---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001753926-23-001481"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLRO"
cik: "0000840715"
company_name: "CLEARONE INC"
filed_at: "2023-11-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T04:22:47.267475+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "low"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ClearOne reports Q3 2023 results; opEx down 16% YoY, backlog reduced on production ramp

## Summary
- Operating expenses down 3% sequentially and 16% year-over-year from cost optimization.
- Cash and investments approximately $20.0 million as of September 30, 2023.
- Production output increased to pre-transition levels; manufacturing transition from China to Singapore expected to complete by Q4.
- New products launched: BMA 360D Dante microphone array and DIALOG UVHF wireless mic system (award winner).
- Expects top-line improvements in Q4 2023 as shipments of new products ramp.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001753926-23-001481
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLRO
- cik: 0000840715
- company_name: CLEARONE INC
- filed_at: 2023-11-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: low
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/840715/000175392623001481/0001753926-23-001481-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/840715/000175392623001481/clro-20231114.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001753926-23-001481
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001753926-23-001481.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CLEARONE INC reported financial results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2023.
  - Period: the three-month period ended September 30, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: ClearOne, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/840715/000175392623001481/0001753926-23-001481-index.htm

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