Escalade, Incorporated (ESCA) Key Metrics
ESCA valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $254.5M
- Enterprise value
- $262.7M
- P/E (TTM)
- 11.1 10-yr median 13.1
- Forward P/E
- 15.8
- PEG ratio
- 1.05
- Price / sales
- 1.0 10-yr median 0.9
- Price / book
- 1.5 10-yr median 1.4
- EV / EBITDA
- 7.3 10-yr median 9.1
- Dividend yield
- 3.30% $0.61 a year
- Beta
- 0.53
ESCA key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsESCA valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
ESCA returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
ESCA per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
ESCA financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
ESCA efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
ESCA valuation history
ESCA returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
ESCA debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
ESCA cash returned to shareholders
ESCA price vs earnings per share
ESCA key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $187.0M | $200.4M | $279.3M | $139.4M | $218.9M | $301.1M | $141.9M | $165.8M | $176.5M | $189.6M |
| Enterprise value | $194.9M | $223.0M | $339.1M | $239.9M | $275.1M | $329.3M | $137.3M | $163.4M | $198.0M | $214.1M |
| P/E ratio | 13.6 | 15.4 | 28.4 | 7.7 | 9.0 | 11.6 | 19.6 | 8.1 | 12.6 | 16.5 |
| Price / sales | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| Price / book | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Price / free cash flow | 6.6 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 21.7 | — | — | 10.2 | 44.9 | 16.6 | 19.9 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 16.3 | 233.2 | 114.4 | 8.8 | 25.5 | 13.2 | 15.6 |
| EV / sales | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.1 | 8.5 | 14.4 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 10.8 |
| EV / free cash flow | 6.8 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 37.4 | — | — | 9.9 | 44.3 | 18.7 | 22.5 |
| Earnings yield | 7.3% | 6.5% | 3.5% | 12.9% | 11.1% | 8.6% | 5.1% | 12.3% | 8.0% | 6.1% |
| Free cash flow yield | 15.2% | 17.0% | 16.6% | 4.6% | −4.0% | −0.9% | 9.8% | 2.2% | 6.0% | 5.0% |
| Dividend yield | 4.4% | 4.1% | 2.2% | 5.9% | 3.5% | 2.5% | 5.1% | 4.4% | 3.7% | 3.3% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 6.1% | 5.2% | 2.2% | 6.8% | 8.3% | 4.7% | 7.1% | 4.4% | 3.8% | 3.3% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $13.49 | $14.28 | $20.09 | $10.18 | $15.79 | $21.17 | $9.83 | $11.45 | $12.30 | $13.20 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $17.32 | $17.92 | $18.96 | $22.92 | $22.62 | $19.24 | $12.50 | $12.14 | $12.36 | $11.67 |
| Earnings per share | $0.99 | $0.93 | $0.71 | $1.31 | $1.76 | $1.82 | $0.50 | $1.41 | $0.98 | $0.80 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $2.24 | $2.57 | $3.48 | $0.62 | $0.07 | $0.19 | $1.11 | $0.45 | $0.93 | $0.85 |
| Free cash flow per share | $2.06 | $2.42 | $3.33 | $0.47 | −$0.63 | −$0.20 | $0.96 | $0.25 | $0.74 | $0.66 |
| Cash per share | $0.86 | $0.30 | $0.00 | $0.29 | $0.32 | $0.25 | $0.41 | $0.20 | $0.11 | $0.07 |
| Book value per share | $12.50 | $12.04 | $11.84 | $11.58 | $10.57 | $9.78 | $8.74 | $8.86 | $7.78 | $7.08 |
| Tangible book value per share | $7.61 | $7.19 | $6.73 | $6.21 | $6.72 | $5.89 | $5.58 | $5.67 | $4.91 | $4.13 |
| Dividends per share | $0.60 | $0.59 | $0.44 | $0.60 | $0.55 | $0.52 | $0.50 | $0.50 | $0.46 | $0.44 |
| Capex per share | $0.18 | $0.15 | $0.15 | $0.15 | $0.70 | $0.38 | $0.15 | $0.19 | $0.19 | $0.18 |
| Debt per share | $1.43 | $1.91 | $4.30 | $7.63 | $4.37 | $2.23 | $0.09 | $0.03 | $1.61 | $1.77 |
