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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-038343"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OCC"
cik: "0001000230"
company_name: "OPTICAL CABLE CORP"
filed_at: "2024-12-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T23:11:44.440164+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Optical Cable Q4 swings to profit of $0.05/sh; FY net loss $4.2M

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $19.5M (+12.4% YoY); gross profit $6.5M (+68.6%); gross margin 33.5% vs 22.4%.
- Q4 net income $373K ($0.05 diluted EPS) vs net loss $1.3M (-$0.17) in Q4 2023.
- FY2024 net sales $66.7M (-7.6% YoY); net loss $4.2M (-$0.54) vs net income $2.1M ($0.26) in FY2023.
- Management cites sequential net sales growth each quarter in FY2024, expects continued improvement in FY2025.
- SG&A expense rose to $21.5M (32.2% of sales) in FY2024 from $21.2M (29.4%), driven by personnel costs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-038343
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OCC
- cik: 0001000230
- company_name: OPTICAL CABLE CORP
- filed_at: 2024-12-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774924038343/0001437749-24-038343-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774924038343/occ20241223_8k.htm

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