1, 2024+23.3%

Properties, in its own words

We own the following properties as of October 31, 2025:

Property Location · Building Square Footage · Acreage

The rest of Item 2

Anaheim, California * · 100,000 · 5.0

Dallas, Texas * · 94,000 · 4.0

Dallas, Texas * · 30,000 · 2.0

Dallas, Texas * · 16,000 · 1.0

Dallas, Texas * · 3,200 · 1.5

Statesville, North Carolina * · 42,000 · 8.0

Chicago, Illinois ** · 177,000 · 8.0

* · - property used by Frozen Food Products Segment.

** · - property used by Snack Food Products Segment.

We utilize each of the foregoing properties for processing, warehousing, distributing and administrative purposes. We also lease warehouse and/or office facilities throughout the United States through month-to-month rental agreements. We believe that our properties are generally adequate to satisfy our foreseeable needs. Additional properties may be acquired and/or plants expanded if favorable opportunities and conditions arise.

Item 2 of the 10-K filed Jan 28, 2026.3

Leadership

Who has led BRIDGFORD FOODS CORP, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chair

  1. Hugh Wm Bridgford2012
  2. William L. Bridgford2017–2019
  3. Michael W. Bridgford2023

President

  1. John Vernon Simmons2006
  2. Baron R.h. Bridgford Ii.2023

Chief financial officer

  1. Raymond F. Lancy2017–2020
  2. Cindy Matthews-Morales2023–now
2010201520202025
Board members and other officers (9)

Timeline

  1. Sep 30, 20268-K Other events27
  2. Apr 14, 20268-K Change of auditor28
  3. Mar 27, 20268-K Shareholder vote29
  4. May 12, 20258-K Shareholder vote30
  5. Mar 29, 20248-K Shareholder vote31
  6. Jan 9, 20248-K Director nominations32
  7. Dec 6, 20238-K Other events33
  8. Oct 5, 20238-K Shareholder vote34
  9. Sep 27, 20238-K Shareholder vote35
  10. Sep 5, 20238-K Other events36
  11. Feb 2, 20238-K Entered a material agreement; Executive or director change37
  12. Nov 2, 20228-K Executive or director change38

Filings

106 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 5 annual reports, 15 quarterly reports, 16 major events, 58 insider forms, 12 other. The latest 20:

  1. Sep 30, 20268-K EDGAR
  2. Sep 22, 20264 EDGAR
  3. Sep 18, 20264 EDGAR
  4. Sep 17, 20264 EDGAR
  5. Sep 15, 20264 EDGAR
  6. Sep 11, 20264 EDGAR
  7. Sep 3, 20264 EDGAR
  8. Aug 31, 20264 EDGAR
  9. Aug 31, 20264 EDGAR
  10. Aug 24, 202610-Q EDGAR
  11. Jun 17, 20264 EDGAR
  12. Jun 16, 20264 EDGAR
  13. Jun 16, 20264 EDGAR
  14. Jun 15, 20264 EDGAR
  15. Jun 1, 202610-Q EDGAR
  16. Apr 14, 20268-K EDGAR
  17. Mar 27, 20268-K EDGAR
  18. Mar 6, 202610-Q EDGAR
  19. Mar 2, 2026DEFA14A EDGAR
  20. Feb 20, 2026DEF 14A EDGAR

The 106 filings since October 2021 can be filtered by form type and year here when JavaScript is on.

Every filing from the last five years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.

Insider trades

77 open-market trades by officers, directors and large owners since October 2021: 77 buys and 0 sales. Grants, option exercises and gifts are left out.

DateWhoTradeSharesPriceValueFiling
Sep 18, 2026Bridgford Richard EugeneBuy350$5.87$2.1KForm 4
Sep 17, 2026Bridgford Allan Jr.Buy1,000$5.80$5.8KForm 4
Sep 16, 2026Bridgford Allan Jr.Buy326$5.90$1.9KForm 4
Sep 15, 2026Bridgford Allan Jr.Buy195$5.95$1.2KForm 4
Sep 14, 2026Bridgford Allan Jr.Buy13$5.95$77Form 4
Sep 9, 2026Bridgford Allan Jr.Buy466$5.83$2.7KForm 4
Sep 2, 2026Bridgford Allan Jr.Buy914$6.15$5.6KForm 4
Sep 1, 2026Bridgford Allan Jr.Buy86$6.01$517Form 4
Aug 28, 2026Bridgford BaronBuy473$6.15$2.9KForm 4
Aug 26, 2026Bridgford Allan Jr.Buy1,000$6.20$6.2KForm 4
Jun 17, 2026Bridgford Allan Jr.Buy687$6.95$4.8KForm 4
Jun 16, 2026Bridgford Allan Jr.Buy67$6.95$466Form 4
Jun 15, 2026Bridgford Richard EugeneBuy150$6.95$1.0KForm 4
Jun 15, 2026Matthews-Morales CindyCFO, SecretaryBuy500$6.86$3.4KForm 4
Jun 12, 2026Bridgford Allan Jr.Buy70$6.99$489Form 4
Jun 12, 2025Bridgford Allan Jr.Buy101$7.70$778Form 4
Jun 9, 2025Bridgford Allan Jr.Buy75$7.70$578Form 4
Jun 9, 2025Bridgford Richard EugeneBuy50$7.90$395Form 4
Apr 1, 2025Bridgford Richard EugeneBuy50$8.02$401Form 4
Mar 31, 2025Bridgford BaronBuy100$8.15$815Form 4

All 77 trades can be filtered by person here when JavaScript is on.

From Forms 4 filed with the SEC.