| Shares outstanding | 13.9M | 14.0M | 13.9M | 13.7M | 13.9M | 14.2M | 14.4M | 14.5M | 14.3M | 14.4M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −1.2% | +0.9% | +1.6% | −1.3% | −2.5% | −1.5% | −0.3% | +0.9% | −0.1% | +2.0% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 8.0% | 7.8% | 6.1% | 11.8% | 17.1% | 19.5% | 5.7% | 17.0% | 13.2% | 11.6% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 7.6% | 7.0% | 5.8% | 9.1% | 13.8% | 18.0% | 6.1% | 8.2% | 10.2% | 8.8% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 6.1% | 5.4% | 3.6% | 6.5% | 10.3% | 14.0% | 4.9% | 13.4% | 9.2% | 7.8% |
| Return on tangible assets | 8.9% | 8.2% | 5.4% | 8.0% | 12.3% | 15.7% | 7.0% | 19.8% | 12.2% | 10.6% |
| Free cash flow margin | 11.9% | 13.5% | 17.5% | 2.0% | −2.8% | −1.0% | 7.7% | 2.1% | 6.0% | 5.7% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 2.26 | 2.78 | 4.92 | 0.47 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 2.21 | 0.32 | 0.95 | 1.06 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $19.8M | $26.8M | $59.8M | $104.5M | $60.6M | $31.7M | $1.2M | $413,000 | $23.1M | $25.4M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $11.9M | $4.2M | $16,000 | $4.0M | $4.4M | $3.5M | $5.9M | $2.8M | $1.6M | $1.0M |
| Net debt | $7.9M | $22.6M | $59.8M | $100.5M | $56.2M | $28.2M | −$4.7M | −$2.4M | $21.5M | $24.4M |
| Debt / equity | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.36 | 0.66 | 0.41 | 0.23 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.25 |
| Debt / assets | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.24 | 0.35 | 0.24 | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.17 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.33 | 0.87 | 2.54 | 3.47 | 1.52 | 0.76 | −0.35 | −0.14 | 1.16 | 1.23 |
| Current ratio | 4.28 | 3.88 | 4.41 | 4.83 | 3.55 | 3.16 | 4.77 | 5.26 | 4.11 | 4.11 |
| Quick ratio | 2.04 | 1.68 | 1.63 | 1.70 | 1.63 | 1.58 | 2.45 | 2.92 | 2.31 | 2.27 |
| Interest coverage | 22.4 | 8.7 | 3.3 | 7.0 | 21.1 | 132.1 | 26.1 | 32.4 | 18.2 | 17.5 |
| Working capital | $100.1M | $99.3M | $113.6M | $149.3M | $122.9M | $99.3M | $68.7M | $71.2M | $60.7M | $57.2M |
| Invested capital | $181.1M | $191.6M | $224.4M | $259.0M | $202.8M | $167.3M | $121.5M | $125.9M | $133.2M | $126.1M |
| Tangible asset value | $105.4M | $100.8M | $93.6M | $85.0M | $93.1M | $83.8M | $80.6M | $82.2M | $70.4M | $59.4M |
| Net current asset value | $81.7M | $76.5M | $58.4M | $48.0M | $65.9M | $63.8M | $64.3M | $66.7M | $35.8M | $26.6M |
| Graham number | $16.67 | $15.83 | $13.72 | $18.50 | $20.46 | $20.03 | $9.94 | $16.78 | $13.10 | $11.29 |
| Graham net-net per share | $2.31 | $1.53 | −$0.34 | −$2.36 | −$0.37 | $0.50 | $2.15 | $2.19 | $0.29 | −$0.29 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $8.3M | $8.3M | $6.2M | $8.2M | $7.7M | $7.5M | $7.2M | $7.2M | $6.6M | $6.3M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $3.1M | $2.2M | $0 | $1.3M | $10.4M | $6.7M | $2.9M | $10,000 | $159,000 | $0 |
| Dividend payout ratio | 60.4% | 64.0% | 62.9% | 45.3% | 31.5% | 28.8% | 99.3% | 35.3% | 47.0% | 54.7% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 39.9% | 30.9% | 13.4% | 147.8% | — | — | 73.2% | 195.9% | 63.7% | 66.0% |
| Capex / revenue | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 3.1% | 2.0% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.6% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 8.1% | 5.7% | 4.3% | 24.8% | 1,032.6% | 207.2% | 13.6% | 43.3% | 20.5% | 21.8% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.50 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.35 | 2.01 | 1.36 | 0.54 | 0.73 | 0.70 | 0.51 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| R&D / revenue | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% |
