secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ESCALADE INC (ESCA)
CIK:        0000033488
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-21-024443
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774921024443/0001437749-21-024443-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774921024443/esca20211020_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-024443

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