---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-21-024928"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RCKY"
cik: "0000895456"
company_name: "ROCKY BRANDS, INC."
filed_at: "2021-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T15:30:37.936604+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rocky Brands Q3 net sales jump 61% to $125.5M, net loss $0.4M, adjusted EPS $0.34

## Summary
- Net sales $125.5M, up 61.4% YoY; includes $41.6M from Boston Group acquisition.
- Net loss $(0.4)M or $(0.05) per share; adjusted net income $2.5M or $0.34 per share.
- Wholesale +70.3% to $96.0M; Retail +35.3% to $21.8M; Contract Mfg +45.1% to $7.7M.
- Gross margin 37.4% vs 38.4% prior year; adjusted gross margin 38.1%.
- Fulfillment challenges in Ohio DC; new Reno, NV DC went live in early October.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-21-024928
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RCKY
- cik: 0000895456
- company_name: ROCKY BRANDS, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/895456/000143774921024928/0001437749-21-024928-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895456/000143774921024928/rcky20210917_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-024928.txt

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