ESCALADE INC (ESCA)
Consumer Discretionary · Sporting goods and recreational products manufacturing and distribution · NASDAQ
Escalade manufactures and distributes a diversified portfolio of sporting goods and recreational products under recognized brands including archery (Bear Archery), basketball goals (Goalrilla), table tennis (STIGA), and fitness equipment.
What ESCALADE INC does
Escalade manufactures, imports, and distributes sporting goods and recreational products through major retailers, specialty dealers, online platforms, and direct-to-consumer e-commerce. The company operates a single Sporting Goods segment with more than 95 years of industry experience, producing and distributing widely recognized brands across archery, basketball goals, table tennis, fitness, pickleball, billiards, outdoor games, and other recreational categories. Products are made through a combination of domestic U.S. manufacturing and imports from South America and Asia via contract manufacturers.
Themes: ["Archery and hunting","Basketball recreation","Table tennis","Pickleball recreation","Home fitness equipment","Recreational gaming and billiards","Outdoor recreation"]
Fundamentals
- Price$18.31 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$249M as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+27.6% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E16.11 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+6.4% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+27.9% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+9.0% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.09 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)-3.7% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-8.5% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.60 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +3.3%; pays a dividend.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Significant customer concentration with one customer representing approximately 19% of 2025 revenues and another at approximately 11%, creating dependence on a small number of large retailers","Revenue decline of 3.69% year-over-year despite 27.6% stock price appreciation, indicating potential headwinds in consumer discretionary spending","Product regulation by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and supply chain reliance on contract manufacturers in South America and Asia creates compliance and sourcing risks"]
Competitors & peers
- Spalding (Wilson Sporting Goods)
- Spalding / Spalding Sports Worldwide
- Lifetime Brands (LFTB)
- Penn Racquet Sports
- Bowtech (Hearst Corporation)
- Mathews Archery
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.