---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-003592"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESCA"
cik: "0000033488"
company_name: "ESCALADE INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T07:10:12.685696+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Escalade Q4 revenue $73.4M (-1.8% YoY); full-year EPS $1.76 vs $1.82; declares $0.15 dividend

## Summary
- Q4 2021 revenue $73.4M, down 1.8% from $74.8M in Q4 2020; diluted EPS flat at $0.36.
- Full year 2021 revenue $313.6M, up 14.6% from $273.6M; diluted EPS $1.76 vs $1.82 (-3.3%).
- Gross margin declined 170 bps in Q4 to 22.2%; full-year margin 24.6% vs 27.3% on supply chain and inflation.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.15/share declared, payable March 21, 2022 to holders of record March 14, 2022.
- CEO cites strong archery/pickleball demand but supply chain and cost pressures; Brunswick Billiards acquisition expected accretive H2 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-003592
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESCA
- cik: 0000033488
- company_name: ESCALADE INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774922003592/0001437749-22-003592-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774922003592/esca20220216_8k.htm

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