---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171520-26-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SOTK"
cik: "0000806172"
company_name: "SONO TEK CORP"
filed_at: "2026-01-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T10:44:36.072931+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sono-Tek Q3 FY2026 net income +24% YoY to $340K; record backlog $12.3M

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $5.0M, 7th consecutive quarter >$5M; gross margin expanded to 50% from 45%.
- Net income $340K ($0.02/diluted share); operating income +61% to $319K.
- Record backlog $12.26M (+16% YoY); cash & equivalents $11.7M with zero debt.
- Medical segment sales +27% YoY; alternative energy -35% on US policy shifts.
- Reiterates FY2026 guidance: modest revenue growth, balancing policy headwinds with medical demand.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171520-26-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SOTK
- cik: 0000806172
- company_name: SONO TEK CORP
- filed_at: 2026-01-13T23:59:59+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/806172/000117152026000002/0001171520-26-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/806172/000117152026000002/eps12392.htm

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