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Optical Cable Corp. (OCC)

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Optical Cable Corp. (OCC) reported revenue of $24 million for Q3 FY2026, the quarter ended 31 July 2026, up 22.0% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $2 million, up 515.5% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $0.21. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 9 September 2026.

Revenue$24 millionup 22.0%
Net income$2 millionup 515.5%
Diluted EPS$0.21
QuarterQ3 FY2026ended 31 July 2026

Optical Cable (OCC) in brief

Optical Cable (OCC) reported revenue of $73 million for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 October 2025, up 9.5% on the year before.
Read moreNet loss was $1 million and the diluted loss per share $0.18. Revenue was $67 million in fiscal 2024, $72 million in fiscal 2023, $69 million in fiscal 2022 and $59 million in fiscal 2021. Net income in the same years was a loss of $4 million, $2 million, a loss of $0 million and $7 million. Over the twelve months to 31 July 2026, Optical Cable reported revenue of $83 million and net income of $3 million. Revenue grew 5.7% a year, compounded, over the five years to fiscal 2025. Optical Cable had 8 million shares outstanding at the latest filed count. At 31 July 2026 it carried $9 million of debt and $0 million of cash. At the close of 30 October 2026 the market cap of Optical Cable was $94 million, 39.6 times its earnings over the last twelve months.

Ratios

From the filings

ROE17.4%
ROCE14.7%
Operating margin4.2%
Net margin3.1%
FCF margin0.5%
Interest cover3.76
Debt to equity0.61
Cash conversion0.37
Share count, last 12 months-0.3%
Sales CAGR, 3 years1.9%
Profit CAGR, 3 yearsn/a
EPS, TTM$0.29

At the close of 30 October 2026

Price$11.47
Market cap$94 million
Stock P/E39.57
Price to book6.39
EV / EBITDA24.14
Dividend yieldn/a
Market cap / sales1.14
52-week high$26.92
52-week low$4.16
Price, 1 year41.5%
Price CAGR, 3 years61.8%
Price CAGR, 5 years24.3%
Worked from the filed figures; hover a name for the formula.
Read moreThe priced ones use the latest price, the last regular-hours trade on IEX. Debt to equity here stands on the borrowing lines of Optical Cable Corp.'s balance sheet, added together, finance leases inside them only where the company puts them there; operating leases are a separate line. Nothing here is a valuation or a view.
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Daily prices to 30 October 2026, adjusted for splits; from 28 September 2026 each day's price is the last regular-hours trade on IEX.
Read moreData provided for free by IEX. By accessing or using IEX Historical Data, you agree to the IEX Historical Data Terms of Use. Day by day for the last three years; before that one point a week, carrying the week's last close and its average daily volume, so a volume bar means the same thing across the whole series; the bars sit under the price on their own scale, on the right. The moving averages need consecutive days and are drawn from the daily part. P/E is the close over the trailing four quarters' EPS as filed at each filing date, on the current share count; the dashed line is the median over the range shown. Sales and margin are quarterly revenue and the operating margin from the tables above. EV/EBITDA, price to book and market cap to sales use the latest filed balance sheet and share count at each date. Before the quarters on file begin, P/E, price to book and market cap to sales stand on each annual report from the day it was filed. Drawn in your browser; the range and overlay you pick are remembered here only.

The public record on OCC

Dividends$141,311 paid in cash dividends in FY2016
Filings13 in twelve months: 6 current reports (8-K), about 4 results of operations; 1 material agreement; 1 termination of a material agreement; 1 shareholder vote; 1 regulation FD disclosure
Planned insider sales4 Form 144 notices in twelve months, $3.5 million; latest 10 July 2026
Options tapeno listed options
13F holders43 funds reported a position for the quarter to 30 June 2026; largest Gendell Jeffrey L
Insider trading2 sales and 0 purchases on Form 4 in twelve months
Congress0 House trades disclosed in six months
Short interest568,191 shares short, 4.36 days to cover at 15 October 2026
Documentsthe 10-K, the 10-Qs, the proxy and 4 earnings press releases, each linked

