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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-132458"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLOW"
cik: "0001287213"
company_name: "DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC"
filed_at: "2021-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T14:57:31.317102+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Douglas Dynamics Q3 net sales down 4.6% YoY; lowers FY2021 guidance on supply chain woes

## Summary
- Net sales $127.6M (down from $133.8M); GAAP EPS $0.30, adjusted EPS $0.29, both down YoY.
- Attachments segment sales up 6% to $81.4M but Adj EBITDA fell 27% to $14.8M on input cost inflation.
- Solutions segment sales down 19% to $46.3M; record backlog >140% of prior record due to supply constraints.
- Full-year 2021 guidance lowered: net sales $525-565M, Adj EBITDA $75-90M, Adj EPS $1.40-1.90.
- Quarterly dividend maintained at $0.285/share; paid Sept 30, 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-132458
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLOW
- cik: 0001287213
- company_name: DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC
- filed_at: 2021-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000110465921132458/0001104659-21-132458-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000110465921132458/tm2131389d1_8k.htm

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