Escalade, Incorporated
Rank #249HypergrowthESCA · Nasdaq · Consumer Cyclical
Escalade, Incorporated (ESCA) — Rank #249 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.28) · ROE 7.5% · Piotroski F-Score 5 / 9.
As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0000033488 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
Escalade, Incorporated manufactures, distributes, imports, and sells sporting goods in North America, Europe, and internationally.
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The company provides various sporting goods brands in basketball goals, archery, indoor and outdoor game recreation, and fitness products. It offers archery products under the Bear Archery, Trophy Ridge, Cajun Bowfishing, SIK, and BearX brand names; table tennis products under the STIGA and Ping-Pong brands; basketball goals under the Goalrilla, Goaliath, Silverback, Hoopstar, and Goalsetter brand names; and pickleball under the Onix, and DURA brands. The company provides play systems under the Woodplay and Jack & June brands; fitness products under the STEP, Lifeline, Kettleworx, Natural Fitness, USW, adidas Fitness, and PER4M brand names; safety products under the US Weight brand; hockey and soccer game tables under the Triumph, Atomic, American Legend, Air Hockey, and HJ Scott brands; and billiard tables and accessories under the American Heritage Billiards, Brunswick Billiards, Cue&Case, Lucasi, Mizerak, PureX, Rage, Players, Minnesota Fats, and Mosconi brand names. In addition, it offers darting products under the Unicorn, DMI, Arachnid, and Accudart brands; water sports products under the RAVE Sports brand; and outdoor game products under the Victory Tailgate, Triumph, ACL, and Zume Games brand names. The company provides its products through sporting goods retailers, specialty dealers, online retailers, direct-to-consumer, e-commerce, traditional department stores, and mass merchants.
Escalade, Incorporated was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Evansville, Indiana.
- Industry
- Leisure
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- State
- IN
- Filer Category
- Accelerated filerSmaller reporting company
- Fiscal Year End
- December 31
- Website
- escaladeinc.com
Price History
Company Snapshot
P/S is the primary valuation lens — earnings are reinvested, not available for P/E.
Market Cap
$265.69M
P/E (annual)
19.5
P/S (annual)
1.1
P/B
1.5
P/OCF (annual)
8.6
Shareholder Yield
7.4%
Employees
437
Industry
Leisure
Exchange
Nasdaq
Signal Flags
Quality Profile
Profitability
1/1 passSafety
1/1 passCash Flow
3/3 passGrowth
2/2 passTerry Smith quality gate
Passes 2/5 Terry Smith thresholdsWhat Growth Is Priced In
Implied revenue growth (10Y)
-2.8%
The annual FCF growth rate today's price requires over a 10-year horizon (discount rate 10%, terminal growth 2.5%).
Buyback tailwind: -4.2% — per-share value needs a total required return of -7.0% once share-count change is priced in.
vs. own 6-year median revenue growth: 0.9%
within its own historyCost-of-equity sensitivity (implied growth at different discount rates)
r = 8%
-6.4%
r = 10% (base)
-2.8%
r = 12%
0.4%
Net debt / market cap: 3.7%
Valuation History
Current multiple vs historical range at each filing date. Band spans 25th-75th percentile.
P / E
Price / diluted EPS
P / S
Price / revenue per share
P / B
Price / book value per share
P / GP
Price / gross profit per share
P / FCF
Price / free cash flow per share
Disclosure regression check
2 previously-disclosed line items are no longer reported. Worth checking the filing for why.
Revenue growth and the path to profitability (margin trend) are the primary reads at this stage.
Profitability
Gross profitability (GP / assets)
0.28
Primary signal (Novy-Marx).
7th of 7 SIC 39 peers
Return on equity
7.5%
Gross margin
26.9%
7th of 7 SIC 39 peers
Revenue growth (YoY)
36.6%
Gross margin improving
Margin trend vs prior year.
Operating Leverage
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
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| Revenue vs OpEx | ||||
| Op. Income vs Revenue |
Growth
Revenue CAGR (3Y)
—
Revenue CAGR (5Y)
—
Earnings CAGR (3Y)
-8.7%
FCF CAGR (3Y)
—
Anti-fragile safety
Balance-sheet safety
Composite anti-fragile check.
Debt / equity
0.28
1st of 6 SIC 39 peers (best = lowest)
Current ratio
3.21×
4th of 7 SIC 39 peers
Quick ratio
1.36×
Net cash
-$9.80M
Cash & equivalents minus total debt.
Cash-flow health
Free cash flow
$28.50M
Operating cash flow minus capex.
Positive free cash flow
FCF / net income
1.08
Cash-backing of earnings.
FCF/NI divergence
Unfavorable divergence (yellow flag).
Accruals healthy
Cash-backed earnings.
SBC / revenue
0.7%
Stock-based comp intensity.
Dividend safety
Composite score
3.0 / 5
Piotroski F-Score
F-Score
5 / 9
Fundamental-strength score (0-9).