secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     OPTICAL CABLE CORP (OCC)
CIK:        0001000230
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-09-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-25-029177
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

OCC Q3 FY2025 net sales up 22.8% to $19.9M; net income of $302K vs prior year loss
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- Q3 net sales $19.9M (+22.8% YoY); gross profit $6.3M (+61.2%); gross margin 31.7% vs 24.2%.
- Net income $302K ($0.04 per share) vs net loss $1.6M ($0.20 loss) in Q3 FY2024.
- First nine months: net sales $53.2M (+12.8%); net loss improved to $1.5M from $4.6M.
- Strategic collaboration with Lightera; Lightera invested and holds 7.24% of OCC shares.
- Backlog $7.1M as of July 31, 2025; SG&A up 9.5% to $5.7M on higher sales costs.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774925029177/0001437749-25-029177-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774925029177/occ20250915_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-029177

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