---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-008924"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESCA"
cik: "0000033488"
company_name: "ESCALADE INC"
filed_at: "2022-04-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T07:29:15.134536+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Escalade Q1 net sales up 22.3% to $72.4M; EPS $0.49 vs $0.39; dividend raised 7.1%

## Summary
- Net sales $72.4M (+22.3% YoY); organic growth 12.2%; diluted EPS $0.49 vs $0.39.
- Gross margin 27.8% (down 165 bps) on supply chain cost inflation; SG&A dropped to 14.5% of sales.
- Operating income $9.0M (+26.6%); net income $6.7M (+22.3%).
- Quarterly dividend raised 7.1% to $0.15/share; payable June 7 to holders of record May 31.
- Completed Brunswick Billiards acquisition in Q1; expect accretion in H2 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-008924
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESCA
- cik: 0000033488
- company_name: ESCALADE INC
- filed_at: 2022-04-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/33488/000143774922008924/0001437749-22-008924-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774922008924/esca20220413_8k.htm

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