secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     OPTICAL CABLE CORP (OCC)
CIK:        0001000230
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-11T20:15:22+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-26-030174
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

OCC Q3 FY26 net sales up 22% to $24.3M; EPS $0.21 vs $0.04; backlog $13.5M
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- Net sales $24.3M (+22.0% YoY); gross profit $9.1M (+43.9%); gross margin 37.4% vs 31.7%.
- Q3 net income $1.9M ($0.21/share) vs $302k ($0.04/share) a year ago; 9-month EPS $0.28 vs $0.19 loss.
- Sales backlog/forward load $13.5M at July 31, 2026 vs $7.3M a year earlier; up from $13.3M at April 30.
- US Q3 sales +20.3%, international +28.8%; inventories $22.9M and trade receivables $11.8M at quarter end.
- CEO cites robust demand in enterprise, data center and specialty markets driving growth.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774926030174/0001437749-26-030174-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774926030174/occ20260910_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-030174

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