American Outdoor Brands, Inc.

Item 1. Financial Statements

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

(In thousands)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(1)Organization:

American Outdoor Brands, Inc. and its wholly owned Subsidiaries (our "company," "we," "us," or "our") is a leading provider of outdoor lifestyle products and shooting sports accessories encompassing hunting, fishing, meat processing, outdoor cooking, camping, shooting, and personal security and defense products for rugged outdoor enthusiasts. We conceive, design, source, and sell our outdoor lifestyle products, including premium sportsman knives and tools for fishing and hunting; land management tools for hunting preparedness; products used while hunting; meat processing equipment; outdoor cooking products; and camping, survival, and emergency preparedness products. We conceive, design, produce or source, and sell our shooting sports accessories, such as rests, vaults, and other related accessories; electro-optical devices, including hunting optics, firearm aiming devices, flashlights, and laser grips; and reloading, gunsmithing, and firearm cleaning supplies. We develop and market all our products as well as manufacture some of our electro-optics products at our facility in Columbia, Missouri. We also contract for the manufacture and assembly of most of our products with third parties located in Asia.

We focus on our brands and the establishment of product categories in which we believe our brands will resonate strongly with the activities and passions of consumers and enable us to capture an increasing share of our overall addressable markets. Our owned brands include BOG, BUBBA, Caldwell, Crimson Trace, Frankford Arsenal, Grilla Grills, or Grilla, Hooyman, Imperial, LaserLyte, Lockdown, MEAT! Your Maker, Old Timer, Schrade, Tipton, Uncle Henry, ust, and Wheeler, and we license additional brands for use in association with certain products we sell, including M&P, Smith & Wesson, and Performance Center by Smith & Wesson. In focusing on the growth of our brands, we organize our product development, customer service, and marketing teams into four brand lanes, each of which focuses on one offour distinct consumer verticals – Adventurer, Harvester, Marksman, and Defender – with each of our brands included in one of the brand lanes.

•Our Adventurer brands include products that help enhance consumers’ fishing, outdoor cooking, and camping experiences.

•Our Harvester brands focus on the activities hunters typically engage in, including the activities to prepare for the hunt, the hunt itself, and the activities that follow a hunt, such as meat processing.

•Our Marksman brands address product needs arising from consumer activities that take place primarily at the shooting range and where firearms are cleaned, maintained, and worked on.

•Our Defender brands focus on protection and include products that are used by consumers in situations that require self-defense for training and for securing high value or high consequence possessions.

(2)Basis of Presentation:

Interim Financial Information

Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the SEC for interim reporting. As permitted under those rules, certain disclosures and other financial information that normally are required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP") have been condensed or omitted. Our accounting policies are described in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended April 30, 2025. We are responsible for the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report, which are unaudited but, in our opinion, include all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of July 31, 2025, our condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024, and our condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024. The consolidated balance sheet as of April 30, 2025 was derived from audited financial statements.

The results reported in these condensed consolidated financial statements should not necessarily be taken as indicative of results that may be expected for the entire fiscal year.

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue for the sale of our products at the point in time when the control of ownership has transferred to the customer. The transfer of control typically occurs at a point in time based on consideration of when the customer has (i) a payment obligation, (ii) physical possession of goods has been received, (iii) legal title to goods has passed, (iv) risks and rewards of ownership of goods has passed to the customer, and (v) the customer has accepted the goods. The timing of revenue recognition occurs either on shipment or delivery of goods based on contractual terms with the customer, as this is when transfer of control occurs and the customer accepts the product, has title and significant risks and rewards of ownership of the product, and physical possession of the product has been transferred. Revenue recorded excludes sales tax charged to retail customers as we are considered a pass-through conduit for collecting and remitting sales taxes.

The duration of contractual arrangements with customers in our wholesale channels is typically less than one year. Payment terms with customers are typically between 20 and 90 days, with a discount available in certain cases for early payment. For contracts with discounted terms, we determine the transaction price upon establishment of the contract that contains the final terms of the sale, including the description, quantity, and price of each product purchased. We estimate variable consideration relative to the amount of cash discounts to which customers are likely to be entitled. In some instances, we provide longer payment terms, particularly as it relates to our hunting dating programs, which represent payment terms due in the fall for certain orders of hunting products received in the spring and summer. We do not consider these extended terms to be a significant financing component of the contract because the payment terms are less than one year.

