secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Hour Loop, Inc (HOUR)
CIK:        0001874875
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-08-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001493152-22-022363
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hour Loop Q2 revenue up 27% to $14.8M; net loss $0.31M vs net income $0.86M YoY
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- Revenue $14.8M (+27.1% YoY); net loss $0.31M ($0.01 EPS loss) vs net income $0.86M ($0.03 EPS) a year ago.
- Gross profit margin 56.46% vs 58.38% YoY; operating expenses rose 52.8% to $8.7M on higher Amazon fees and labor.
- Cash dropped to $2.3M from $10.6M at Dec 31, 2021; inventory rose to $14.6M from $7.0M, strategically front-loaded.
- Full-year 2022 revenue guidance reaffirmed at $81M-$90M (30-45% YoY growth).
- CEO cited inflationary pressures and e-commerce traffic decline but said investments support future growth.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874875/000149315222022363/0001493152-22-022363-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874875/000149315222022363/form8-k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-022363

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