---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-027000"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NSYS"
cik: "0000722313"
company_name: "NORTECH SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2022-11-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T21:40:58.203893+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nortech Systems Q3 revenue $35.3M (+19.8%); EBITDA $2.4M, triple adjusted prior year

## Summary
- Revenue $35.3M (+19.8% YoY); gross margin 17.9% vs adjusted 11.4% prior year.
- EBITDA $2.4M, up from adjusted $0.7M in Q3 2021; net income $1.5M ($0.53 diluted).
- Backlog $103M, up 31% vs Sept 30, 2021.
- Received patent for Flex Faraday Xtreme flexible printed circuit technology.
- Investing in R&D for AOX cable platform; upgrading IT/HR/analytical capabilities.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-027000
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NSYS
- cik: 0000722313
- company_name: NORTECH SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2022-11-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/722313/000143774922027000/0001437749-22-027000-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/722313/000143774922027000/nsys20221111_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NORTECH SYSTEMS INC reported third quarter ended September 30, 2022 results: revenue $35.3 million, net income $1.5 million, EPS $0.53 per diluted share.
  - Period: third quarter ended September 30, 2022
  - Revenue: $35.3 million
  - Net income: $1.5 million
  - EPS: $0.53 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: serving the medical, industrial and defense markets, reported 2022 third quarter results for the period ended September 30, 2022. 2022 Third Quarter Highlights ● Revenue of $35.3 million, up 19.8% compared to the third quarter of 2021. ● Gross margin of 17.9%, up 6.5 percentage points compared to adjusted gross margin of 11.4% in the third quarter of 2021. ●
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/722313/000143774922027000/0001437749-22-027000-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.