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Escalade, Incorporated ESCA
$19.26 +0.63% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $265.1M
Strong trendInexpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.66, up 82.4% year over year.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 190 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 4 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +100.0%).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 36%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 11%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 24%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 9%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 10%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 27%
- Gross marginBottom 34%
- Operating marginTop 28%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 24%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 24%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 15%
- Interest coverTop 10%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 14%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 27%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 15%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 45%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 37%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 9%
- 6-month returnTop 39%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 11%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 27%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 34%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 28%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 2%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 36%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 38%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 8%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 15%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -3.7% | 1.0% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 13.3% | 82.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 24.8% | 27.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 7.8% | 12.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 15.7% | 10.6% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 1.0% | -3.7% | ↑ | Bottom 36% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 82.4% | 13.3% | ↑ | Top 11% |
| Gross margin | 27.5% | 24.8% | ↑ | Bottom 34% |
| Operating margin | 12.4% | 7.8% | ↑ | Top 28% |
| Net margin | 9.5% | 5.3% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 10.6% | 15.7% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 11.3% | — | Top 27% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -8.5% | — | Bottom 9% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.25×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -2.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- -0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +5.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.01×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 77.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 3.13%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.83%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.96%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Analysts with a rating
- 5
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 100%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | +325.0% | +6.3% | +13.7% | +1.5% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +77.8% | +6.6% | +18.4% | +8.9% | +8.0% |
| Feb 27, 2026 | +35.0% | -3.5% | -2.9% | +17.6% | +25.3% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | +29.0% | +0.1% | +4.9% | +16.2% | +24.8% |
| Aug 1, 2025 | -43.5% | -4.1% | -1.0% | +5.5% | -2.8% |
| May 5, 2025 | +46.2% | -3.1% | -3.6% | -4.1% | -18.8% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | -5.0% | +0.6% | -4.4% | -6.1% | -6.1% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | — | -2.2% | +3.0% | +7.7% | +12.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $0.68 | $0.16 | +325.0% | $57.7M |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $0.32 | $0.18 | +77.8% | $55.8M |
| Feb 27, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.20 | +35.0% | $62.6M |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $0.40 | $0.31 | +29.0% | $67.8M |
| Aug 1, 2025 | $0.13 | $0.23 | -43.5% | $54.3M |
| May 5, 2025 | $0.19 | $0.13 | +46.2% | $55.5M |
| Feb 26, 2025 | $0.19 | $0.20 | -5.0% | $63.9M |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $0.31 | — | — | $67.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 11.6× | 14.1× | 33th | Top 14% |
| P/E (forward) | 12.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.5× | — | — | Top 15% |
| EV / Sales | 1.09× | — | — | Top 45% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 9.78% | — | — | Top 27% |
| Earnings yield | 8.62% | — | — | Top 14% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 7.0× – 22.1× since Jul 10, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +51.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +82.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -2.9%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 190
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +9.4%
- RSI (14)
- 42.9
- Relative volume
- 0.83×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 36.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 18th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.49
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.20
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -14.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -47.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2021 | Dec 13, 2022 | -63.7% | 384 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 5, 2020 | Nov 9, 2020 | -20.0% | 2 days | 31 days (Dec 23, 2020) |
| Mar 16, 2021 | Mar 29, 2021 | -16.4% | 9 days | 42 days (May 27, 2021) |
| Oct 20, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -14.8% | 6 days | 6 days (Nov 5, 2020) |
| Feb 9, 2021 | Feb 26, 2021 | -14.8% | 12 days | 9 days (Mar 11, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $265.1M
- P/E (TTM)
- 11.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.66
- Revenue (TTM)
- $243.8M
- Dividend yield
- 3.93%
- 52-week range
- $11.41 – $23.07
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $313.6M | $313.8M | $263.6M | $251.5M | $240.2M |
| Gross profit | $77.1M | $73.6M | $61.8M | $62.2M | $62.4M |
| Operating income | $31.9M | $26.3M | $17.8M | $20.0M | $18.7M |
| Net income | $24.4M | $18.0M | $9.8M | $13.0M | $13.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.76 | $1.31 | $0.71 | $0.92 | $0.99 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $67.7M | $63.9M | $55.5M | $54.3M | $67.8M | $62.6M | $55.8M | $57.7M |
| Net income | $5.7M | $2.7M | $2.6M | $1.8M | $5.6M | $3.7M | $4.4M | $9.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.40 | $0.19 | $0.19 | $0.13 | $0.40 | $0.27 | $0.31 | $0.68 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.1M | $8.5M | $48.3M | $36.0M | $31.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$9.7M | -$2.1M | -$2.1M | -$2.0M | -$2.5M |
| Free cash flow | -$8.6M | $6.4M | $46.2M | $34.0M | $28.5M |
| Dividends paid | -$7.7M | -$8.2M | -$6.2M | -$8.3M | -$8.3M |
| Net share buybacks | -$10.4M | $0 | $0 | -$2.2M | -$3.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $16.4M
- Total assets
- $234.5M
- Total liabilities
- $51.9M
- Total debt
- $16.1M
- Net debt
- -$250,000
- Shareholders’ equity
- $182.6M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.15 | Oct 13, 2026 |
| Jul 6, 2026 | $0.15 | Jul 13, 2026 |
| Apr 6, 2026 | $0.15 | Apr 13, 2026 |
| Jan 5, 2026 | $0.15 | Jan 12, 2026 |
| Oct 6, 2025 | $0.15 | Oct 13, 2025 |
| Jul 7, 2025 | $0.15 | Jul 14, 2025 |
| Apr 7, 2025 | $0.15 | Apr 14, 2025 |
| Jan 6, 2025 | $0.15 | Jan 13, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 294,353
- Days to cover
- 10.64
- Change vs previous report
- +4.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- May 26, 2004
- 2-for-1
- Apr 1, 2002
- 3-for-1
- Mar 7, 1994
- 23-for-20
- Apr 3, 1989
- 11-for-10
- Jul 6, 1987
- 6-for-5