Escalade's earnings call reflects a challenging environment with significant tariff impacts and a decline in net sales. However, the company demonstrated resilience through strong gross margin expansion, inventory optimization, and product innovation. Market share was maintained in key categories, and there was a strategic focus on debt reduction and share repurchase. The sentiment is balanced with notable achievements countering the negative trends.

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Q3 2025

During Escalade Inc.'s second quarter 2025 results conference call, the company reported several key metrics and strategic initiatives. Despite a 13% year-over-year decline in net sales to $54.3 million, which was influenced by tariff-related challenges and changing consumer behaviors, the company achieved a gross margin expansion of 60 basis points to 24.7%. This improvement was driven by reduced manufacturing and logistics costs, even as tariffs adversely impacted gross margin by approximately 200 basis points. The company managed to reduce inventory by $14 million compared to the prior year, enhancing flexibility in a complex sourcing environment. Escalade also reported net income of $1.8 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, and achieved strong free cash flow of $13.3 million. The company's net debt was reduced to 0.5x trailing 12-month EBITDA, with $22 million total debt outstanding and $10.4 million in cash equivalents. Looking forward, Escalade plans to maintain a robust product launch cadence and has implemented targeted price increases to offset rising tariff-related expenses. Additionally, the company repurchased nearly $800,000 of shares and repaid $2 million in debt during the quarter, reflecting disciplined capital allocation and a focus on long-term value creation.

Gross Margin Expansion

Escalade expanded its gross margin by nearly 60 basis points, driven by lower manufacturing and logistics costs despite a $1.6 million tariff-related headwind.

Inventory Optimization

The company reduced inventory by approximately $14 million compared to the prior year, enhancing flexibility and driving working capital efficiencies.

Debt Reduction and Share Repurchase

Escalade repaid approximately $2 million in debt, reducing net leverage to 0.5x trailing 12 months EBITDA, and repurchased nearly $800,000 of shares.

Product Innovation and Launches

Successful launches of ONIX Hype and Hype Pro pickleball paddles and the STIGA Paragon table tennis table. The company is also celebrating the 50th anniversary of Woodplay playsets.

Market Share Maintenance

Despite overall sales decline, Escalade maintained or gained market share in key categories like basketball, safety, archery, and recreational games.

Strong Free Cash Flow

The company delivered strong free cash flow, underpinned by a continued focus on working capital efficiency, totaling $13.3 million.

Escalade (ESCA) Earnings, Revenues Date & History

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ESCA Earnings History

Report Date	Fiscal Quarter	Forecast / EPS	Last Year's EPS	EPS YoY Change	Slides	Play Transcript
Oct 23, 2025	2025 (Q3)	- / -	0.4	―	―	―
Aug 01, 2025	2025 (Q2)	0.23 / 0.13	0.2	-35.00% (-0.07)	―
May 05, 2025	2025 (Q1)	0.13 / 0.19	0.13	46.15% (+0.06)	―
Feb 26, 2025	2024 (Q4)	0.20 / 0.19	0.21	-9.52% (-0.02)	―
Oct 24, 2024	2024 (Q3)	- / 0.40	0.31	29.03% (+0.09)	―
Jul 25, 2024	2024 (Q2)	- / 0.20	0.26	-23.08% (-0.06)	―
Apr 25, 2024	2024 (Q1)	- / 0.13	-0.07	285.71% (+0.20)	―
Mar 29, 2024	2023 (Q4)	0.29 / 0.21	0.2	5.00% (<+0.01)	―
Oct 26, 2023	2023 (Q3)	0.31 / 0.31	0.22	40.91% (+0.09)	―
Jul 27, 2023	2023 (Q2)	0.15 / 0.26	0.42	-38.10% (-0.16)	―

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ESCA Earnings-Related Price Changes

Report Date	Price 1 Day Before	Price 1 Day After	Percentage Change
Aug 01, 2025	$12.29	$11.78	-4.15%
May 05, 2025	$15.15	$14.68	-3.10%
Feb 26, 2025	$15.33	$15.43	+0.65%
Oct 24, 2024	$13.15	$12.86	-2.21%

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