---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-23-001538"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LPTH"
cik: "0000889971"
company_name: "LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T21:14:52.055000+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LightPath Q2 revenue $8.5M (-8% YoY); backlog record $29.4M; gross margin expands to 38%

## Summary
- Net loss narrowed to $694K ($0.03/share) from $1.1M YoY; EBITDA positive $207K vs -$41K.
- Backlog hit $29.4M (+34% YoY) driven by $4M European supply agreement and $2.5M military IR order.
- Launched Mantis, first multispectral IR camera; BD6 glass qualified by ESA for space use.
- Post-quarter secondary offering raised ~$10M for capacity expansion, debt reduction.
- Infrared revenue fell 21% to $4.0M due to contract timing; PMO revenue flat at $3.9M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-23-001538
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LPTH
- cik: 0000889971
- company_name: LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889971/000165495423001538/0001654954-23-001538-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889971/000165495423001538/lpth_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES INC reported fiscal 2023 second quarter ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $8.5 million, net income Net loss for the second quarter of fiscal 2023 was $694,000.
  - Period: fiscal 2023 second quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $8.5 million
  - Net income: Net loss for the second quarter of fiscal 2023 was $694,000
  - Result: reported results
  source text: standing, reduce our quarterly interest expense and set the stage for growth.” 1 Fiscal 2023 Second Quarter Highlights: · Revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2023 of $8.5 million · Total backlog at December 31, 2022 of $29.4 million, the highest in many years for the end of a quarter · Net loss for the second quarter of fiscal 2023 was $694,000 · EBITDA*
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889971/000165495423001538/0001654954-23-001538-index.htm

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