---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-005968"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESCA"
cik: "0000033488"
company_name: "ESCALADE INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T23:17:04.726653+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Escalade Q4 net income up 37%; full-year EPS $0.99; raises dividend to $0.1525

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $62.6M (-2.2% YoY); gross margin +280 bps to 27.7%.
- Q4 net income $3.7M ($0.27 diluted) vs $2.7M ($0.19); EBITDA $6.5M (+9.3%).
- Full year net sales $240.2M (-4.5%); net income $13.7M ($0.99) vs $13.0M ($0.93).
- Total debt down 27.9% to $18.5M; net leverage 0.3x; cash from ops $14.9M.
- Completed AllCornhole acquisition, added 110K sq ft facility; Gold Tip Archery accretive in Q4.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-005968
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESCA
- cik: 0000033488
- company_name: ESCALADE INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774926005968/0001437749-26-005968-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774926005968/esca20260226_8k.htm

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