---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-007034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OCC"
cik: "0001000230"
company_name: "OPTICAL CABLE CORP"
filed_at: "2025-03-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T23:08:07.842743+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Optical Cable Q1 FY2025: net sales up 6% to $15.7M; net loss narrows to $1.1M

## Summary
- Net sales $15.7M (+6.0% YoY); gross profit $4.6M (+24.6% YoY), margin expanded to 29.4% from 25.0%.
- Net loss $1.1M ($0.14 per share) vs. loss $1.4M ($0.18) a year ago; still loss-making.
- Enterprise and specialty markets grew; military strength noted; U.S. sales +2.3%, international +21.3%.
- Backlog/forward load increased to $6.6M from $5.7M as of Oct 31, 2024.
- SG&A rose to $5.5M (34.7% of sales) from $5.1M (34.3%) on employee and sales personnel costs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-007034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OCC
- cik: 0001000230
- company_name: OPTICAL CABLE CORP
- filed_at: 2025-03-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/1000230/000143774925007034/0001437749-25-007034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774925007034/occ20250311_8k.htm

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