RCKY · CIK 895456
What Rocky Brands, Inc. told the SEC could break it.
Rocky Brands' risks reflect a footwear maker concentrated in a few facilities and exposed to its inputs and trade policy. It depends on a small set of distribution centers (Ohio and Nevada) and manufacturing plants (the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and China), so a natural disaster or serious disruption at any one could impair its ability to deliver merchandise. Its production also runs on globally sourced raw materials — chiefly leather, Cordura nylon and soling materials — bought without long-term supply contracts, leaving it exposed to price and availability swings; and because it sources offshore (China, Cambodia, India, Mexico, Vietnam and more), recent U.S. tariffs raised its 2025 inventory costs and further import duties could pressure margins.
3 self-disclosed vulnerabilities, pulled from its own filings, each in the company’s words, with the source. This is the risk register almost nobody reads.
In its own words
What could break it.
Climate & physical
- Concentrated manufacturing/distribution facilities (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, China, Ohio, Nevada)medium
The company relies on a small set of distribution centers (Ohio, Nevada) and manufacturing facilities (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, China); a natural disaster or serious disruption at any one could impair its ability to deliver merchandise.
“We rely on our distribution centers located in Ohio and Nevada and our manufacturing facilities in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and China. Any natural disaster or other serious disruption at any of these facilities due to fire, tornado, hurricane, flood, other natural disaster, pandemic, public health crisis, labor dispute”
SEC filing →As of 2026
Commodity & input dependence
- Leather, Cordura nylon, and soling raw materials (no long-term supply contracts)medium
Production depends on worldwide-sourced raw materials — principally leather, Cordura nylon fabric, and soling materials — purchased without long-term supply contracts, exposing the company to price and availability swings.
“We do not have long-term supply contracts for the purchase of our raw materials. The principal raw materials used in the production of our products, in terms of dollar value, are leather, Cordura nylon fabric and soling materials.”
SEC filing →As of 2026
Regulatory & policy
- U.S. import tariffs on offshore-sourced footwearlow
Products are sourced offshore (China, Cambodia, India, Mexico, Vietnam, DR, PR); recent worldwide U.S. tariffs raised inventory cost in 2025 and additional import duties/tariffs/quotas could further pressure margins.
“the imposition of additional U.S. legislation and regulations relating to imports, including quotas, duties, tariffs, taxes or other charges or restrictions, including recent worldwide tariffs on goods under the Trade Act of 1974”
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