---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001185185-21-001284"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FEIM"
cik: "0000039020"
company_name: "FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS INC"
filed_at: "2021-09-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T04:19:31.006749+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Frequency Electronics Q1 FY2022 net loss widens to $1.6M ($0.17/share) vs $262K loss a year ago

## Summary
- Revenue $13.0M, down slightly from $13.1M in Q1 FY2021.
- Operating loss $1.7M vs $337K operating loss prior year, due to unusual legal expenses and COVID supply-chain issues.
- Backlog fell to $37M from $40M at April 30, 2021.
- Net cash used in operations was $828K vs $62K provided in prior-year quarter.
- CEO highlights new pulsed optically pumped Rubidium atomic clock as potential game-changer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001185185-21-001284
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FEIM
- cik: 0000039020
- company_name: FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS INC
- filed_at: 2021-09-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39020/000118518521001284/0001185185-21-001284-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39020/000118518521001284/freqelec20210913_8k.htm

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