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Escalade Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Escalade Inc had return on equity of 8.0% and a net margin of 5.7%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Net margin1.4%5.0%3.3%−3.3%6.0%7.4%7.3%6.7%7.9%11.6%4.0%9.5%7.8%5.7%3.7%5.2%5.7%10.0%
Return on equity2.0%7.1%5.1%−5.9%11.6%13.3%12.5%11.6%13.2%17.0%5.7%19.5%17.1%11.8%6.1%7.8%8.0%13.4%
Return on assets—4.8%3.4%−3.9%7.3%8.8%8.5%7.8%9.2%13.4%4.9%14.0%10.3%6.5%3.6%5.4%6.1%10.4%
Effective tax rate36.4%33.2%35.4%26.4%36.8%1.7%26.0%26.1%9.4%22.7%18.8%21.2%20.1%20.5%21.3%26.9%24.0%23.4%
R&D as % of revenue—1.6%1.0%0.7%0.7%1.1%0.9%0.9%0.9%0.9%0.9%0.5%0.6%0.9%1.2%1.3%1.3%—
SG&A as % of revenue25.4%23.0%26.8%12.5%13.1%14.4%17.4%15.9%16.1%17.0%17.5%14.7%13.8%14.3%15.7%17.2%18.2%19.2%
Dividends ÷ net income—21.2%72.3%—47.1%44.8%52.3%54.7%47.0%35.3%99.3%28.8%31.5%45.3%62.9%64.0%60.4%34.3%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

7 of 7 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $246m
Short-term assets $155mLonger-term assets $91m
What it owes, and who funded it · $246m
Short-term liabilities $52mLonger-term liabilities $7mShareholders' equity $188m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $155m of assets due within a year against $52m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $155m short-term assets against $7m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $25m of cash against $13m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 7% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 61% to 7% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $45m of operating cash flow against $13m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $32m against $704,000 of interest.

From Escalade Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

53 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Escalade's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 9 / 20

    Net income has been a median 6.3% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 10 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 25.0%, moving by 1.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 9 years.

  • Durability 11 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 8.1%; its worst year was 5.8%.

  • Cash conversion 12 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 10 years, at a median 7.9% of revenue.

  • Discipline 17 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 1.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.4% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (58 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Escalade Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 30, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Escalade Inc.