---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000944075-26-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCKT"
cik: "0000944075"
company_name: "SOCKET MOBILE, INC."
filed_at: "2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T23:47:31.969271+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Socket Mobile Q1 revenue $3.7M (-7% YoY); operating loss $0.8M; $0.5M note closed

## Summary
- Revenue $3.7M, down 7% from $4.0M in Q1 2025 and Q4 2025.
- Gross margin improved to 51.3% from 50.4% a year ago.
- Operating loss $0.8M vs $0.9M in prior-year quarter; operating expenses down 8% YoY.
- Completed $0.5M secured subordinated convertible note financing on March 27, 2026.
- CEO cites customer caution and delayed spending; new products launched (S721, iPhone 17e).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000944075-26-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCKT
- cik: 0000944075
- company_name: SOCKET MOBILE, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-05-05T23:59:59+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/944075/000094407526000037/0000944075-26-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944075/000094407526000037/form-8k0505.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000944075-26-000037.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  SOCKET MOBILE, INC. reported the three months ended March 31, 2026 results: revenue $3.7 million, net income operating loss of $0.8 million.
  - Period: the three months ended March 31, 2026
  - Revenue: $3.7 million
  - Net income: operating loss of $0.8 million
  - Result: reported results
  source text: with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP") for the three months ended March 31, 2026. First Quarter 2026 Financial Highlights: • Revenue of $3.7 million, a 7% decrease from $4.0 million in both the prior-year quarter and Q4 2025. • Gross margin of 51.3% compared with 50.4% in the prior-year quarter and 50.2% in the preceding
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944075/000094407526000037/0000944075-26-000037-index.htm

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