We have elected to treat all shipping and handling activities as fulfillment costs and recognize the costs as distribution expenses at the time we recognize the related revenue. Shipping and handling costs billed to customers are included in net sales.

We sponsor direct-to-consumer customer loyalty programs. Customers earn rewards from qualifying purchases or activities. We defer revenue for a portion of the transaction price from product sales to customers that earn loyalty points.

The amount of revenue we recognize reflects the expected consideration to be received for providing the goods or services to customers, which includes estimates for variable consideration. Variable consideration includes allowances for trade term discounts, volume incentives, chargebacks, and product returns. Estimates of variable consideration are determined at contract inception and are constrained to the extent that the inclusion of such variable consideration could result in a significant reversal of cumulative revenue in future periods. We apply the portfolio approach as a practical expedient and utilize the expected value method in determining estimates of variable consideration, based on evaluations of specific product and customer circumstances, historical and anticipated trends, and current economic conditions. We have co-op advertising program expense, which we record within advertising expense, in recognition of a distinct service that we receive from our customers at the retail level.

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table sets forth certain information regarding trade channel net sales for the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024 (dollars in thousands):

Our e-commerce channels include net sales from customers that do not traditionally operate a physical brick-and-mortar store, but generate the majority of their revenue from consumer purchases at their retail websites. Our e-commerce channels also include our direct-to-consumer sales. Our traditional channels include customers that operate primarily out of physical brick and mortar stores and generate the large majority of their revenue from consumer purchases at their brick-and-mortar locations.

We sell our products worldwide. The following table sets forth certain information regarding geographic makeup of net sales included in the above table for the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024 (dollars in thousands):

The following table sets forth certain information regarding net sales in our shooting sports and outdoor lifestyle categories for the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024 (dollars in thousands):

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures ("ASU 2023-09"), which improves the transparency of income tax disclosures by requiring companies to (1) disclose consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in the effective rate reconciliation and (2) provide information on income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. ASU 2023-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, although early adoption is permitted. The guidance should be applied on a prospective basis with the option to apply the standard retrospectively. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this ASU 2023-09 on our consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

In November 2024, the "FASB" issued "ASU" No. 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses ("ASU 2024-03), which requires disaggregation disclosures on an annual or interim basis, in the notes to the financial statements, of certain categories of expenses that are included in expense line items on the face of the statement of operations. ASU 2024-03 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027 and should be applied prospectively, with the option to apply the standard retrospectively. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this ASU 2024-03 on our consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-05, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets, which improves transparency to provide all entities with a practical expedient when estimating expected credit losses for current accounts receivable and current contract assets arising from transactions accounted for under Topic 606. All entities may elect a practical expedient that assumes that current conditions as of the balance sheet date do not change for the remaining life of the asset. The new guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2025, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted. This ASU 2025-05 is not expected to have a significant impact to the Company’s consolidated financial statements when adopted.

(3)Leases:

We lease real estate, as well as other equipment, under non-cancelable operating lease agreements. We recognize expenses under our operating lease assets and liabilities at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease terms. Our leases do not provide an implicit interest rate. We use our incremental borrowing rate consistent with our revolving line of credit based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the discount rate for the present value of lease payments. Our lease agreements do not require material variable lease payments, residual value guarantees, or restrictive covenants. For operating leases, we recognize expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. We record tenant improvement allowances as an offsetting adjustment included in our calculation of the respective right-of-use asset.

Many of our leases include renewal options that can extend the lease term. These renewal options are at our sole discretion and are reflected in the lease term when they are reasonably certain to be exercised. The depreciable life of assets and leasehold improvements are limited by the expected lease term.

The amounts of assets and liabilities related to our operating leases as of July 31, 2025 and April 30, 2025 are as follows (in thousands):

For the three months ended July 31, 2025, we recorded $1.1 million of operating lease costs, of which $99,000 related to short-term leases. For the three months ended July 31, 2024, we recorded $1.0 million of operating lease costs, of which $2,000 related to short-term leases. As of July 31, 2025, our weighted average lease term and weighted average discount rate for our operating leases were 13.0 years and 6.0%, respectively. As of April 30, 2025, our weighted average lease term and weighted average discount rate for our operating leases were 13.5 years and 5.4%, respectively. The operating lease costs, weighted average lease term, and weighted average discount rate, are primarily driven by the lease of our corporate office and warehouse facility in Columbia, Missouri through fiscal 2039. The depreciable lives of right-of-use assets are limited by the lease term and are amortized on a straight-line basis over the life of the lease.

