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TEAM-2.62% 13F +440META+1.00% 13F +2,694RCG+0.35% CLUSTERUTHR-0.54% 13F +425CRWV+5.68% 13F +694CRM-1.97% 13F +1,019CVNA+1.58% 13F +795TPL-1.11% 13F +444NET-1.96% 13F +711MSTR-1.39% 13F +527DELL+1.50% 13F +1,204CRWD-0.87% 13F +1,383ANET+1.22% 13F +1,324COIN-4.18% 13F +475TEAM-2.62% 13F +440META+1.00% 13F +2,694RCG+0.35% CLUSTERUTHR-0.54% 13F +425CRWV+5.68% 13F +694CRM-1.97% 13F +1,019CVNA+1.58% 13F +795TPL-1.11% 13F +444NET-1.96% 13F +711MSTR-1.39% 13F +527DELL+1.50% 13F +1,204CRWD-0.87% 13F +1,383ANET+1.22% 13F +1,324COIN-4.18% 13F +475

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ESCA

Name: ESCALADE INC (ESCA) insider trading and ownership data
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ESCALADE INC

CONSUMER GOODS · SPORTING & ATHLETIC GOODS, NEC · CIK 0000033488

ACTIVIST 13DFORM 144 · 1☆ WATCH

INSIDER NET · 180D

-$1.9M

open-market buys minus sells, Form 4 codes P and S

INSIDER BUYERS · 180D

CONGRESS BUYERS · 1Y

FUNDS ADDED · QTR

13F, latest reported quarter

REVENUE GROWTH

-4.5%

XBRL, annual

NET MARGIN

5.7%

CONVERSIONS · 180D

codes C/M, not in net · no price filed

SEVEN FACTS, RANKED AGAINST THE SECTOR · RANK IS NOT A FORECAST

INSIDERS

net -$1.9M over 180 days

-$1.2M over 90 days

below 70% of Consumer Goods

CONGRESS

no member of Congress has reported trading it

FUNDS

33 funds added or opened last quarter

below 72% of Consumer Goods

REVENUE

-4.5% year over year

below 73% of Consumer Goods

MARGIN

5.7% net margin

more than 74% of Consumer Goods

BUYBACKS

$1.3M repurchased, FY to 2026-06-30

below 74% of Consumer Goods

SHORT

1.6% of shares outstanding short · 6.9 days to cover · settled 2026-07-31

below 54% of Consumer Goods

THE SITUATION · EVERY LINE IS ONE RULE OVER ONE DATASET

Insiders are net sellers: -$1.9M across 4 people in 180 days.

33 funds added or opened positions in the latest 13F quarter, of 86 holders.

Patrick J Griffin disclosed a 5%+ stake (20.6%) in the last six months.

The year, with the filings on it

Total return indexed to 100 over the last 12 months · every marker is a federal filing, placed at its date — hover any marker for the detail

TOTAL 12M RETURN +71.9%

+71.9%12M

INSIDER SELL13D/G STAKEFORM 144

INDEXED RETURN, DIVIDEND-ADJUSTED — NOT A PRICE CHART · LARGE TRADES DRAWN FIRST WHEN A NAME FILES HEAVILY

Live price

Daily candles from TradingView, on their licence — no filings are marked on this one

WHY THIS NAME IS ON THE DESK

An activist crossed the 5% line with declared intent.

The record shows a net $1.9M sold by insiders over 180 days, 33 funds added last quarter, $112.5K in planned Form 144 sales. Every figure is a federal filing, dated the day it became public.

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Same sector, ranked by filing activity

Sector from the SEC's own SIC classification

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Insider transactions

Form 4 purchases and sales (codes P and S) — grants, option exercises and preferred conversions excluded

Over the last 180 days, ESCALADE INC insiders sold a net $1.9M of stock across 27 Form 4 purchases and sales, with 0 insider(s) buying. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-09-06.

INSIDER

FILED

VALUE

Williams Edward E

Director

SELL

2026-08-13

2,373.0

$49.8K

Williams Edward E

Director

SELL

2026-08-12

362.0

$7.6K

Williams Edward E

Director

SELL

2026-08-11

30,315.0

$635.9K

Baalmann Richard Fenton JR

Director

SELL

2026-08-06

5,000.0

$111.4K

Wawrin Stephen

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

SELL

2026-08-04

3,177.0

$68.0K

27 TRANSACTIONS ON RECORD

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Institutional holders

13F · holdings as of the latest quarter funds have reported

Minerva Advisors LLC

567,222.0 sh

$10.7M

BlackRock, Inc.

524,543.0 sh

$9.9M

DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP

461,298.0 sh

$8.7M

North Star Investment Management Corp.

420,345.0 sh

$7.9M

VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

358,589.0 sh

$6.7M

5%+ owners

13D = intent to influence · 13G = passive

Patrick J Griffin

ACTIVIST 13D · 2026-04-15

20.6%

Planned sales · Form 144

Filed before the sale — intent, not a trade

Richard F Baalmann

FILED 2026-08-06

$112.5K

Fund concentration

N-PORT · funds ranked by how much of THEMSELVES they put in this stock — the conviction number 13F cannot show

North Star Dividend Fund

$2.1M POSITION · AS OF 2026-02-28

2.2%

North Star Micro Cap Fund

$3.1M POSITION · AS OF 2026-02-28

1.7%

Ultra-Small Company Market Fund

$283.4K POSITION · AS OF 2026-03-31

0.2%

Nationwide Bailard Small Cap Value Fund

$213.7K POSITION · AS OF 2026-04-30

0.2%

State Street(R) SPDR(R) US Small Cap Low Volatility Index ETF

$366.9K POSITION · AS OF 2026-03-31

0.1%

WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund

$1.1M POSITION · AS OF 2026-03-31

0.1%

SEC N-PORT, MONTHLY WITH A ~60-DAY PUBLIC LAG · FUNDS ≥ $10M · % = SHARE OF THE FUND'S OWN BOOK

Executive pay vs shareholder return

DEF 14A pay-versus-performance disclosure · both the headline pay and the SEC's mark-to-market figure, beside the return the company delivered and the return of the peer group it chose itself

CEO TOTAL

ACTUALLY PAID

OTHER NEOs AVG

TSR

PEER TSR

2022

$2.7M

$2.1M

$502.3K

-31%

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TAGGED BY THE COMPANY UNDER SEC ITEM 402(v) · RETURN IS CUMULATIVE FROM THE START OF THE DISCLOSURE PERIOD · GREEN WHERE THE COMPANY BEAT ITS OWN PEER GROUP

Fundamentals

Annual figures from XBRL filings · pick a past date to see them exactly as the market knew them then — restatements and all

	2025-12	2024-12	2023-12	2022-12
REVENUE	$240.2M	$251.5M	$263.6M	$313.8M
OPERATING INCOME	$18.7M	$20.0M	$17.8M	$26.3M
NET INCOME	$13.7M	$13.0M	$9.8M	$18.0M
EPS (DILUTED)	0.99	0.93	0.71	1.31
OPERATING CASH FLOW	$31.0M	$36.0M	$48.3M	$8.5M
LONG-TERM DEBT	$11.3M	$18.5M	$43.8M	$87.7M
BUYBACKS	$3.1M	$2.2M	$0	$0
DIVIDENDS PAID	$8.3M	$8.3M	$6.2M	$8.2M

SEC XBRL · FISCAL-YEAR PERIODS · AS KNOWN ON 2026-09-06 · NOBODY ELSE SHOWS FUNDAMENTALS AS OF A PAST DATE