---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000944075-24-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCKT"
cik: "0000944075"
company_name: "SOCKET MOBILE, INC."
filed_at: "2024-03-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T04:29:13.005733+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Socket Mobile Q4 rev $4.4M (-15% YoY), EPS $0.08; FY23 rev $17M (-20%)

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $4.4M, down 15% YoY from $5.2M; gross margin improved to 52.8% from 49.3%.
- Diluted EPS $0.08 vs $0.06 in prior-year quarter; full-year diluted loss per share $0.27 vs EPS $0.01.
- Full-year operating loss $3.1M vs loss $446K in 2022; revenue fell 20% to $17.0M.
- Sales through distribution partners $19.1M, down 2.8% vs 2022; inventory timing impacted reported revenue.
- Launched SocketCam C860, XtremeScan, DuraScan Wear, NFC readers with Apple/FeliCa certifications.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000944075-24-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCKT
- cik: 0000944075
- company_name: SOCKET MOBILE, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-03-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944075/000094407524000002/0000944075-24-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944075/000094407524000002/form-8k0305.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000944075-24-000002
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000944075-24-000002.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  SOCKET MOBILE, INC. reported financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2023.
  - Period: the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On March 5, 2024, Socket Mobile, Inc. issued a press release reporting its results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944075/000094407524000002/0000944075-24-000002-index.htm

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