Future lease payments for all our operating leases for the remainder of fiscal 2026 and for succeeding fiscal years, as of July 31, 2025, are as follows (in thousands):

The cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of liabilities and the operating cash flows was $20,000 and $310,000 for the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

(4)Intangible Assets, net:

The following table summarizes intangible assets as of July 31, 2025 and April 30, 2025 (in thousands):

We amortize intangible assets with determinable lives over a weighted-average period of approximately five years. The weighted-average periods of amortization by intangible asset class is approximately five years for customer relationships, six years for developed software and technology, andsix years for patents, trademarks, and trade names. Amortization expense amounted to $2.1 million and $2.5 million for the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Future expected amortization expense for the remainder of fiscal 2026 and for succeeding fiscal years, as of July 31, 2025, are as follows (in thousands):

(5)Fair Value Measurement:

We follow the provisions of ASC 820-10, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures Topic, or ASC 820-10, for our financial assets and liabilities. ASC 820-10 provides a framework for measuring fair value under GAAP and requires expanded disclosures regarding fair value measurements. ASC 820-10 defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. ASC 820-10 also establishes a fair value hierarchy, which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs, where available, and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.

Financial assets and liabilities recorded on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets are categorized based on the inputs to the valuation techniques as follows:

Level 1 — Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in an active market that we have the ability to access at the measurement date (examples include active exchange-traded equity securities, listed derivatives, and most U.S. Government and agency securities).

Cash and cash equivalents are reported at fair value based on market prices for identical assets in active markets, and therefore classified as Level 1 of the value hierarchy. Our cash and cash equivalents, which are measured at fair value on a recurring basis, totaled as follows as of July 31, 2025 and April 30, 2025 which would be the maximum amount of loss subject to credit risk:

Level 2 — Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on quoted prices in markets in which trading occurs infrequently or whose values are based on quoted prices of instruments with similar attributes in active markets. Level 2 inputs include the following:

•quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in non-active markets (such as corporate and municipal bonds which trade infrequently);

•inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability (such as interest rate and currency swaps); and

•inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the asset or liability (such as certain securities and derivatives).

Level 3 — Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. These inputs reflect our assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in pricing the asset or liability.

We do not have any Level 2 or 3 financial assets or liabilities as of July 31, 2025 and April 30, 2025.

(6)Inventories:

The following table sets forth a summary of inventories, stated at lower of cost or net realizable value, as of July 31, 2025 and April 30, 2025 (in thousands):

Certain of our suppliers in Asia require deposits to procure our inventory prior to beginning the manufacturing process. These deposits on our inventory vary by supplier and range from 30% to 100%. As of July 31, 2025 and April 30, 2025, we have recorded $626,000 and $691,000, respectively, of inventory on deposit in prepaid expenses and other current assets on our consolidated balance sheet.

(7)Debt:

On August 24, 2020, we entered into a financing arrangement consisting of a $50.0 million revolving line of credit secured by substantially all our assets, maturing five years from the closing date, with available borrowings determined by a borrowing base calculation. The revolving line included an option to increase the credit commitment by an additional $15 million. The revolving line bore interest at a fluctuating rate equal to the Base Rate or LIBOR, as applicable, plus the applicable margin.

On March 25, 2022, we amended our secured loan and security agreement, or the Amended Loan and Security Agreement, increasing the revolving line of credit to $75 million, secured by substantially all our assets, maturing in March 2027, with available borrowings determined by a borrowing base calculation. The amendment also includes an option to increase the credit commitment by an additional $15 million. The amended revolving line bears interest at a fluctuating rate equal to the Base Rate or Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or SOFR, as applicable, plus the applicable margin. The applicable margin can range from a minimum of 0.25% to a maximum of 1.75% based on certain conditions as defined in the Amended Loan and Security Agreement. The financing arrangement contains covenants relating to minimum debt service coverage.

As of July 31, 2025, we hadno borrowings outstanding on the revolving line of credit. If we would have had borrowings at July 31, 2025, those borrowings would have borne interest at approximately 5.89%, which is equal to SOFR plus the applicable margin.

As of July 31, 2025, we have irrevocable standby letters of credit totaling $2.8 million to collateralize duty drawback bonds. During the three months ended July 31, 2025, no amounts have been drawn on the letter of credit.