Executive pay

What the company paid its top executives, from the summary compensation table in its proxy statement. Total pay includes salary, bonus, stock and option awards and other pay, as the company valued them.

YearExecutiveAgeSalaryTotal pay
2025Cindy Matthews-Morales55$331.0K$355.4K39
2025Michael W. Bridgford44$331.0K$353.8K39
2025Baron R. Bridgford II43$331.0K$353.0K39
2024Chief Financial Officer$321.4K$353.5K39
2024Chairman of the Board$321.4K$346.8K39
2024President$321.4K$329.4K39

Held by these funds

The largest holders among investment managers' 13F reports for the quarter ending Jun 30, 2026. Change is in shares since the quarter before.

FundSharesValueShare of the fundChange
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP175,756$1.1M0.0%+1,042
Private Management Group Inc79,647$516.9K0.0%−2,651
Nuveen, LLC70,834$459.7K0.0%No change
Vanguard Capital Management LLC62,384$404.9K0.0%+6,438
Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC22,300$144.7K0.0%No change
Geode Capital Management, LLC20,710$134.4K0.0%−2,286
Northern Trust Corp15,358$99.7K0.0%−9,129
Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co12,721$82.6K0.0%No change
Susquehanna International Group, Llp10,442$67.8K0.0%New
BlackRock, Inc.4,777$31.0K0.0%+494
Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC)957$6.2K0.0%+502
Bfsg, LLC890$5.8K0.0%No change
UBS Group AG155$1.0K0.0%+31
Bnp Paribas Financial Markets5$320.0%No change
SBI Securities Co., Ltd.4$260.0%No change
Jpmorgan Chase & Co2$130.0%No change
Citigroup Inc1$60.0%No change
Wells Fargo & Company/mn0$20.0%No change

13F reports cover disclosed long positions in U.S. stocks only.

SEC filer profile

How BRIDGFORD FOODS CORP is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARBRIDGFORD FOODS CORP1
  • CIK0000014177
  • Employer ID (EIN)95-17781763
  • Filer statusNon-accelerated filer not an emerging growth company; a smaller reporting company; a shell company3
  • Incorporated inCalifornia3
  • Fiscal year endsOctober 301
  • Industry code (SIC)2013 Sausages & Other Prepared Meat Products1
  • SEC reviewing officeOffice of Manufacturing, Division of Corporation Finance1
  • Business address1308 N Patt St, P O Box 3773, Anaheim, CA 928011
  • Mailing address1707 South Good-Latimer Expressway, Dallas, Texas, TX 752261
  • Phone71452655331
  • Shares outstanding9,076,832 as of Aug 24, 202612
  • Public float$13.8M as of Apr 18, 20253
  • AuditorBaker Tilly US, LLP, Irvine, California PCAOB ID 23; no auditor attestation of internal control over financial reporting3
  • On EDGAR sinceMar 10, 19951
  • Filings364 in all: 10-Q (96), 4 (82), 8-K (69), DEF 14A (31), 10-K (25), 3 (11), UPLOAD (9), CORRESP (7)1
    All 23 form types

    10-K405 (6), 10-K/A (5), DEFA14A (4), NT 10-Q (4), 4/A (3), PRE 14A (3), 10-K405/A (1), 10-Q/A (1), 144 (1), 8-K/A (1), POS AM (1), S-8 (1), S-8 POS (1), SC 13D (1), SC 13D/A (1)

  • Latest filingsAnnual report (10-K) Jan 28, 2026
    Quarterly report (10-Q) Aug 24, 2026
    Proxy statement (DEF 14A) Feb 20, 2026
    Latest 8-K (8-K) Sep 30, 2026

Securities registered for trading

ClassSymbolExchange
Common StockBRIDNasdaq

From the cover page of the 10-K filed Jan 28, 2026 (Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act).3

Risk factors and legal proceedings

The risks BRIDGFORD FOODS CORP names in Item 1A of its 10-K filed Jan 28, 2026: 12 risks under these headings, as written.3

  • We are subject to general risks in the food industry, including, among other things, risk relating to changes in consumer preferences and product contamination as well as general economic conditions, any of which, if realized, could negatively impact our operating results and financial position.
  • Climate change and related climate change regulations, including with respect to greenhouse gas effects, may negatively affect our results of operations.
  • Fluctuations in commodity prices and the availability of raw materials could negatively impact our financial results.
  • We are subject to extensive government regulations and failure to comply with such regulations could negatively impact our financial results.
  • We depend on our key management, the loss of which could negatively impact our operations.
  • We depend on our major customers, and any loss of such customers could have a negative impact on our profitability.
  • Labor shortages and increased turnover or increases in employee and employee-related costs could have adverse effects on our profitability.
  • Disputes with labor unions could have an adverse impact on our operations and financial results.
  • Our business and reputation could suffer if we experience security breaches and other disruptions to our information technology infrastructure.
  • With approximately 80% of our stock beneficially owned by the Bridgford family, there are risks that they can exert significant influence or control over our corporate matters.
  • We participate in Multiemployer Pension Plans which could negatively impact our operations and profitability.
  • Eminent domain and land risk regulations could negatively impact our financial results and financial position.

Legal proceedings

No material legal proceedings were pending against us as of October 31, 2025, or as of the date of filing this Report. We are likely to be subject to claims arising from time to time in the ordinary course of our business. In certain of such actions, plaintiffs may request punitive or other damages that may not be covered by insurance and, accordingly, no assurance can be given with respect to the ultimate outcome of any such possible future claims or litigation or their effect on us. Any adverse litigation trends and outcomes could significantly and negatively affect our financial results.

The opening of Item 3, Legal Proceedings.3

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