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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-21-023563"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARTW"
cik: "0000007623"
company_name: "ARTS WAY MANUFACTURING CO INC"
filed_at: "2021-10-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T21:14:19.626175+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Art's-Way manufactures second straight profitable quarter, net income $56K in Q3 2021

## Summary
- Q3 net income of $56,000 vs loss of $424,000 YoY; EPS $0.01 vs ($0.10).
- Nine-month operating loss improved to ($60,000) from ($1.9M), a $1.8M swing.
- Agricultural Products sales up 26.9% to $4.66M; grinder mixers +71%, beet equipment +60%.
- Current ag backlog up 269% from a year ago; president cites favorable outlook for Q4 2021 and H1 2022.
- Modular Buildings segment declined 43.4% on completion of a large laboratory project.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-21-023563
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARTW
- cik: 0000007623
- company_name: ARTS WAY MANUFACTURING CO INC
- filed_at: 2021-10-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/7623/000143774921023563/0001437749-21-023563-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7623/000143774921023563/artw20211010_8k.htm

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