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Bridgford Foods Corporation

Consumer StaplesFood Products
Ticker BRIDANAHEIM, CAFiscal year ends OctoberBook value per share $11.87Diluted shares 9.1M

Bridgford Foods Corporation (Nasdaq: BRID) manufactures, markets and distributes frozen foods and snack foods across the United States. Its frozen food products include biscuits, bread and roll dough items, while its snack foods include dry sausage, salami and beef jerky; the company produces nearly all its products… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Jul 10, 2026, Bridgford Foods Corporation reported revenue of $228.22M, up 0.4% from a year earlier, and a net loss of $14.52M. Its operating margin was −8.8%, and operations used $4.10M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $230.99M, up 3.3% from fiscal 2024, and a net loss of $13.36M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 10-30Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-07-10
Sales & profitability
$230.99MFY2025
+3.3% year over year
Last 12 mo $228.22M
-8.12%FY2025
−5.3 percentage points
Last 12 mo -8.80%
$-13.36MFY2025
−295.1% year over year
Last 12 mo $-14.52M
-11.56%FY2025
−8.9 percentage points
Last 12 mo -13.48%
Cash & financing
$-5.69MFY2025
−1045.3% year over year
Last 12 mo $-4.10M
$-9.29MFY2025
−111.2% year over year
Last 12 mo $-6.48M
0.03FY2025
Was 0.02× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 0.08
—
Last 12 mo 9.1M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Bridgford Foods Corporation does

In the company’s own words

Bridgford Foods Corporation (Nasdaq: BRID) manufactures, markets and distributes frozen foods and snack foods across the United States. Its frozen food products include biscuits, bread and roll dough items, while its snack foods include dry sausage, salami and beef jerky; the company produces nearly all its products and also supplies private-label offerings. Bridgford operates two segments: Snack Food Products, which generated 75% of fiscal 2025 sales, and Frozen Food Products, which generated 25%. Frozen foods serve food-service customers, including restaurants, schools, hotels and distributors, as well as retail customers. Snack foods are sold to large retail chains and independent operators through customer distribution centers and a direct-store-delivery network. In fiscal 2025, the snack division offered about 180 items and served approximately 19,000 retail stores, while the frozen division sold about 130 products through roughly 820 wholesalers, cooperatives and distributors. The company traces its origins to a San Diego meat market opened in 1932 and was organized in 1952. It had 668 employees as of October 31, 2025. Its website is www.bridgford.com.

Company details
Sector
Consumer Staples
Industry (SIC)
Food Products
Headquarters
ANAHEIM, CA
Fiscal year end
October
CIK
14177
SIC
2013

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2011–2025 · USD
$-42.57M$41.56M$125.69M$209.81M$293.94M201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Bridgford Foods Corporation — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

23
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$2.31M
held by funds, at market
3.6%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · Bridgford Foods Corporation’s weight in each

U.S. MICRO CAP PORTFOLIO
DFSCX · DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC
—of fund net assets
Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund
QQQX · Nuveen NASDAQ 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund
0.03%of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
U.S. SMALL CAP PORTFOLIO
DFSTX · DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC
—of fund net assets
Ultra-Small Company Market Fund
BRSIX · Bridgeway Funds, Inc.
0.10%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Could not be determined for this company: bond issues.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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