Escalade, Incorporated

ESCA Consumer Cyclical Leisure

Escalade, Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $240.2 million, down 4.51% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 6.20%, EPS grew 423.1%, free cash flow fell 36.0% and total debt fell 32.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

18.49 0.21 −1.12%
Market cap
$257.4M
P/E
11.1×
Fwd P/E
16.6×
Dividend yield
3.29%
F-score
9/9
Altman Z
5.25
Beneish M
−2.86
Dividend safety
69/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 2.04
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 2 — — — — 1 — — 4 — —
Insider Ownership 40.30%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 257.42
Revenue 243.83
Net Income 23.07
Free Cash Flow 25.92
Net Debt (1.51)
Current Ratio 3.21 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.08 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 11.07
Fwd P/E 16.60
P/S ratio 1.05
P/B ratio 1.40
Past 5Y EPS Growth (11.47%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth 60.10% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth (23.66%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y revenue growth 2.35%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 10.34%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 30.70%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 76.26%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 51.64%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 62.55%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 39.89%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.36
Annual Dividend Rate 0.61
Annual Dividend Yield 3.29%
total individual payouts
2026 0.61
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.15
2025 0.60
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.15
2024 0.60
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.15
2023 0.45
0.15
0.15
0.15
2022 0.60
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.15
2021 0.56
0.14
0.14
0.14
0.14
2020 0.53
0.13
0.13
0.14
0.14
2019 0.50
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
2018 0.50
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
2017 0.46
0.12
0.12
0.12
0.12
2016 0.44
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 0 4 12 16
Receivables 50 49 46 45
Inventory 92 76 68 71
Other — — — 9
147 134 131 144
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 10 12 9 15
ST’ Debt 7 7 7 15
Other — — — —
33 34 30 45

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 4.18% (2.58%) (8.53%)
Cash Flow 7.21% 63.77% 53.50%
Earnings 1.67% (11.98%) (8.68%)
Book Value 6.03% 4.48% 3.01%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 56 58 — — —
’25 55 54 68 63 240
’24 57 63 68 64 252
’23 57 68 73 66 264
’22 72 94 75 72 314
’21 59 100 81 73 314
’20 37 84 78 75 274
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 6 9 — — —
’25 4 13 (1) 15 31
’24 0 13 10 12 36
’23 5 8 15 21 48
’22 (3) 3 (5) 14 9
’21 (10) 10 (3) 4 1
’20 4 13 (6) (8) 3
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 5 8 — — —
’25 3 13 (1) 14 29
’24 0 13 16 12 40
’23 4 8 14 20 46
’22 (4) 2 (6) 14 7
’21 (12) 7 (7) 3 (9)
’20 4 12 (8) (11) (3)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.32 0.68 — — —
’25 0.19 0.13 0.40 0.27 0.99
’24 0.13 0.20 0.40 0.19 0.93
’23 (0.07) 0.26 0.31 0.21 0.71
’22 0.49 0.42 0.22 0.20 1.31
’21 0.39 0.58 0.43 0.36 1.76
’20 0.14 0.61 0.71 0.36 1.82
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 9.70 11.31 10.50 9.27 4.69 14.80 9.25 10.22 12.34 11.41

