secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     OPTICAL CABLE CORP (OCC)
CIK:        0001000230
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-26-007973
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

OCC Q1 FY2026 net sales up 4.4% to $16.4M, net loss narrows to $0.05/share
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- Net sales $16.4M (+4.4% YoY); gross profit $5.4M (+16.1%); gross margin 32.7% vs 29.4%.
- Net loss $398k ($0.05 per share) vs $1.1M loss ($0.14 per share) in prior year.
- Backlog/forward load increased to $10.4M from $7.3M as of Oct 31, 2025 (up 42.5%).
- SG&A expenses rose slightly to $5.6M from $5.5M; international sales up 18.0%.
- Management cites growing momentum in data center markets and expects continued growth.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774926007973/0001437749-26-007973-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774926007973/occ20260311_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-007973

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