---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000944075-21-000070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCKT"
cik: "0000944075"
company_name: "SOCKET MOBILE, INC."
filed_at: "2021-10-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T19:29:01.178770+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Socket Mobile Q3 revenue up 54% to $6.3M; turns to operating profit of $954k

## Summary
- Revenue $6.3M (+54% YoY, +6% sequential); gross margin 54% (down from 55%).
- Operating income $954k vs loss of ($4.0M) in Q3 2020, which included a $4.4M impairment charge.
- Diluted EPS $0.07 vs ($0.62) loss per share in prior year; Q2 2021 EPS was $0.27 with a tax benefit.
- Generated $0.7M cash from operations; cash balance ended at $5.4M.
- CEO warns component shortages and inflationary costs will persist into 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000944075-21-000070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCKT
- cik: 0000944075
- company_name: SOCKET MOBILE, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-10-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944075/000094407521000070/0000944075-21-000070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944075/000094407521000070/form-8k1021.htm

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