secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ESCALADE INC (ESCA)
CIK:        0000033488
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-25-024276
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Escalade Q2 net sales down 13.1% to $54.3M; EPS $0.13 vs $0.20; dividend $0.15
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- Net sales $54.3M vs $62.5M YoY; operating income $2.6M vs $4.5M.
- Net income $1.8M ($0.13 diluted EPS) vs $2.8M ($0.20) YoY.
- Gross margin improved 56 bps to 24.7% despite $1.6M tariff costs.
- Total debt reduced 49% to $22.0M; net debt/EBITDA 0.5x vs 1.7x YoY.
- Quarterly dividend $0.15/share, payable Oct 13 to holders of record Oct 6.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774925024276/0001437749-25-024276-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774925024276/esca20250731_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-024276

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