secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SONO TEK CORP (SOTK)
CIK:        0000806172
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171520-25-000193
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Sono-Tek FY2025 record revenue $20.5M (+4% YoY); net income $1.3M; backlog $8.67M; guides H1 FY2026 growth
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- Record annual revenue $20.5M (+4% YoY); net income $1.3M vs $1.4M prior year (down ~9%).
- Gross margin fell to 47.5% from 50% due to product mix and reclassification of labor costs.
- Backlog $8.67M at year-end; expects revenue growth and profitability in H1 FY2026 but limited visibility beyond due to policy/tariff uncertainty.
- Alternative/Clean Energy sales surged 64% (+$3.84M); Industrial market declined 47% (-$1.68M).
- No debt, cash & marketable securities $11.9M; stockholders' equity $17.8M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806172/000117152025000193/0001171520-25-000193-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806172/000117152025000193/eps11838.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171520-25-000193

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