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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-25-021501"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVV"
cik: "0000766792"
company_name: "CVD EQUIPMENT CORP"
filed_at: "2025-11-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T22:48:02.660698+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CVD Equipment Q3 net income $384k; revenue down 9.6%; announces cost-cutting plan to save $2M/year

## Summary
- Q3 revenue $7.4M (-9.6% YoY); net income $384k ($0.06 EPS) vs $203k ($0.03 EPS) year ago.
- Gross margin improved to 32.7% from 21.5% on better contract mix.
- Orders $2.2M; backlog fell to $8.0M from $13.2M at June 30.
- Board approved transformation: move to outsourced fabrication; workforce reduction in CVD Equipment division expected to save ~$2M annually in FY2026.
- Estimated severance charges of ~$0.1M; plan completion by Dec 31, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-25-021501
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVV
- cik: 0000766792
- company_name: CVD EQUIPMENT CORP
- filed_at: 2025-11-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766792/000149315225021501/0001493152-25-021501-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766792/000149315225021501/form8-k.htm

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