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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001641172-25-001475"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NSYS"
cik: "0000722313"
company_name: "NORTECH SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T02:39:55.260859+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nortech Systems Q4 net sales $28.6M, net loss $1.5M; defense delay cited

## Summary
- Net sales $28.6M (-20.6% YoY); net loss $1.5M vs $4.4M profit in Q4 2023.
- Adjusted EBITDA loss of $585K; full-year 2024 net loss $1.3M vs $6.9M profit.
- Defense customer approval delays for facility transfers from closed Blue Earth plant impacted Q4 sales.
- 90-day backlog $26.5M; majority of approval backlog expected to clear in Q2 2025.
- Restructuring consolidates North American footprint; fiber optics R&D investment ongoing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001641172-25-001475
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NSYS
- cik: 0000722313
- company_name: NORTECH SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/722313/000164117225001475/0001641172-25-001475-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/722313/000164117225001475/form8-k.htm

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