Whole Earth Brands, Inc.
Consumer Staples · Sugar & Confectionery Products · DE · SEC filings ↗ · Compare ⊕
Financials
SEC XBRL · annual| FY23 | FY22 | FY21 | FY20 | FY19 | FY18 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $550.9M | $538.3M | $494.0M | $128.3M | $272.1M | $291.0M |
| Operating income | $15.4M | −$24.6M | $22.8M | −$38.2M | $29.7M | $27.8M |
| Net income | −$38.1M | −$58.8M | $83,000 | −$34.1M | $30.8M | $20.8M |
| Total assets | $825.7M | $849.0M | $922.6M | $596.5M | $599.9M | — |
| Total liabilities | $574.0M | $574.5M | $608.7M | $287.7M | $112.1M | — |
| Equity | $251.7M | $274.6M | $313.9M | $308.8M | $487.8M | $484.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $-0.90 | $-1.42 | $0.00 | $-0.22 | — | — |
| Shares out. | 42.1M | 41.5M | 38.4M | 38.4M | 38.4M | — |
Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.
Key ratios
from filings · FY2023- Operating margin
- 2.8%
- Net margin
- −6.9%
- Return on equity
- −15.1%
- Return on assets
- −4.6%
- Return on capital (ROCE)
- 2.1%
- Liabilities / assets
- 69.5%
- Debt / equity
- 2.28×
- Book value / share
- $5.98
- Revenue growth (YoY)
- 2.3%
- Net income growth (YoY)
- —
Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.
Financial health
forensic scores · FY2023- Altman Z″ (distress)
- 1.86grey zone
- Accruals / assets
- −7.7%clean
- Beneish M-Score
- -2.77normal
- Piotroski F-Score
- 5/9mixed
Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
Quality score
EDS ScoreOur own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
Signs
● 1 severe● 2 warning● 4 good- Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
- Reported a net loss
- Altman Z″ in the grey zone
- Operating margin is positive
- Revenue is growing year-over-year
- Positive operating cash flow
- Clean earnings (low accruals)
Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
Risk flags
late SEC filings- NT 10-Qmissed a reporting deadline ↗May 6, 2021
A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.
Insider transactions
SEC Form 4 · most recent| Insider | Date | Type | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Irwin DDirector | Aug 5, 2024 | D | 1.3M | — |
| Robinson Jeffrey S.Officer — Co-CEO | Aug 5, 2024 | D | 140,487 | — |
| Litman BrianOfficer — Chief Accounting Officer | Aug 5, 2024 | D | 78,387 | — |
| Lamel Ira JDirector | Aug 5, 2024 | D | 190,405 | — |
| Goss Michael FDirector | Aug 5, 2024 | D | 15,971 | — |
| Ohri RajnishOfficer — Co-CEO | Aug 5, 2024 | D | 133,232 | — |
| Fiaux BernardoOfficer — Chief Financial Officer | Aug 5, 2024 | D | 149,731 | — |
| Faltischek Denise MDirector | Aug 5, 2024 | D | 43,627 | — |
| Cohen Steven MichaelDirector | Aug 5, 2024 | D | 38,627 | — |
| Agarwal AnuraagDirector | Aug 5, 2024 | D | 53,627 | — |
| Sababa Holdings Free Llc10% owner | Aug 5, 2024 | J | 8.9M | — |
| Robinson Jeffrey S.Officer — Co-CEO | May 9, 2024 | Option exercise | 26,469 | — |
Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.
Material events
SEC Form 8-K · most recent- Entered a material agreement · Terminated a material agreement · Completed an acquisition or disposition · New financial obligation · Delisting / listing-standard notice · Modified shareholder rights · Change in control · Director / officer change · Amended charter or bylawsAug 5, 2024
- Shareholder voteJul 31, 2024
- Results of operationsMay 9, 2024
- Results of operationsMar 12, 2024
- Entered a material agreement · Director / officer change · Regulation FD disclosureFeb 13, 2024
- Results of operationsNov 9, 2023
- Director / officer changeOct 11, 2023
- Results of operationsAug 9, 2023
Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.