secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ROCKY BRANDS, INC. (RCKY)
CIK:        0000895456
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-26-005341
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Rocky Brands Q4 net income +35.7% to $0.86 EPS; revenue +9.1%; new $7.5M buyback
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- Q4 net sales $139.7M (+9.1% YoY); Retail segment +30.8% to $57.0M, driven by XTRATUF direct-to-consumer.
- Q4 GAAP diluted EPS $0.86 vs $0.64 YoY; adjusted diluted EPS $0.94 vs $1.19.
- Full-year net sales $482.0M (+6.2%); net income $22.3M ($2.96 diluted EPS) vs $11.4M ($1.52) in 2024.
- Total debt Dec 31, 2025 at $122.6M, down 4.7% from $128.7M a year ago; interest expense lower.
- Board authorized new $7.5M share repurchase program for 12 months starting Feb 24, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895456/000143774926005341/0001437749-26-005341-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895456/000143774926005341/rcky20251205_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-005341

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