---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171520-21-000294"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SOTK"
cik: "0000806172"
company_name: "SONO TEK CORP"
filed_at: "2021-07-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T05:54:01.715922+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sono-Tek reports Q1 FY2022 sales up 6% to $3.64M; backlog up 14% to $4.38M

## Summary
- Q1 sales $3.64M (+6% YoY); gross margin 50.0% (up 450 bps); operating income $343K (+86%).
- Net income ex-PPP forgiveness $261K (+56%); diluted EPS $0.02 vs $0.01 prior year.
- Backlog $4.38M, up 13.7% from Feb 2021; no debt; cash and equivalents $9.3M at quarter-end.
- Guidance: Q2 FY2022 expects double-digit sales increase; FY2022 projects highest annual sales ever.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171520-21-000294
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SOTK
- cik: 0000806172
- company_name: SONO TEK CORP
- filed_at: 2021-07-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806172/000117152021000294/0001171520-21-000294-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806172/000117152021000294/eps9718.htm

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