---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-005058"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RCKY"
cik: "0000895456"
company_name: "ROCKY BRANDS, INC."
filed_at: "2025-02-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T05:19:52.071174+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rocky Brands Q4 adj. EPS $1.19 (+21% YoY); debt cut 26%; board authorizes $7.5M buyback

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $128.1M (+1.7% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $1.19 vs $0.98 last year.
- Full-year adjusted net income $19.0M ($2.54/diluted share) vs $14.3M ($1.93) in 2023.
- Total debt reduced 25.7% YoY to $128.7M; inventories down 1.5% to $166.7M.
- Board approved new $7.5M share repurchase program, replacing expired 2022 program.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-005058
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RCKY
- cik: 0000895456
- company_name: ROCKY BRANDS, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-02-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895456/000143774925005058/0001437749-25-005058-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895456/000143774925005058/rcky20241001_8k.htm

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