Escalade Incorporated Common Stock (ESCA)

FairStock Score: 60/100 — STEADY

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AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I approach Escalade as a small, branded sporting-goods maker, not a wide-moat franchise. Its brands include Bear Archery, STIGA, and Goalrilla, but in leisure goods I see a narrow competitive advantage at best. The balance sheet is a genuine strength: debt-to-equity is only 0.09, Altman Z is 4.90, and trailing free cash flow is $25.9M, a 10.3% FCF yield at the $251M market cap. The stock also offers a 3.14% dividend yield and a beta of 0.59.

In plain English: Escalade makes and sells sporting goods such as archery gear, basketball hoops, table tennis equipment, and fitness products. The business looks financially sturdy because it carries little debt and turns a decent amount of sales into cash, but its sales have drifted lower over the past few years and profits have been uneven. At $18.23 at the close on 2026-10-13, the price looks modestly cheap compared with its profits and net assets, though not so cheap that the weak long-term growth can be ignored.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-06-30) · fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-03-31) · fiscal Q3 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-09-30) · fiscal Q2 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-06-30) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-12-31) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-12-31) · FY2023 10-K (period ended 2023-12-31)

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