---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-031950"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESCA"
cik: "0000033488"
company_name: "ESCALADE INC"
filed_at: "2024-10-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T10:42:50.170555+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Escalade Q3 net income $0.40 EPS vs $0.31; revenue down 7.7%; dividend $0.15

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $67.7M, down 7.7% YoY; net income $5.7M ($0.40 diluted EPS) vs $4.3M ($0.31).
- Nine-month net sales $187.6M, down 5.3%; net income $10.3M ($0.73 diluted) vs $7.0M ($0.50).
- Reduced total debt to $29.5M from $72.0M a year ago; net debt/EBITDA 1.1x.
- Quarterly dividend $0.15 per share, record Jan 6, 2025, payable Jan 13, 2025.
- Absorbed $2.3M non-recurring rationalization costs; gain of $3.9M on sale of Mexico facility.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-031950
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESCA
- cik: 0000033488
- company_name: ESCALADE INC
- filed_at: 2024-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774924031950/0001437749-24-031950-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774924031950/esca20241023_8k.htm

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