---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171520-23-000223"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SOTK"
cik: "0000806172"
company_name: "SONO TEK CORP"
filed_at: "2023-07-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T09:12:20.272193+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sono-Tek Q1 FY2024 net sales down 11% to $3.6M; record backlog $9.96M, up 135% YoY

## Summary
- Net sales $3.6M (-11% YoY); gross profit $1.8M (-16%); net income $53K vs $306K prior year.
- Record backlog $9.96M, up 17% from preceding quarter and 135% YoY, driven by green energy orders.
- Cash and equivalents $12.1M, no debt; customer deposits $3.6M.
- Guidance: Q2 FY2024 expects substantial sales growth; FY2024 anticipates strong rebound due to backlog.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171520-23-000223
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SOTK
- cik: 0000806172
- company_name: SONO TEK CORP
- filed_at: 2023-07-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/806172/000117152023000223/0001171520-23-000223-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806172/000117152023000223/eps10853.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  SONO TEK CORP reported first quarter of fiscal year 2024, ended May 31, 2023 results: revenue $3,603,000, net income $53,000, EPS $0.00 per. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: first quarter of fiscal year 2024, ended May 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $3,603,000
  - Net income: $53,000
  - EPS: $0.00 per
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: unless otherwise noted). The three-month periods ended May 31, 2023 and 2022 are referred to as the first quarter of fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2023, respectively. · Net Sales were $3.6 million, a decrease of 11%, primarily driven by vendor delays which pushed out planned first quarter shipments into the second and third quarters of fiscal 2024. · Gross Profit was $1.8
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806172/000117152023000223/0001171520-23-000223-index.htm

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