---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171520-22-000411"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SOTK"
cik: "0000806172"
company_name: "SONO TEK CORP"
filed_at: "2022-07-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T13:43:59.943903+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sono-Tek Q1 FY2023 sales up 11% to $4.05M; gross margin expands 200 bps to 52%

## Summary
- Net sales $4.05M (+11% YoY); gross profit $2.11M (+16%); net income $306K (excl. PPP loan forgiveness, up 17%).
- Medical market sales more than doubled YoY, representing 41% of total sales; alternative energy up 41%.
- Backlog at $4.2M, flat YoY; customer deposits up 43% to $1.67M.
- Guides Q2 FY2023 sales similar to prior year; still expects record annual revenue for FY2023 ending Feb 2023.
- Cash $11.1M, no debt; capital expenditures planned $300-$350K for FY2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171520-22-000411
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SOTK
- cik: 0000806172
- company_name: SONO TEK CORP
- filed_at: 2022-07-18T23:59:59+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/806172/000117152022000411/0001171520-22-000411-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806172/000117152022000411/eps10362.htm

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