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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-011495"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARTW"
cik: "0000007623"
company_name: "ARTS WAY MANUFACTURING CO INC"
filed_at: "2025-04-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T18:41:45.044735+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Art's-Way Manufacturing narrows Q1 net loss to $56k; modular building sales up 47.5%

## Summary
- Consolidated sales $5.14M, down 10.2% YoY; net loss $56k vs $424k loss in prior year (improvement of $368k).
- Agricultural Products segment sales down 30.4% to $2.95M; net loss improved by $107k to $346k.
- Modular Buildings segment sales up 47.5% to $2.19M; net income $291k, improved by $262k.
- Management expects destocking to continue; notes potential tariff impact; hired new Director of Business Development for modular buildings.
- EPS diluted $(0.01) vs $(0.08) in prior year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-011495
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARTW
- cik: 0000007623
- company_name: ARTS WAY MANUFACTURING CO INC
- filed_at: 2025-04-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7623/000143774925011495/0001437749-25-011495-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7623/000143774925011495/artw20250409_8k.htm

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