Drawing & Insulating of Nonferrous Wire · SIC 3357

OPTICAL CABLE CORP

OCC

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Latest revenue

$16.4M

as of 2026-01-31

Latest net income

$-397.5K

as of 2026-01-31

Net margin

-2.4%

as of 2026-01-31

Price · 5Y

+30.5% / yr 16.7 pts / yr vs S&P 500 276.8% total
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delayed ≤15 min
$12.63
16.47%
Market cap
$111.5M
Enterprise value
$111.5M
P/E (trailing)
Forward P/E
P/B
Dividend yield
0.0%
52-wk high
$13.95
52-wk low
$2.44
Beta
Shares out
8.8M

5-year trend

What this company does

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Item 1. BUSINESS Overview Optical Cable Corporation was incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1983. We are headquartered at 5290 Concourse Drive, Roanoke, Virginia 24019 and our telephone number is (540) 265-0690. Optical Cable Corporation, together with our wholly owned subsidiaries, including Applied Optical Systems, Inc. (“AOS”), has offices, manufacturing and warehouse facilities located in Roanoke, Virginia, near Asheville, North Carolina and near Dallas, Texas. Optical Cable Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company” or “OCC®”) is a leading manufacturer of a broad range of fiber optic and copper data communication cabling and connectivity solutions…

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Generated from OCC's filing dated 2025-12-18

Key risks

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Item 1A. RISK FACTORS Item 1A. Risk Factors is not a required disclosure for a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Certain risk factors that may adversely affect the Company, the Company’s future results of operations and future financial condition, and future market valuation of the Company are mentioned under “Forward-Looking Information” included in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the Company’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2025 (filed as Exhibit 13.1 to this report on Form 10-K), and in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

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Generated from OCC's filing dated 2025-12-18

Profitability

Gross margin

30.9%

13.3%

Operating margin

-0.6%

87.8%

Net margin

-2.0%

68.5%

Return on equity

-8.8%

56.4%

Return on assets

-3.6%

65.2%

Leverage

Debt / equity

1.43×

52.4%

Long-term debt / equity

0.00×

100.0%

Debt / assets

58.8%

21.6%

Earnings tracker

QuarterRevenueYoYNet incomeYoYNet margin

Q1 2026

2026-01-31

$16.4M+4.4%$-397.5K+64.1%-2.4%

Q4 2025

2025-10-31

$19.8M+1.8%$48.6K-87.0%0.2%

Q3 2025

2025-07-31

$19.9M+22.8%$301.9K+119.4%1.5%

Q2 2025

2025-04-30

$17.5M+8.9%$-697.9K+56.4%-4.0%

Q1 2025

2025-01-31

$15.7M+6.0%$-1.1M+22.3%-7.0%

Q4 2024

2024-10-31

$19.5M$373.5K1.9%

Q3 2024

2024-07-31

$16.2M-4.2%$-1.6M-1644.6%-9.6%

Q2 2024

2024-04-30

$16.1M$-1.6M-9.9%

Year-over-year change vs the same fiscal quarter one year prior. Revenue + net income sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K filings — no analyst-consensus dependency.

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Insider activity

Insider buying

$0

Insider selling

$0

Net activity

+$0

Distinct insiders

0

Open-market trades over the last 365 days.

Recent transactions

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue

Source: SEC Form 4 filings. Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners must disclose share transactions within two business days. RSU grants and tax-withholding rows are excluded by default — compensation activity is not a trading signal.

Who owns OCC

Institutional value

$6.3M

Total shares held

824.0K

Distinct holders

19

-14 vs prior

As of

2026-03-31

Prior: 2025-12-31

Filers with $100M+ AUM disclose holdings 45 days after quarter end.

Top institutional holders

#ManagerSharesValueQoQ changeAction
1VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC211.5K$1.7MNew
2DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP168.2K$1.4M-100.7K (-37.5%)Trimmed
3SEI INVESTMENTS CO91.4K$753.8KNew
4EAM Investors, LLC75.1K$619.4KNew
5JANE STREET GROUP, LLC54.8K$451.9K+7.7K (+16.3%)Added
6BlackRock, Inc.37.3K$308.1K-396 (-1.0%)Trimmed
7Legacy Financial Advisors, Inc.33.4K$275.5K-10.0K (-23.0%)Trimmed
8VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO32.5K$268.1KNew
9UBS Group AG22.4K$185.2K+13.6K (+154.3%)Added
10Clearstead Advisors, LLC17.9K$147.7K+0 (+0.0%)No change
11MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP12.5K$103.3KNew
12Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC4.2K$34.4KNew
13WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN1.0K$8.3K+0 (+0.0%)No change
14Geneos Wealth Management Inc.828$6.8K+300 (+56.8%)Added
15SBI Securities Co., Ltd.120$990+0 (+0.0%)No change
16GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP32.7K$270+12.6K (+62.3%)Added
17SHIKIAR ASSET MANAGEMENT INC28.1K$232+3.5K (+14.4%)Added
18CITIGROUP INC1$8+0 (+0.0%)No change
19Caitong International Asset Management Co., Ltd1$8New

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR. Positions aggregated across sub-managers within each firm. Options (puts/calls) excluded — common stock only.

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