Quarterly results, the last 20 quarters

Q4 FY2021Q1 FY2022Q2 FY2022Q3 FY2022Q4 FY2022Q1 FY2023Q2 FY2023Q3 FY2023Q4 FY2023Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026Q3 FY2026
Revenue15.914.417.217.420.118.319.616.917.314.916.116.219.515.717.519.919.816.422.224.3
Cost of revenue10.810.412.212.613.411.812.811.813.511.112.112.313.011.112.213.613.511.114.615.2
Gross profit5.14.05.04.86.66.56.85.13.93.74.03.96.54.65.36.36.35.47.69.1
Gross margin32%28%29%28%33%36%35%30%22%25%25%24%34%29%30%32%32%33%34%37%
SG&A4.84.85.05.05.25.55.75.05.15.15.35.25.95.55.75.76.05.66.37.0
Operating income0.2-0.8-0.0-0.21.41.01.10.1-1.3-1.4-1.3-1.30.7-0.9-0.40.60.3-0.21.32.1
Operating margin1%-5%-0%-1%7%6%6%1%-7%-9%-8%-8%3%-5%-2%3%1%-1%6%9%
Interest expense0.20.20.20.20.20.30.30.30.30.30.30.30.30.30.20.30.20.20.20.2
Pre-tax income-0.0-0.9-0.2-0.41.20.82.50.1-1.2-1.4-1.6-1.60.4-1.1-0.70.30.0-0.41.11.9
Tax raten/an/an/an/a1%4%3%-1%n/an/an/an/a-0%n/an/a1%-2%n/a0%0%
Net income-0.0-0.9-0.2-0.41.20.82.40.1-1.3-1.4-1.6-1.60.4-1.1-0.70.30.0-0.41.11.9
Net margin-0%-6%-1%-2%6%4%12%1%-7%-10%-10%-10%2%-7%-4%2%0%-2%5%8%
Diluted EPS$0.00-$0.12-$0.03 basic-$0.05 basic$0.15 basic$0.10$0.31 basic$0.01 basic-$0.17 basic-$0.18-$0.21 basic-$0.20 basic$0.05 basic-$0.14 basic-$0.09 basic$0.04 basic$0.01 basic-$0.05 basic$0.12 basic$0.21 basic
Operating cash flow2.3-1.9-1.21.30.1-0.6-0.90.60.5-0.30.40.6-1.52.70.1-2.20.81.2-2.51.5
Capital expenditure0.00.10.00.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.20.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.2
Free cash flow2.3-1.9-1.21.20.0-0.7-1.00.40.4-0.30.20.5-1.62.60.1-2.30.71.0-2.61.3
Shares outstanding8m8m8m8m8m8m8m8m8m8m8m8m8m8m8m8m8m8m8m8m
Filing10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read moreMoney is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Income statement (profit and loss), 17 fiscal years and the trailing twelve months

FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Revenue58.667.573.383.575.383.073.664.664.187.871.355.359.169.172.266.773.082.8
Cost of revenue38.743.747.052.049.454.551.844.943.360.053.041.242.948.649.948.550.454.4
Gross profit19.823.826.331.625.928.521.819.720.827.918.314.116.320.522.318.222.628.4
Gross margin33.9%35.2%35.8%37.8%34.4%34.3%29.6%30.5%32.4%31.7%25.7%25.5%27.5%29.7%30.9%27.3%30.9%34.3%
Research and developmentn/a1.01.11.31.41.41.3n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Selling, general and administrative22.324.325.227.325.027.024.020.822.026.123.419.218.220.021.221.523.024.8
Operating income-2.8-5.41.54.40.81.3-2.4-1.2-1.31.7-5.2-5.5-2.00.51.0-3.4-0.53.5
Operating margin-4.8%-8.1%2.0%5.3%1.0%1.6%-3.2%-1.9%-2.1%2.0%-7.2%-10.0%-3.3%0.7%1.4%-5.1%-0.6%4.2%
Interest expense0.70.60.60.60.50.40.40.60.50.60.50.60.70.81.21.21.00.9
Pre-tax income-2.6-5.90.93.90.30.9-2.8-1.8-1.71.1-5.7-6.16.6-0.32.2-4.2-1.42.6
Income tax-0.70.10.41.30.30.31.50.0-0.0-0.0-0.00.0-0.00.00.10.00.0-0.0
Effective tax raten/an/a46.5%32.4%126.3%30.1%n/an/an/a-1.6%n/an/a-0.3%n/a6.6%n/an/a-0.4%
Net income-1.9-5.70.72.7-0.00.7-4.3-1.8-1.71.1-5.7-6.16.6-0.32.1-4.2-1.52.6
Net margin-3.3%-8.5%0.9%3.3%-0.1%0.8%-5.8%-2.8%-2.7%1.2%-7.9%-11.1%11.2%-0.5%2.9%-6.3%-2.0%3.1%
Diluted EPS-$0.34-$0.95$0.11$0.43-$0.01$0.10-$0.69-$0.28-$0.27$0.14-$0.77-$0.83$0.87-$0.05 basic$0.26 basic-$0.54 basic-$0.18 basic$0.29
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
From each year's 10-K, linked; TTM is the last four quarters.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are. † The year as the company last restated it in a later filing; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed.

Revenue by region FY2024 to FY2025

FY2024FY2025Share
of the parts, latest year
United States52.457.879.1%
Non-US14.315.220.9%
United StatesNon-US
66.7FY202473.0FY2025

$ million; hover a block for its figure and share

From the company's 10-Ks, in its own words (latest 10-K).
Read moreEach year's figures come from the most recent 10-K that includes that year. A year is shown only where the parts add up to the revenue above. Fiscal years are labelled by the year they end in.

Cash flow and capital returned

FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Operating cash flow2.81.22.42.03.54.41.23.2-0.73.2-0.3-3.62.1-1.6-0.4-0.91.40.9
Capital expenditure0.70.51.51.53.02.83.10.60.50.70.50.10.20.30.50.40.30.5
Free cash flow2.10.60.90.50.51.6-1.92.5-1.22.5-0.8-3.72.0-1.9-0.9-1.21.10.4
Free cash flow margin3.6%0.9%1.2%0.6%0.7%1.9%-2.6%3.9%-1.9%2.9%-1.1%-6.6%3.3%-2.7%-1.3%-1.8%1.5%0.5%
Cash from investing-1.5-0.5-1.5-1.6-3.1n/a-3.2-0.7-0.6-0.7-0.6-0.2-0.2-0.31.4-0.1-0.3-0.5
Cash from financing-3.3-0.0-2.3-0.9-0.2-1.12.0-1.70.3-3.21.23.3-1.92.00.2-0.3-1.1-0.5
Depreciation and amortisation3.13.02.72.22.12.02.12.11.71.81.71.41.21.10.90.90.80.8
Share-based compensation0.90.90.91.41.01.01.10.80.82.21.00.10.30.40.60.40.40.5
Buybacks0.50.40.81.20.50.20.40.00.00.00.00.00.0n/an/an/an/an/a
Dividends paidn/an/a0.30.40.50.50.60.1n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Dividend per sharen/a$0.01$0.04$0.06$0.08$0.08$0.08$0.00$0.00n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Diluted shares, weightedn/a6m6m6mn/an/an/an/an/an/an/a7m8m8m8m8m8m9m
Shares outstanding at period endn/a6m6m6m7m7m7m7m7m8m7m8m8m8m8m8m8m8m
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
Cash paid in the year, from the cash flow statement.
Read moreThe dividend per share is as declared. Diluted shares are the weighted average for the year; a falling count is the buybacks net of issuance. TTM sums the last four quarters; the share counts are the latest quarter's.

