---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-011875"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NSYS"
cik: "0000722313"
company_name: "NORTECH SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T21:17:24.832557+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nortech Systems Q1 revenue up 39% to $30.7M; net income $138k vs loss a year ago

## Summary
- Revenue $30.7M, up 39% YoY; net income $138k ($0.05 EPS) vs net loss ($1.6M) in Q1 2021.
- Gross margin 13.2%, improved 6.1 percentage points from 7.1% on higher volume and pricing.
- Adjusted EBITDA $640k vs ($1.5M) loss; backlog $97.6M, up over 55% YoY.
- R&D expense $0.3M in Q1 2022 for new AOX cable platform investment.
- Management cites supply-chain mitigation and pricing adjustments; optimistic for remainder of 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-011875
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NSYS
- cik: 0000722313
- company_name: NORTECH SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-11T23:59:59+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/722313/000143774922011875/0001437749-22-011875-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/722313/000143774922011875/nsys20220511_8k.htm

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