(8)Equity:

Treasury Stock

On October 2, 2023 our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $10.0 million of our common stock, subject to certain conditions in the open market, in block purchases, or in privately negotiated transactions. This authorization expired on September 30, 2024. On September 25, 2024, our Board of Directors approved a program to purchase up to $10.0 million of our common stock, subject to certain conditions, in the open market, in block purchases, or in privately negotiated transactions, commencing on October 1, 2024 and executable through September 30, 2025. During the three months ended July 31, 2025and 2024, under these authorizations, we repurchased 240,437 and 42,017 shares of our common stock for $2.5 million and $381,000 utilizing cash on hand.

Earnings per Share

We compute diluted earnings per share by giving effect to all potentially dilutive stock awards that are outstanding. The computation of diluted earnings per share excludes the effect of the potential exercise of stock-based awards when the effect of the potential exercise would be anti-dilutive. All of our outstanding RSUs were included in the computation of diluted earnings per share for the three months ended July 31, 2025.

The following table provides a reconciliation of the net income amounts and weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares used to determine basic and diluted earnings per share for the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands, except per share data):

Due to the loss from operations for the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024, there areno common shares added to calculate dilutive earnings per share because the effect would be anti-dilutive.

Incentive Stock and Employee Stock Purchase Plans

We have a stock incentive plan, or 2020 Incentive Compensation Plan, under which we can grant new awards to our employees and directors.

We grant RSUs to employees and directors. The awards are made at no cost to the recipient. An RSU represents the right to receiveone share of our common stock and does not carry voting or dividend rights. Except in specific circumstances, RSU grants to employees generally vest over a period ofthree orfour years with one-third or one-fourth of the units vesting on each anniversary of the grant date, respectively. We amortize the aggregate fair value of our RSU grants to compensation expense over the vesting period. Awards that do not vest are forfeited.

We grant PSUs to our executive officers and certain other employees from time to time. We granted PSUs to our executive officers in fiscal 2026 to include internal performance metrics and removed the calculation of the relative performance of our common stock against the Russell 2000, or RUT over the approximately three-year period. These PSUs are earned and vest based on two internal performance metrics that include 1) athree-year average return on invested capital, or ROIC, and 2) athree-year cumulative Adjusted EBITDA. The grant date fair value of the fiscal 2026 awards was estimated using the closing share price of our common stock on the date of grant. The total quantity of PSUs eligible to vest under these awards range from zero to 200% of the target based on actual average ROIC and cumulative Adjusted EBITDA performance during the performance period. As such, the fiscal 2026 awards are subject to performance conditions and compensation cost is recognized over the service period based on the amount of awards that we believe is probable that will vest. To the extent we estimate changes, we will recognize a cumulative catch up in subsequent reporting periods.

For PSUs granted to our executive officers in the prior fiscal year, we calculated the fair value of our PSUs using the Monte-Carlo simulation. We incorporated the following variables into the valuation model for the period ended July 31, 2024 (awards in our prior fiscal year):

(a)Expected volatility is calculated based on a peer group over the most recent period that represents the remaining term of the performance period as of the valuation date, orthree years.

(b)The correlation coefficient utilizes the same historical price data used to develop the volatility assumptions.

(c)The risk-free interest rate is based on the yield of a zero-coupon U.S. Treasury bill, commensurate with thethree-year performance period.

(d)We do not expect to pay dividends in the foreseeable future.

The PSUs granted in the prior fiscal year vest, and the fair value of such PSUs will be recognized, over the corresponding three-year performance period. Our PSUs have a maximum aggregate award equal to 200% of the target unit amount granted. Generally, the number of PSUs that may be earned depends upon the total stockholder return, or TSR, of our common stock compared with the TSR of the Russell 2000 Index, or the RUT, over thethree-year performance period. For PSUs, our stock must outperform the RUT by 5% in order for the target award to vest. In addition, there is a cap on the number of shares that can be earned under our PSUs, which is equal tosix times the grant-date value of each award.

During the three months ended July 31, 2025, we granted an aggregate of 79,730 PSUs to our executive officers. We also granted 175,015 RSUs during the three months ended July 31, 2025, including 79,729 RSUs to executive officers and 95,286 to non-executive officer employees and directors under our 2020 Incentive Compensation Plan. In addition, in connection with a 2022 grant, we vested 52,277 market-condition PSUs (i.e., the target amount granted), which achieved 200% of the maximum aggregate award possible, resulting in awards totaling 104,554 shares to certain of our executive officers. During the three months ended July 31, 2025,620 RSUs were cancelled as a result of the service condition not being met. In connection with the vesting of RSUs, during the three months ended July 31, 2025, we delivered common stock to our employees, including our executive officers, and directors with a total market value of $3.2 million.

