---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171520-22-000029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SOTK"
cik: "0000806172"
company_name: "SONO TEK CORP"
filed_at: "2022-01-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T18:47:06.485020+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sono-Tek Q3 sales up 15% to $4.4M; record backlog $6.5M; expects record FY22 sales

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $4.419M, up 15% YoY; net income $376K, up 18%. EPS $0.02.
- Backlog reached record $6.505M, up 69% from FYE Feb 28, 2021.
- Nine-month net sales $12.13M, up 13%; operating income $1.28M, up 54%.
- No debt; cash & marketable securities $10.18M, up $1.54M from Feb 2021.
- Guidance: double-digit sales growth expected for Q4 and full FY22, forecasting highest annual sales in history.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171520-22-000029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SOTK
- cik: 0000806172
- company_name: SONO TEK CORP
- filed_at: 2022-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806172/000117152022000029/0001171520-22-000029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806172/000117152022000029/eps9969.htm

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