---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-006656"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OCC"
cik: "0001000230"
company_name: "OPTICAL CABLE CORP"
filed_at: "2022-03-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T21:34:52.703835+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# OCC Q1 net sales up 21.6% to $14.4M; net loss narrows to $0.12/share from $0.29

## Summary
- Net sales $14.4M, +21.6% YoY; gross profit $4.0M, +75.2% YoY with margin 28.0%.
- Net loss $936K ($0.12/sh) improved from $2.1M ($0.29/sh) in prior year.
- SG&A expenses rose to $4.8M from $4.3M due to higher employee and sales costs.
- Sales order backlog increasing; supply chain and labor constraints continue affecting production volumes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-006656
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OCC
- cik: 0001000230
- company_name: OPTICAL CABLE CORP
- filed_at: 2022-03-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774922006656/0001437749-22-006656-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774922006656/occ20220317_8k.htm

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