secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Clearfield, Inc. (CLFD)
CIK:        0000796505
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-26-000624
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Clearfield Q1 net sales up 16% to $34.3M; net loss per share -$0.04 improves from -$0.13 YoY
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- Net sales from continuing ops $34.3M (+16% YoY), above guidance of $30-33M.
- Gross margin improved 4 ppts to 33.2% on better overhead absorption.
- Net loss per diluted share -$0.04 vs -$0.13 YoY; discontinued ops loss narrowed.
- Reiterated FY2026 guidance: net sales $160-170M, EPS $0.48-$0.62.
- Share buybacks $5.2M; $23.1M remaining under $85M authorization.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796505/000117184326000624/0001171843-26-000624-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796505/000117184326000624/f8k_020426.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-000624

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