---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-014583"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLOW"
cik: "0001287213"
company_name: "DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T11:08:14.079499+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Douglas Dynamics Q1 net sales up 20.3% to record $115.1M; net income positive $0.1M

## Summary
- Net sales increased 20.3% to a record $115.1M; gross margin improved 470 bps to 24.5%.
- Net income of $0.1M vs loss of $8.4M in Q1 2024; adjusted diluted EPS $0.09 vs ($0.29).
- Work Truck Attachments net sales up 52.9% to $36.5M; adjusted EBITDA $0.3M vs ($4.5M).
- Work Truck Solutions posted record quarterly adjusted EBITDA of $9.1M; margin 11.6%.
- FY 2025 outlook maintained: net sales $610-$650M, adjusted EBITDA $75-$95M, adj EPS $1.30-$2.10.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-014583
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLOW
- cik: 0001287213
- company_name: DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000143774925014583/0001437749-25-014583-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000143774925014583/plow20250501_8k.htm

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