OPTICAL CABLE CORP
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SEC XBRL · annual| FY25 | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 | FY21 | FY20 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $15.7M | $14.9M | $18.3M | $14.4M | $59.1M | $55.3M |
| Operating income | −$852,352 | −$1.4M | $1.0M | −$753,400 | −$2.0M | −$5.5M |
| Net income | −$1.1M | −$1.4M | $809,984 | −$347,091 | $6.6M | −$6.1M |
| Total assets | $40.1M | $40.4M | $43.9M | $40.6M | $37.9M | $36.6M |
| Total liabilities | $18.5M | $19.5M | $19.2M | $18.4M | $15.7M | $21.3M |
| Equity | $16.5M | $20.8M | $24.7M | $22.2M | $22.2M | $15.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $-0.14 | $-0.18 | $0.10 | $-0.12 | $0.87 | $-0.83 |
| Shares out. | 8.9M | 8.2M | 7.9M | 7.9M | 7.9M | 7.5M |
Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.
Key ratios
from filings · FY2025- Operating margin
- −5.4%
- Net margin
- −7.0%
- Return on equity
- −6.7%
- Return on assets
- −2.8%
- Return on capital (ROCE)
- −3.7%
- Liabilities / assets
- 46.1%
- Debt / equity
- 1.12×
- Book value / share
- $1.86
- Revenue growth (YoY)
- 6.0%
- Net income growth (YoY)
- —
Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.
Financial health
forensic scores · FY2025- Altman Z″ (distress)
- 3.13safe
- Accruals / assets
- −6.3%clean
- Piotroski F-Score
- 6/9mixed
Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
Quality score
EDS ScoreOur own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast. What these scores mean →
Signs
● 2 warning● 5 good- Operating losses (negative operating margin)
- Reported a net loss
- Revenue is growing year-over-year
- Conservative leverage (liabilities < 50% of assets)
- Positive operating cash flow
- Clean earnings (low accruals)
- Altman Z″ in the safe zone
Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
5%+ owners
SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs- Lightera, LlcPassive (13G)Jul 18, 2025
- Weschler, R. TedPassive (13G)May 15, 2025
Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.
Insider transactions
SEC Form 4 · most recent| Insider | Date | Type | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holland John MDirector | May 3, 2026 | Tax withholding | 2,513 | $11.00 |
| Weber Craig HDirector | May 3, 2026 | Tax withholding | 1,993 | $11.00 |
| Smith Tracy GOfficer — SVP and CFO | Jan 31, 2026 | Tax withholding | 4,341 | $4.93 |
| Wilkin Neil D JrOfficer — Chairman, President and CEO | Jan 31, 2026 | Tax withholding | 8,000 | $4.93 |
| Nygren John A JrDirector | May 2, 2025 | Grant | 9,057 | $0.00 |
| Weber Craig HDirector | May 2, 2025 | Grant | 9,057 | $0.00 |
| Frazier Randall HDirector | May 2, 2025 | Grant | 9,057 | $0.00 |
| Holland John MDirector | May 2, 2025 | Grant | 9,057 | $0.00 |
| Wilkin Neil D JrOfficer — Chairman, President and CEO | Jan 31, 2025 | Tax withholding | 4,345 | $4.93 |
| Smith Tracy GOfficer — SVP and CFO | Jan 31, 2025 | Tax withholding | 2,624 | $4.93 |
| Wilkin Neil D JrOfficer — Chairman, President and CEO | Oct 7, 2024 | Grant | 3,500 | $3.00 |
| Frazier Randall HDirector | Oct 7, 2024 | D | 3,500 | $3.00 |
Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.
Short interest
FINRA · bi-monthly| Settlement | Shares short | Days to cover | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2026 | 292,792 | 1.0 | +21.0% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 241,915 | 1.0 | +66.1% |
| Apr 15, 2026 | 145,654 | 1.0 | +162.1% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 55,563 | 1.0 | +19.2% |
| Mar 13, 2026 | 46,617 | 1.0 | -4.5% |
Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.
Material events
SEC Form 8-K · most recent- Entered a material agreement · Terminated a material agreementMay 6, 2026
- Shareholder vote · Regulation FD disclosureApr 1, 2026
- Results of operationsMar 12, 2026
- Results of operationsDec 19, 2025
- Results of operationsSep 16, 2025
- Entered a material agreement · Unregistered equity saleJul 10, 2025
- Results of operationsJun 6, 2025
- Shareholder voteMar 26, 2025
Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.
Recent SEC filings
All filings ↗- SDFORM SDMay 22, 2026
- 8-KFORM 8-KMay 6, 2026
- 4FORM 4May 4, 2026
- 4FORM 4May 4, 2026
- 8-KFORM 8-KApr 1, 2026
- 8-KFORM 8-KMar 12, 2026
- 10-QFORM 10-QMar 10, 2026
- DEF 14AFORM DEF 14AFeb 27, 2026
- 4FORM 4Feb 3, 2026
- 4FORM 4Feb 3, 2026
- 8-KFORM 8-KDec 19, 2025
- S-8FORM S-8Dec 18, 2025
- 10-KFORM 10-KDec 18, 2025
- 8-KFORM 8-KSep 16, 2025
- 10-QFORM 10-QSep 11, 2025
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