secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ESCALADE INC (ESCA)
CIK:        0000033488
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-26-013974
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Escalade Q1 net income up 69% to $4.4M; EPS $0.32 vs $0.19; dividend declared
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- Net sales $55.8M, +0.6% YoY; gross margin 30.7%, +408 bps; operating income +59.8% to $5.8M.
- EBITDA $7.1M, +44.1% YoY; cash from operations $6.1M vs $3.8M.
- Total debt $16.7M, down from $23.8M a year ago; cash $13.1M; net debt 0.1x trailing EBITDA.
- Quarterly dividend $0.1525/share, payable July 13 to holders of record July 6, 2026.
- Management cites Gold Tip acquisition, cost-control, and favorable mix; warns of inflation/consumer headwinds.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774926013974/0001437749-26-013974-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33488/000143774926013974/esca20260429_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-013974

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