---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-018427"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RCKY"
cik: "0000895456"
company_name: "ROCKY BRANDS, INC."
filed_at: "2022-08-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T06:13:57.392590+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rocky Brands Q2 sales up 23% to $162M; gross margin drops to 33.2%, adjusted EPS $0.34

## Summary
- Net sales $162.0M (+23.1% YoY); wholesale +29.7%, retail +16.4%, contract mfg fell to $4.9M.
- GAAP net income $0.9M ($0.12 diluted EPS); adjusted net income $2.5M ($0.34 diluted EPS).
- Gross margin 33.2% (37.4% prior year) due to higher product, freight, and logistics costs.
- Management enacted price increases to offset margin headwinds; expects improvement in coming quarters.
- Previously announced expense synergy savings expected to support long-term profitable growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-018427
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RCKY
- cik: 0000895456
- company_name: ROCKY BRANDS, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-08-02T23:59:59+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/895456/000143774922018427/0001437749-22-018427-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895456/000143774922018427/rcky20220531_8k.htm

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