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Optical Cable Corporation

OCC

Technology · 14.67 +2.3% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

Optical Cable Corporation's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 1 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 0 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Revenue YoY+9.5%2025-10-31
Operating margin-0.6%+4.4 pts YoY
Company+2.3% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 1 activeFiber Optic Solutions · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 7 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • Higher volumes helped spread fixed manufacturing costs across more sales and lifted gross margin.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if OCC's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Technology · Communication Equipment

No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 1 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 0 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports

No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.

Evidence that challenges

No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.

What would clarify the read
  • Higher volumes helped spread fixed manufacturing costs across more sales and lifted gross margin.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 12, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations320
Usable filing statements87
Verified relationships0
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +9.5% year over year.
  • Operating margin changed +4.4 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Net margin changed +4.3 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
Evidence challenging the case

No qualifying adverse evidence was identified; that is not proof there is no downside.

Questions before a position

No credible peer-relative valuation comparison is available yet.

Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 11, 2026

14.67
6m+129.9%12m+111.0%24m
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-10-31$59.1M+7.0%
2022-10-31$69.1M+16.8%
2023-10-31$72.2M+4.5%
2024-10-31$66.7M-7.6%
2025-10-31$73.0M+9.5%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Demand and volumepositive · 5 filings
Gross profit margin for the first nine months of fiscal 2026, when compared to the same period last year, was positively impacted by higher volumes, as fixed charges were spread over higher sales—the impact of our manufacturing operating leverage.
10-Q · Sep 9, 2026
Capital investment and capacitynegative · 4 filings
The decrease in cash for the six months ended April 30, 2026 primarily resulted from net cash used in operating activities of $1.4 million and capital expenditures of $211,000, partially offset by net cash provided by financing activities of $1.5 million.
10-Q · Jun 8, 2026
Input and raw-material costspositive · 3 filings
Inventories increased largely as a result of the timing of certain raw material purchases and increases in work in process levels related to pending shipments.
10-Q · Sep 9, 2026
Credit and interest ratesmixed · 2 filings
Other expense, net for the first nine months of fiscal year 2024 is comprised of interest expense and other miscellaneous items, partially offset by gain on insurance proceeds totaling $309,000.
10-Q · Sep 11, 2025

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales · EV/sales . Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

No usable price/earnings or price/sales multiple (need a fresh price).

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

14.67+2.3% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for OCC. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Filing analysis

No comparable filing assessment is available yet

Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for OCC. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind OCC

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

OCC is currently a Leader in the organic co-movement group Fiber Optic Solutions. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. No verified filing-linked names are available yet.

This group is retained as the last observed read for OCC; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.