---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-005624"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SGC"
cik: "0000095574"
company_name: "SUPERIOR GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC."
filed_at: "2022-03-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T00:35:57.233062+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Superior Group Q4 EPS $0.25 vs $0.79; FY EPS $1.69; core sales up 28% in Q4, 26% annual

## Summary
- FY2021 net sales $537.0M (+2.0%); net income $27.2M ($1.69 diluted EPS) vs $41.0M ($2.65).
- Q4 net sales $142.0M (-2.3%); net income $4.0M ($0.25 EPS) vs $12.5M ($0.79).
- Core business up: ex-PPE Q4 sales +28%, FY +26%; BAMKO +41% Q4, Office Gurus +45% Q4.
- PPE sales fell to $38.6M from $131.2M; inventory write-downs of $2.0M in 2021 ($1.6M in Q4).
- Noncash pension termination charge $7.8M ($0.45/share) reduced FY net income.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-005624
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SGC
- cik: 0000095574
- company_name: SUPERIOR GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-03-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.0
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95574/000143774922005624/0001437749-22-005624-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95574/000143774922005624/sgc20220308_8k.htm

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