secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     VIRCO MFG CORPORATION (VIRC)
CIK:        0000751365
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-06-10T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-22-016800
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Virco Q1 revenue up 13% to $32.1M; backlog hits record $144.4M; net loss widens to $0.32/sh
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- Net sales $32.1M (+13% YoY); net loss $5.1M ($0.32/sh) vs $3.9M loss ($0.25/sh) prior year.
- Gross margin improved to 30.3% from 27.1%, helped by 45% increase in factory output.
- Shipments + Backlog at May 31, 2022 reached $144.4M, a record, up 35% YoY and 20% above prior record.
- Renegotiated public contracts for bi-annual price adjustments to offset inflation; expects positive margin impact.
- Increased legal expenses for IP enforcement and special committee related to rejected acquisition proposal.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/751365/000162828022016800/0001628280-22-016800-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/751365/000162828022016800/virc-20220610.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-016800

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