---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-002513"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLOW"
cik: "0001287213"
company_name: "DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T14:43:36.250593+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Douglas Dynamics prelim Q4 EPS $0.29 ($0.19 adj) vs $0.52; 2024 adj EPS seen up 70-80%

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $134M vs $159.8M; net income $7M vs $11.5M.
- Adjusted diluted EPS Q4 $0.19 vs $0.52; full year $1.01 vs $1.84.
- Attachments net sales down >20% on record low snowfall; Solutions sales up >15%, adj EBITDA ~100%.
- 2024 Cost Savings Program targets $8-10M annualized savings, ~$2M restructuring charges.
- Initial 2024 outlook: adjusted EPS expected 70-80% higher than 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-002513
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLOW
- cik: 0001287213
- company_name: DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-30T23:59:59+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/1287213/000143774924002513/0001437749-24-002513-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000143774924002513/plow20240126_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC reported the full year ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $568, net income $24, EPS $0.98. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: the full year ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $568
  - Net income: $24
  - EPS: $0.98
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: Preliminary Consolidated Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results $ in millions (except EPS) Preliminary Q4 2023 Q4 2022 Preliminary Full Year 2023 Full Year 2022 Net Sales $134 $159.8 $568 $616.1 Net Income $7 $11.5 $24 $38.6 Diluted EPS $0.29 $0.49 $0.98 $1.63
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000143774924002513/0001437749-24-002513-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC reported the quarter ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $134, net income $7, EPS $0.29. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: the quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $134
  - Net income: $7
  - EPS: $0.29
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: Preliminary Consolidated Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results $ in millions (except EPS) Preliminary Q4 2023 Q4 2022 Preliminary Full Year 2023 Full Year 2022 Net Sales $134 $159.8 $568 $616.1 Net Income $7 $11.5 $24 $38.6 Diluted EPS $0.29 $0.49 $0.98 $1.63
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000143774924002513/0001437749-24-002513-index.htm

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