---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-010763"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SGC"
cik: "0000095574"
company_name: "SUPERIOR GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC."
filed_at: "2022-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T01:09:20.450870+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Superior Group Q1 net sales up 1.9% to $143.6M; EPS drops to $0.32 from $0.66

## Summary
- Net sales $143.6M (+1.9% YoY); pretax income $6.7M vs $13.2M; diluted EPS $0.32 vs $0.66.
- Excluding PPE, net sales grew 21.8%; BAMKO +38.3% (ex-PPE); The Office Gurus +39.7%.
- Uniforms segment grew 5.6% (ex-PPE); company integrating sales forces and expanding to Dominican Republic.
- Operating margins pressured by supply chain, inflation, and management investments; target 10% margin by 2024.
- High-margin PPE sales declined sharply (Q1 2021 $26.8M vs minimal in Q1 2022), weighing on profitability.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-010763
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SGC
- cik: 0000095574
- company_name: SUPERIOR GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-05-04T23:59:59+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/95574/000143774922010763/0001437749-22-010763-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95574/000143774922010763/sgc20220316_8k.htm

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