---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-21-016750"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARTW"
cik: "0000007623"
company_name: "ARTS WAY MANUFACTURING CO INC"
filed_at: "2021-07-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T06:13:39.792684+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Art's-Way posts Q2 net income $64K vs loss $802K; sales up 4.8% YoY

## Summary
- Q2 sales $5.71M, up 4.8% from $5.45M; net income $64K vs net loss $802K a year ago.
- EPS $0.01 diluted vs ($0.18); six-month net loss narrows to $251K from $1.24M.
- Agricultural segment sales +25.6% to $3.86M; modular buildings -33.6% to $1.19M.
- Six-month operating loss improves to $220K from $1.39M; strong backlog for H2.
- Supply chain constraints and rising raw-material costs; prices raised twice in FY2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-21-016750
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARTW
- cik: 0000007623
- company_name: ARTS WAY MANUFACTURING CO INC
- filed_at: 2021-07-12T23:59:59+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/7623/000143774921016750/0001437749-21-016750-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7623/000143774921016750/artw20210709_8k.htm

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