secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Clearfield, Inc. (CLFD)
CIK:        0000796505
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-23-004976
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Clearfield Q3 net sales down 14% YoY; raises FY2023 EPS guidance to $2.05-$2.15
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- Q3 net sales $61.3M (-14% YoY); net income $5.2M (-59%); diluted EPS $0.33 vs $0.92.
- Gross margin 31.1% vs 41.1% YoY, hurt by excess capacity and Nestor acquisition.
- Order backlog $74.7M, down 31% sequentially and 52% YoY.
- Reiterated FY2023 revenue guidance $260-275M; raised EPS guidance from $1.80-2.10 to $2.05-2.15.
- Expects near-term headwinds from customer inventory digestion and cautious community broadband capex into FY2024.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796505/000117184323004976/0001171843-23-004976-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796505/000117184323004976/f8k_080323.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-23-004976

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