Johnson Outdoors sales rise 5% in resilient quarter

• Johnson Outdoors reported fiscal Q3 2026 net sales of $189.7 million, up 5% from $180.7 million a year earlier.
• Net income increased to $14.9 million, or $1.42 per diluted share, while operating income rose to $18.3 million.
• Gross margin expanded to 45.3%, helped by about $15 million of tariff refunds, while Fishing and Diving delivered sales growth.

Johnson Outdoors (NASDAQ:JOUT) reported fiscal Q3 2026 net sales of $189.7 million, up 5%, while operating income increased to $18.3 million from $7.3 million.

Gross margin increased to 45.3% from 37.6% a year earlier, helped by approximately $15 million of tariff refunds.

Net income rose to $14.9 million, or $1.42 per diluted share, from $7.7 million, or $0.75 per share, in fiscal Q3 2025.

Fishing and Diving sales increased during the quarter, while Camping & Watercraft Recreation revenue declined 13% year over year.

Year-to-date net sales increased 15% to $525.1 million, while profit before income taxes reached $32.2 million compared with a loss in the prior-year period.

Johnson Outdoors ended the quarter with $175.2 million in cash and short-term investments after paying its previously declared $0.33-per-Class-A-share quarterly dividend on July 30, 2026.