---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-054833"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLOW"
cik: "0001287213"
company_name: "DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T01:17:52.695815+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Douglas Dynamics Q1 net loss $3.9M, reaffirms FY2022 guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $102.6M, essentially flat YoY; net loss $3.9M vs $0.7M profit in Q1 2021.
- Diluted EPS ($0.18); adjusted diluted EPS ($0.11); adjusted EBITDA $4.6M, down from $10.7M.
- Work Truck Attachments net sales up 9% to $45.8M, but adj. EBITDA margin fell to 6.6% from 19.6%.
- Work Truck Solutions net sales down 7% to $56.8M due to chassis/component shortages.
- Reiterated FY2022 guidance: sales $570-630M, adj. EBITDA $70-100M, adj. EPS $1.25-$2.15.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-054833
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLOW
- cik: 0001287213
- company_name: DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000110465922054833/0001104659-22-054833-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000110465922054833/tm2213759-2_8k.htm

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