secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ROCKY BRANDS, INC. (RCKY)
CIK:        0000895456
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-22-018427
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895456/000143774922018427/0001437749-22-018427-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895456/000143774922018427/rcky20220531_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-018427

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