---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-21-024443"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESCA"
cik: "0000033488"
company_name: "ESCALADE INC"
filed_at: "2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T17:01:14.440553+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Escalade Q3 revenue up 4.1% to $81.3M, EPS down 39.5% to $0.43; dividend $0.14

## Summary
- Revenue $81.3M (+4.1% YoY); gross margin 22.5% vs 30.1% due to transportation/raw material cost pressures.
- Operating income $7.7M vs $12.8M; diluted EPS $0.43 vs $0.71 in Q3 2020.
- Cost headwinds (freight, raw materials, wages) hit EPS by ~$0.20 in Q3 and $0.40 YTD.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.14 per share declared; payable Dec 13, 2021 to holders of record Dec 6.
- YTD sales +20.8% but net income -6.3%; management cites supply chain challenges and price increases.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-21-024443
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESCA
- cik: 0000033488
- company_name: ESCALADE INC
- filed_at: 2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774921024443/0001437749-21-024443-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774921024443/esca20211020_8k.htm

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