secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC (JOUT)
CIK:        0000788329
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-25-000566
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Johnson Outdoors Q1 net sales down 22% to $107.6M; operating loss of $20.2M
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- Net loss $15.3M ($1.49 diluted EPS) vs net income $4.0M ($0.38) in prior year.
- Gross margin fell to 29.9% from 38.1% due to unfavorable overhead absorption, product mix, and promotional pricing.
- Fishing revenue -25%, Camping & Watercraft -12%, Diving -10% vs prior year quarter.
- Operating loss of $20.2M vs operating profit of $0.05M in Q1 last year.
- Cash and short-term investments $101.6M; debt-free balance sheet; quarterly dividend declared.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788329/000117184325000566/0001171843-25-000566-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788329/000117184325000566/f8k_020125.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-25-000566

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