---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000029332-23-000090"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DXYN"
cik: "0000029332"
company_name: "DIXIE GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2023-11-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T05:48:54.066732+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dixie Group Q3 net loss narrows to $0.15/share; gross margin improves to 26.6%

## Summary
- Net loss from continuing operations $2.211M ($0.15 per share) vs $8.372M ($0.55) in Q3 2022.
- Net sales $68.576M (-4.4% YoY); gross margin rose to 26.6% from 17.5% a year ago.
- Nine-month net loss $5.382M ($0.36) improved from $15.734M ($1.04) in prior-year period.
- Debt reduced ~$3M from prior year-end; availability under line of credit $15.9M.
- Order entry in first five weeks of Q4 up slightly YoY; company to start nylon extrusion in Q1 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000029332-23-000090
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DXYN
- cik: 0000029332
- company_name: DIXIE GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2023-11-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29332/000002933223000090/0000029332-23-000090-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29332/000002933223000090/dxyn-20231113.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DIXIE GROUP INC reported third quarter ended September 30, 2023 results: revenue net sales of $68,576,000, net income net loss from continuing operations ... was $2,211,000, EPS $0.15 per diluted share.
  - Period: third quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Revenue: net sales of $68,576,000
  - Net income: net loss from continuing operations ... was $2,211,000
  - EPS: $0.15 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: For the third quarter of 2023, the Company had net sales of $68,576,000 as compared to $71,762,000 in the same quarter of 2022. The operating loss on the quarter was $913,000 compared to a loss of $7,150,000 in the same period of the prior year. The net loss from continuing operations for the three months of the third quarter of 2023 was $2,211,000 or $0.15 per diluted share. In 2022, the net loss from continuing operations for the third quarter was $8,372,000 or $0.55 per diluted share.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29332/000002933223000090/0000029332-23-000090-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.