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 14.70 14.38 15.25 13.00 22.78 25.72 17.50 22.01 20.52 16.99
People
People Employees 492 501 531 468 704 676 593 479 457 444
Revenue/emp, $m 0.35 0.35 0.33 0.39 0.39 0.46 0.53 0.55 0.55 0.54
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 172 177 176 181 274 314 314 264 252 240
Gross margin, % 25.79 25.22 25.62 23.46 27.34 24.59 23.47 23.44 24.73 26.92
EBT 16 16 26 9 33 31 23 12 18 18
EBT margin, % 9.05 8.75 15.04 4.95 12.03 9.74 7.21 4.74 7.07 7.50
Net income 11 14 20 7 26 24 18 10 13 14
Depreciation 5 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 5
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 12.03 12.36 12.19 12.53 19.41 22.81 23.12 19.22 18.17 17.46
Earnings 0.81 0.98 1.42 0.50 1.84 1.78 1.33 0.72 0.94 1.00
Cash flow 0.85 0.93 0.45 1.11 0.19 0.08 0.63 3.52 2.60 2.26
Capex (0.01) (0.19) (0.20) (0.15) (0.39) (0.70) (0.15) (0.14) 0.28 (0.18)
Free cash flow 0.85 0.74 0.26 0.96 (0.20) (0.62) 0.48 3.38 2.89 2.07
Book value 7.13 7.78 8.90 8.76 9.87 10.67 11.68 12.00 12.21 12.60
Shares, m 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 16.23 12.93 8.06 19.27 9.16 8.02 8.05 28.08 15.03 13.63
P/S 1.09 1.04 0.94 0.78 0.93 0.61 0.46 1.05 0.79 0.77
P/B 1.84 1.65 1.29 1.12 2.14 1.48 0.92 1.68 1.17 1.07
EV/Sales 1.24 1.16 1.05 0.76 1.02 0.76 0.75 1.25 0.87 0.80
EV/FCF 17.54 19.32 50.16 9.87 52.52 23.68 36.33 7.08 5.48 6.74
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 12 13 7 16 3 1 9 48 36 31
Capex 0 (3) (3) (2) (5) (10) (2) (2) 4 (3)
Free cash flow 12 11 4 14 (3) (9) 7 46 40 29
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 57 61 71 69 99 123 149 114 99 100
Total debt 25 23 — 1 31 58 95 51 26 18
Net debt 24 22 (3) (5) 27 53 91 51 21 7
Shareholders’ equity 102 112 128 126 139 147 158 165 169 173
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 7.81 9.16 13.38 4.87 14.04 10.33 6.54 3.56 5.42 6.11
ROIC 7.23 6.85 6.88 4.77 12.39 9.98 6.59 5.17 6.57 6.51
ROE 11.60 13.18 17.04 5.70 19.55 17.08 11.79 6.09 7.79 8.01
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Escalade, Incorporated vs peers in Leisure (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
TRON Tron Inc. $557.4M — (loss-making) — +16.81% (above 0%: growing) −91.29% (below 0%: shrinking) −1,131.37% (below 0%: shrinking) 18.53% (34.16%) Compare
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FNKO Funko, Inc. $382.8M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +7.37% (above 0%: growing) n/m +108.59% (above 0%: growing) 56.63% 10.66% Compare
JAKK JAKKS Pacific, Inc. $332.4M 19.7× 18.8× +16.91% (above 0%: growing) n/m +99.03% (above 0%: growing) 32.29% (0.10%) Compare
ESCA Escalade, Incorporated $257.4M 11.1× 16.6× +6.20% (above 0%: growing) +423.08% (above 0%: growing) −35.98% (below 0%: shrinking) 26.19% 20.68%
XPOF Xponential Fitness, Inc. $228.0M — (loss-making) 15.6× −13.44% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −887.84% (below 0%: shrinking) 85.18% 14.42% Compare
AOUT American Outdoor Brands, Inc. $224.2M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +25.43% (above 0%: growing) n/m +709.57% (above 0%: growing) 52.97% (5.68%) Compare
CLAR Clarus Corporation $134.0M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +1.65% (above 0%: growing) n/m +105.66% (above 0%: growing) 48.92% 8.12% Compare
PLBY PLBY Group, Inc. $127.0M 171× — (loss-making) +10.91% (above 0%: growing) n/m +86.67% (above 0%: growing) 73.11% 9.53% Compare
Median of peers $280.2M — 18.8× +9.14% — +92.85% 50.95% 8.83%

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Escalade, Incorporated (ESCA) key facts

  • Concern: Escalade, Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $240.2 million, down 4.51% from fiscal 2024.
  • Strength: Net income was $13.7 million, or $1.00 per share (basic), a net margin of 5.70%.
  • Escalade, Incorporated (ESCA) is a Leisure company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, ESCA traded at $18.49, a market capitalization of $257.4 million.
  • At that price the stock trades at 11.1× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.0× sales; its P/E is higher than 31% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Escalade, Incorporated pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share, a yield of 3.29%, with a payout ratio of 36.4%.
  • Return on equity was 8.01% and debt-to-equity 0.08.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 9 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 5.25 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

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