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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-032832"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLOW"
cik: "0001287213"
company_name: "DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC"
filed_at: "2025-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T00:33:45.579852+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Douglas Dynamics Q3 sales up 25%; raises FY2025 guidance; announces Venco Venturo acquisition

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $162.1M (+25% YoY); adjusted EPS $0.40 vs $0.24 YoY.
- Solutions segment record sales $94.0M (+36% YoY) and record adjusted EBITDA $9.6M.
- Adjusted EBITDA $20.1M (+31% YoY); raised FY25 guidance: sales $635-660M, EBITDA $87-102M, EPS $1.85-2.25.
- Announced acquisition of Venco Venturo (truck-mounted cranes/hoists); terms not disclosed.
- Paid Q3 dividend $0.295/share; leverage ratio 1.9x.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-032832
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLOW
- cik: 0001287213
- company_name: DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC
- filed_at: 2025-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000143774925032832/0001437749-25-032832-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000143774925032832/plow20251027_8k.htm

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