---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171520-22-000497"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SOTK"
cik: "0000806172"
company_name: "SONO TEK CORP"
filed_at: "2022-10-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T03:26:37.289191+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sono-Tek Q2 FY2023 net sales down 8% to $3.76M; op income falls 60%; backlog up 19% QoQ to $5.05M

## Summary
- Q2 net sales $3.763M vs $4.070M YoY; gross margin 50.4% vs 51.0%.
- Operating income dropped 60% to $178K; net income $162K ($0.01 EPS) vs $344K ($0.02 EPS).
- Backlog rose 19% QoQ to $5.049M; clean energy order of $1.1M booked (largest from sector).
- Supply chain delays caused shipments to be deferred; Q4 FY2023 expected to be strongest quarter.
- First-half FY2023 net sales $7.815M (+1%); operating income $558K (-29%) reflecting higher personnel costs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171520-22-000497
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SOTK
- cik: 0000806172
- company_name: SONO TEK CORP
- filed_at: 2022-10-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806172/000117152022000497/0001171520-22-000497-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806172/000117152022000497/eps10483.htm

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