secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     OPTICAL CABLE CORP (OCC)
CIK:        0001000230
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-06-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-25-019730
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Optical Cable Q2 net sales +8.9% to $17.5M; net loss narrows to $698K
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- Net sales $17.5M, up 8.9% YoY; gross profit $5.3M, up 32.1% with margin 30.4% vs 25.1%.
- Net loss $698K ($0.09/sh) vs $1.6M ($0.21/sh) in Q2 FY2024; first-half loss $1.8M ($0.23/sh).
- Backlog/forward load $7.2M, up from $6.6M at Jan 31, 2025 and $5.7M at Oct 31, 2024.
- International sales +27.1% YoY; U.S. sales +4.6%; military market strength cited.
- SG&A up to $5.7M from $5.3M on higher personnel and shipping costs.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774925019730/0001437749-25-019730-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774925019730/occ20250606_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-019730

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