---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-001952"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RFIL"
cik: "0000740664"
company_name: "R F INDUSTRIES LTD"
filed_at: "2024-01-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T20:19:45.248255+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RF Industries Q4 net sales down 31% YoY to $15.9M; posts net loss of $851,000

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $15.9M, down 31% year-over-year; full-year sales $72.2M, down 15%.
- Q4 gross profit margin 28.4%, down 270 bps YoY but up 400 bps sequentially.
- Q4 GAAP net loss $851k ($0.08 per share); non-GAAP net loss $68k ($0.01 per share).
- Adjusted EBITDA loss $108k in Q4, compared to $1.9M income in prior-year period.
- Year-end cash $4.9M; inventory down 11% amid lower carrier capex.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-001952
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RFIL
- cik: 0000740664
- company_name: R F INDUSTRIES LTD
- filed_at: 2024-01-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/740664/000143774924001952/0001437749-24-001952-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740664/000143774924001952/rfil20240122_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  R F INDUSTRIES LTD reported the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended October 31, 2023 results: revenue $15.9 million, net income $851,000, or $0.08 per diluted share, EPS $0.08 per diluted share.
  - Period: the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended October 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $15.9 million
  - Net income: $851,000, or $0.08 per diluted share
  - EPS: $0.08 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: fourth quarter and fiscal year 2023 financial results for the year ended October 31, 2023. Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2023 Highlights and Operating Results: ● Net sales were $15.9 million; flat on a sequential basis compared to the prior third fiscal quarter of 2023 and a decrease of 31% year-over-year. ● Backlog of $16.1 million at year-end on fourth quarter
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740664/000143774924001952/0001437749-24-001952-index.htm

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