---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171520-22-000334"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SOTK"
cik: "0000806172"
company_name: "SONO TEK CORP"
filed_at: "2022-05-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T07:52:33.219189+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sono-Tek reports record FY2022 sales $17.1M, net income $2.5M; projects record FY2023 sales

## Summary
- Net sales $17.1M (+16% YoY); net income $2.5M (EPS $0.16) vs $1.1M ($0.07) prior year.
- Backlog at year-end $5.3M, up 38% YoY; cash & equivalents $10.8M (highest ever), no debt.
- Gross margin improved to 50.3% from 47.2%; operating income up 41% to $1.9M.
- First quarter FY2023 on track for double-digit YoY growth; management projects another record sales year.
- Alternative energy sales up 72%, medical up 29%, electronics up 19% year-over-year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171520-22-000334
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SOTK
- cik: 0000806172
- company_name: SONO TEK CORP
- filed_at: 2022-05-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806172/000117152022000334/0001171520-22-000334-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806172/000117152022000334/eps10275.htm

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