---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000351998-23-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAIO"
cik: "0000351998"
company_name: "DATA I/O CORP"
filed_at: "2023-02-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T03:26:47.784978+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Data I/O Q4 net income $510k, revenue up 14% YoY; CFO Hatlen to retire in H2 2023

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $7.3M (+14% YoY); net income $510k ($0.06 diluted EPS) vs net loss of $205k in Q4 2021.
- Full year 2022 net sales $24.2M (-6% YoY); net loss $1.12M ($0.13 loss per share).
- Q4 bookings $6.8M; full year bookings $26.5M (4-year high); backlog $4.8M at year-end.
- CFO Joel Hatlen to retire in H2 2023 after 30+ years; succession plan underway.
- 2023 outlook: double-digit bookings growth, gross margins mid-to-high 50%, operating expenses consistent with 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000351998-23-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAIO
- cik: 0000351998
- company_name: DATA I/O CORP
- filed_at: 2023-02-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351998/000035199823000005/0000351998-23-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351998/000035199823000005/f8k-feb2023q42022results.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DATA I/O CORP reported financial results for fourth quarter 2022.
  - Period: fourth quarter 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: A press release announcing fourth quarter 2022 results was made February 23, 2023 and a copy of the release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.0 in this current report.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351998/000035199823000005/0000351998-23-000005-index.htm

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