Balance sheet at year end

FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Funded by
Shareholders' equity33.327.928.230.630.231.026.624.823.726.821.215.322.222.224.720.816.514.7
Non-controlling interestn/a-0.3-0.5-0.6-0.6-0.7-0.7n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Redeemable equityn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a0.05.19.5
Debtn/a8.48.28.07.87.57.26.96.76.45.915.18.310.511.010.98.29.0
Operating lease liabilitiesn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a0.21.51.41.4
Finance lease liabilitiesn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a0.10.10.10.1
Other liabilitiesn/a9.39.09.78.112.211.99.09.89.913.06.27.47.97.87.08.810.0
Total liabilities and equityn/a45.344.947.845.450.045.040.740.143.140.136.637.940.643.940.440.144.9
Owned
Fixed assetsn/a13.112.511.612.813.113.913.412.211.210.08.87.97.47.16.96.66.6
Intangible assetsn/a0.70.30.20.30.40.50.60.60.60.70.70.60.60.60.50.50.5
Cash and equivalents1.92.51.10.60.81.11.11.90.90.20.50.10.10.21.50.20.20.3
Receivablesn/a10.710.812.610.014.19.28.98.912.810.37.68.411.08.710.910.311.8
Inventoryn/a14.416.518.518.217.517.815.016.817.518.117.116.319.423.818.719.822.9
Other assetsn/a3.93.74.23.33.82.50.90.70.80.52.34.51.92.23.02.72.7
Total assetsn/a45.344.947.845.450.045.040.740.143.140.136.637.940.643.940.440.144.9
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
At the fiscal year end; the TTM column is the latest quarter end.
Read moreBoth totals are the company's own. Other liabilities is the filed total less the rows above it: payables, deferred revenue, taxes, borrowings the rows above do not carry and the rest; other assets is the same on the other side. Investments add the current and non-current lines as filed. Debt is the company's own stated total where it files one, otherwise its long-term debt with the current maturities, never parts added together. A row is left blank in a year where the lines shown overlap and the remainder would fall below nil.

Compounded growth

10 years5 years3 yearsTTM
Sales growth, compounded-0.1%5.7%1.9%13.9%
Profit growth, compoundedn/an/an/an/a
Return on equity, average-7.0%1.5%-6.9%-8.8%
Yearly growth, compounded; TTM is the last four quarters against the four before.
Read moreReturn on equity is net income over shareholders' equity at each year end, averaged over the window (the TTM column is the latest year alone); equity is the parent's shareholders' equity as tagged in the 10-K. Arithmetic on filed numbers, nothing forecast.

Questions

What was Optical Cable's revenue in fiscal 2025?

Optical Cable (OCC) reported revenue of $73 million for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 October 2025, up 9.5% on the year before.

How much did Optical Cable earn in fiscal 2025?

Net loss was $1 million for fiscal 2025, and the diluted loss per share $0.18.

What is Optical Cable's P/E ratio?

At the close of 30 October 2026, Optical Cable traded at 39.6 times its earnings over the twelve months to 31 July 2026.

What is Optical Cable's market cap?

The market cap of Optical Cable was $94 million at the close of 30 October 2026.

How much debt does Optical Cable have?

At 31 July 2026 Optical Cable carried $9 million of debt and $0 million of cash.