During the three months ended July 31, 2024, we granted an aggregate of 98,412 PSUs to our executive officers. We also granted 226,592 RSUs during the three months ended July 31, 2024, including 98,412 RSUs to executive officers and 128,180 to non-executive officer employees and directors under our 2020 Incentive Compensation Plan. During the three months ended July 31, 2024,23,987 PSUs were cancelled, at target, as a result of the performance condition not being met, and 4,567 RSUs were cancelled as a result of the service condition not being met. In connection with the vesting of RSUs, during the three months ended July 31, 2024, we delivered common stock to our employees, including our executive officers, and directors with a total market value of $1.3 million.

We recognized $651,000 and $932,000 of stock-based compensation expense for the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

We record stock-based compensation expense primarily in general and administrative expenses.

A summary of activity for unvested RSUs and PSUs under our 2020 Incentive Compensation Plan for the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024 is as follows:

As of July 31, 2025, there was $3.4 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested RSUs and PSUs. We expect to recognize this expense over a weighted average remaining contractual term of 1.6 years.

(9)Accrued Expenses:

The following table sets forth other accrued expenses as of July 31, 2025 and April 30, 2025 (in thousands):

(10)Income Taxes:

The income tax expense included in the condensed consolidated statements of operations is based upon the estimated effective tax rate for the year, adjusted for the impact of discrete items which are accounted for in the period in which they occur. We recorded income tax expense of $52,000 and $22,000 for the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The effective tax rate for the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024 was (0.8)% and (0.9%), respectively.

On July 4, 2025, the U.S. government enacted the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”), which includes a broad range of tax reform provisions affecting businesses, including extending and modifying certain Tax Cuts & Jobs Act provisions and accelerating the phase-out of certain Inflation Reduction Act incentives. The OBBBA includes provisions modifying net interest deduction limitations, expensing of U.S.-based research and development expenses, and tax depreciation methods, as well as international tax provisions modifying global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI), foreign-derived intangible income (FDII), base erosion and anti-abuse tax (BEAT), and foreign tax credits. The Company evaluated the impacts of the OBBBA and does not expect it to have a material impact on the Company’s current year consolidated financial statements. The Company will continue to assess the potential impact of the OBBBA and monitor developments in legislation, regulation, and interpretive guidance in this area.

(11)Commitments and Contingencies:

Litigation

From time to time, we are involved in lawsuits, claims, investigations, and proceedings, including those relating to product liability, intellectual property, commercial relationships, employment issues, and governmental matters, which arise in the ordinary course of business.

For the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024, we did not incur any material expenses in defense and administrative costs relative to product liability litigation. In addition, we did not incur any settlement fees related to product liability cases in those fiscal years.

Gain Contingency

In 2018, the United States imposed additional section 301 tariffs of up to 25% on certain goods imported from China. These additional section 301 tariffs apply to our sourced products from China and have added additional cost to us. We are utilizing the duty drawback mechanism to offset some of the direct impact of these tariffs, specifically on goods that we sold internationally. We are accounting for duty drawbacks as a gain contingency and may record any such gain from a reimbursement in future periods if and when the contingency is resolved.

(12)Segment Reporting:

We have evaluated our operations under ASC 280-10-50-1 – Segment Reporting and have concluded that we are operating asone segment based on several key factors, including the reporting and review process used by the chief operating decision maker, or CODM, who reviews only consolidated financial information and makes decisions to allocate resources based on those financial statements. Our CODM is our Chief Executive Officer.

We analyze revenue streams in various ways, including customer group, brands, product categories, and customer channels. See also Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for more information on how we disaggregate our net sales.

The CODM uses consolidated net income to set budgets, evaluate margins, review actual results and in deciding whether to reinvest profits and cash flows into our business, repurchase our stock, pursue acquisitions, or make any other capital management decisions. Consolidated net income is the measure of segment profit most consistent with U.S. GAAP that is regularly reviewed by the CODM to allocate resources and assess performance.

Significant segment level expense information provided to the CODM is consistent with our consolidated statements of operations, as presented on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

The measure of segment assets is reported on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as total assets.