secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SOCKET MOBILE, INC. (SCKT)
CIK:        0000944075
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000944075-23-000069
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Socket Mobile Q3 revenue $3.2M, down 14% YoY; operating loss widens to $1.4M
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- Revenue $3.2M, down 14% from $3.7M YoY and 37% sequentially from $5.1M in Q2 2023.
- Gross margin 44.2% vs 44.4% YoY; operating loss $1.4M compared to $947K in prior-year quarter.
- Cash balance $3.1M at Sept 30, 2023, down from $3.6M at Dec 31, 2022.
- Distributor inventories cut 50% due to market uncertainty; management highlights reseller/end-user sales as better demand gauge.
- Launched XtremeScan product line for iPhone 15 series and C860 camera-based scanner with $5.99 monthly subscription.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944075/000094407523000069/0000944075-23-000069-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944075/000094407523000069/form-8k1027.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000944075-23-000069

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