earnings
confidence high
sentiment positive
materiality 0.70
Escalade Q1 net income $1.8M vs loss; gross margin up 560 bps; declares $0.15 dividend
ESCALADE INC
2024-Q1 EPS reported
$0.13
revenue$57,304,000
- Net sales $57.3M (+0.7% YoY); net income $1.8M ($0.13 EPS) vs net loss $1.0M ($0.07 loss) in Q1 2023.
- Gross margin 25.0%, +560 bps YoY, driven by favorable product mix and lower inventory costs.
- EBITDA $4.4M vs $1.6M; total debt $53.5M, down from $95.2M year ago; net debt/EBITDA 2.0x.
- Board approved $0.15/share quarterly dividend payable July 15 to holders of record July 8.
- Planned divestiture of Mexico operations to drive fixed-cost efficiencies; DTC website sales up 28%.