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TTM
Debt to equityDiv. yield
Corning Inc. GLW$106.2 billion49.9215.7%16.5%18.8%0.600.9%
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SunCoke Energy, Inc. SXC$962 millionn/a-9.2%-1.3%2.9%1.00n/a
Quanex Building Products Corp. NX$948 million20.906.1%6.0%1.3%0.891.5%
Nwpx Infrastructure, Inc. NWPX$942 million17.8912.2%11.8%15.9%0.06n/a
Metallus Inc. MTUS$876 million111.211.2%n/a16.1%0.00n/a
Matthews International Corp. MATW$602 millionn/a-6.0%6.3%-31.8%1.175.3%
Insteel Industries Inc. IIIN$551 million18.727.8%n/a14.2%0.003.9%
Friedman Industries Inc. FRD$304 million10.9716.6%5.3%61.8%0.580.4%
DMC Global Inc. BOOM$192 millionn/a-2.8%0.7%-1.6%0.21n/a
Optical Cable Corp. OCC$94 million39.5717.4%4.2%13.9%0.61n/a
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CompanyMarket capP/EROEOp. marginSales growth
TTM
Debt to equityDiv. yield
Corning Inc. GLW$106.2 billion49.9215.7%16.5%18.8%0.600.9%
Howmet Aerospace Inc. HWM$79.3 billion39.0035.6%28.1%22.0%0.770.3%
Nucor Corp. NUE$62.1 billion21.8313.0%n/a17.2%0.320.8%
Steel Dynamics Inc. STLD$35.7 billion18.5119.9%11.5%26.0%0.430.8%
ATI Inc. ATI$22.5 billion41.4127.7%16.5%9.4%0.93n/a
POSCO Holdings Inc. PKX *$15.0 billion28.831.2%2.1%-6.1%0.514.3%
Carpenter Technology Corp. CRS$14.0 billion24.9726.1%23.4%10.2%0.320.3%
Mueller Industries Inc. MLI$11.9 billion13.9924.6%21.5%20.8%0.001.2%
Alcoa Corp. AA$10.3 billion6.7718.5%n/a11.2%0.581.0%
Commercial Metals Co. CMC$7.1 billion10.9014.0%7.6%20.5%0.681.2%
Belden Inc. BDC$4.1 billion23.7312.7%9.0%17.7%2.190.2%
Century Aluminum Co. CENX$3.3 billion5.8243.0%n/a9.7%0.34n/a
Constellium SE CSTM$3.1 billion5.6543.0%n/a26.1%1.36n/a
Worthington Enterprises, Inc. WOR$3.1 billion18.9715.6%5.6%18.4%0.291.2%
Worthington Steel, Inc. WS$2.0 billionn/a-3.7%0.1%69.1%2.131.6%
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. KALU$1.9 billionn/an/a7.7%40.4%1.062.6%
Gibraltar Industries, Inc. ROCK$1.4 billionn/an/an/an/a1.37n/a
SunCoke Energy, Inc. SXC$962 millionn/a-9.2%-1.3%2.9%1.00n/a
Quanex Building Products Corp. NX$948 million20.906.1%6.0%1.3%0.891.5%
Nwpx Infrastructure, Inc. NWPX$942 million17.8912.2%11.8%15.9%0.06n/a
Metallus Inc. MTUS$876 million111.211.2%n/a16.1%0.00n/a
Matthews International Corp. MATW$602 millionn/a-6.0%6.3%-31.8%1.175.3%
Insteel Industries Inc. IIIN$551 million18.727.8%n/a14.2%0.003.9%
Friedman Industries Inc. FRD$304 million10.9716.6%5.3%61.8%0.580.4%
DMC Global Inc. BOOM$192 millionn/a-2.8%0.7%-1.6%0.21n/a
Optical Cable Corp. OCC$94 million39.5717.4%4.2%13.9%0.61n/a
2 companies share its SEC industry code (Drawing & Insulating Of Nonferrous Wire); the rest are the names nearest in size in its wider industry, Steel Works Etc, one of the Fama-French 48 industries, a published grouping of SEC industry codes.
Read moreBy market capitalisation; a click on a heading sorts by it, largest first, and a second click turns it round. Each figure is the same arithmetic as the ratio box above, on each company's own filings and latest close; a name marked * is a foreign company that files once a year, on its latest fiscal year.

Filings

FilingPeriodFiledWhere
10-Q31 July 20269 September 2026EDGAR
10-Q30 April 20268 June 2026EDGAR
10-Q31 January 202610 March 2026EDGAR
10-K31 October 202518 December 2025EDGAR
10-Q31 July 202511 September 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 April 20255 June 2025EDGAR
10-Q31 January 202510 March 2025EDGAR
10-K31 October 202423 December 2024EDGAR
10-Q31 July 202411 September 2024EDGAR
10-Q30 April 202410 June 2024EDGAR