secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ESCALADE INC (ESCA)
CIK:        0000033488
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-24-013090
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Escalade Q1 net income $1.8M vs loss; gross margin up 560 bps; declares $0.15 dividend
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- 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%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774924013090/0001437749-24-013090-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774924013090/esca20240424_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-013090

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