---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000944075-23-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCKT"
cik: "0000944075"
company_name: "SOCKET MOBILE, INC."
filed_at: "2023-02-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T06:11:29.950990+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Socket Mobile Q4 revenue $5.2M (-15% YoY); operating loss $152K vs income $0.7M prior year

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $5.2M, down 15% from $6.1M YoY, up 39% sequentially from $3.7M.
- Q4 gross margin 49.3% vs 52.1% prior year; operating loss $152K vs income $0.7M.
- Q4 diluted EPS $0.06 (includes $0.08 tax benefit) vs $0.11 prior year.
- Full year 2022 revenue $21.2M (-8% YoY); operating loss $446K vs income $2.7M.
- Launched C820 camera scanner, S550/S370 NFC readers; CaptureSDK now supports Flutter, Swift Package Manager, .NET MAUI.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000944075-23-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCKT
- cik: 0000944075
- company_name: SOCKET MOBILE, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/944075/000094407523000006/0000944075-23-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944075/000094407523000006/form-8k0222.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000944075-23-000006.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  SOCKET MOBILE, INC. reported the three months ended December 31, 2022 results: EPS $0.06.
  - Period: the three months ended December 31, 2022
  - EPS: $0.06
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Diluted earnings per share of $0.06, which included $0.08 per share income tax benefit primarily related to the adoption of Section 174 of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, compared to diluted earnings per share of $0.11 a year ago and a net loss per share of ($0.11) in the prior quarter.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944075/000094407523000006/0000944075-23-000006-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  SOCKET MOBILE, INC. reported the twelve months ended December 31, 2022 results: EPS $0.01.
  - Period: the twelve months ended December 31, 2022
  - EPS: $0.01
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Diluted earnings per share of $0.01, which included a $0.09 per share income tax benefit primarily related to the adoption of Section 174 of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, compared to diluted earnings per share of $0.48 in the prior year, which included a $0.21 per share income tax benefit.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944075/000094407523000006/0000944075-23-000006-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.