---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-043222"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PII"
cik: "0000931015"
company_name: "Polaris Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T12:12:54.971341+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Polaris Q3 sales down 23% YoY, EPS plunge 81%; full-year guidance slashed

## Summary
- Q3 sales $1,722M (-23% YoY); reported EPS $0.49 (-81%), adjusted EPS $0.73 (-73%).
- Gross margin fell 204 bps to 20.6%; operating expenses up 355 bps as % of sales.
- ORV retail sales down 3%; Marine sales plummeted 36%, On Road down 13%.
- FY2024 sales outlook cut to -20% YoY (prior -17% to -20%); adjusted EPS now -65% (prior -56% to -62%).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-043222
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PII
- cik: 0000931015
- company_name: Polaris Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/931015/000162828024043222/0001628280-24-043222-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931015/000162828024043222/pii-20241022.htm

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