| SG&A / revenue | 18.2% | 17.2% | 15.9% | 14.3% | 13.8% | 14.7% | 17.5% | 17.0% | 16.1% | 16.3% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 72.3 | 71.7 | 74.4 | 71.8 | 76.4 | 67.2 | 77.0 | 83.1 | 77.4 | 81.5 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 148.3 | 162.4 | 193.8 | 162.8 | 127.2 | 105.3 | 107.5 | 103.7 | 94.9 | 88.3 |
| Days payables outstanding | 21.6 | 20.9 | 17.4 | 19.2 | 28.4 | 26.4 | 17.7 | 13.9 | 11.9 | 10.2 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 199.0 | 213.2 | 250.8 | 215.4 | 175.2 | 146.2 | 166.8 | 172.9 | 160.4 | 159.5 |
| Receivables turnover | 5.05 | 5.09 | 4.91 | 5.08 | 4.78 | 5.43 | 4.74 | 4.39 | 4.71 | 4.48 |
| Payables turnover | 16.93 | 17.48 | 21.01 | 19.01 | 12.85 | 13.85 | 20.63 | 26.34 | 30.59 | 35.64 |
| Inventory turnover | 2.46 | 2.25 | 1.88 | 2.24 | 2.87 | 3.47 | 3.40 | 3.52 | 3.85 | 4.14 |
| Asset turnover | 1.07 | 1.05 | 0.96 | 1.14 | 1.33 | 1.48 | 1.21 | 1.15 | 1.16 | 1.14 |
| Average receivables | $47.5M | $49.4M | $53.7M | $61.7M | $65.6M | $50.4M | $38.1M | $40.0M | $37.6M | $37.4M |
| Average payables | $10.5M | $10.8M | $9.6M | $12.6M | $18.4M | $14.4M | $6.7M | $5.0M | $4.3M | $3.5M |
| Average inventory | $72.2M | $84.2M | $107.2M | $107.1M | $82.4M | $57.4M | $40.7M | $37.1M | $34.5M | $29.8M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 30.5% | 30.1% | 28.0% | 24.6% | 21.2% | 25.1% | 30.6% | 30.9% | 26.4% | 28.1% |
Computed from ESCA's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 27, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
ESCA valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Escalade traded at 13.6 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 13.1. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 11.1 and the forward P/E is 15.8. Escalade earned a return on equity of 8.0% and a return on invested capital of 7.6% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $19.8 million of debt and $11.9 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $7.9 million. It returned $11.4 million to shareholders: $8.3 million in dividends and $3.1 million in share buybacks, 40% of free cash flow. The share count fell 3.5% from 14.4M to 13.9M over 9 years.
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ESCA key metrics FAQ
What is Escalade's P/E ratio?
Escalade's trailing P/E ratio is 11.1 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 15.8. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 13.6, compared with a 10-year median of 13.1.
What is Escalade's EV/EBITDA?
Escalade's enterprise value was 8.1 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $194.9 million, EBITDA $23.9 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 7.3.
What is Escalade's return on equity?
Escalade's return on equity (ROE) was 8.0% in fiscal 2025: net income of $13.7 million on average shareholders' equity of $171.1 million.
What is Escalade's ROIC?
Escalade's return on invested capital was 7.6% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Escalade have?
Escalade had total debt of $19.8 million at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11 and $7.9 million of net debt (0.33 times EBITDA).
What is Escalade's dividend yield?
Escalade's forward dividend yield is 3.30%. Escalade paid $8.3 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($0.60 per share), a payout ratio of 60.4%.
Does Escalade buy back its shares?
Yes. Escalade spent $3.1 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −1.2% over the year, to 13.9M..
What is Escalade's free cash flow yield?
Escalade generated $28.5 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 15.2% on its market value at year-end ($187.0 million).
What is Escalade's current ratio?
Escalade's current ratio was 4.28 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 4.28 times current liabilities.