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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers
Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026
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| Optical Cable Corp.OCC · manufacturing | |
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| Grade |  Cmiddle fifth of 255 graded peers; percentile 48.0, sampling error 3.0 points; lower is stronger |
| Rank | 123 of 255 |
| Profitability | A/Bpercentile 20.8 |
| Solvency | Cpercentile 55.4 |
| Growth and financing | Dpercentile 69.5 |
| Reliability | 0.83 AUCfailure model, filers with $12.5M to $120M assets; 95% interval 0.79 to 0.86; 201 events, 2020 to 2025 |
| Peer failure rate | 1.07% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025 |
| Size band | $12.5M to $120M assetstotal assets $40.1M[1] |
| Standard universe | insiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2] |
| Warnings | none activenot computable: distress |
| Inputs computable | 8 of 14 |
| Graded from | filings received through Dec 18, 2025295 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date |
| Last close | $15.612026-10-08; market equity $138.0M; iex feed |
| Price used in grade | None |
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Each date opens the report as it stood on that rescan. |
Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received Dec 18, 2025; the document on sec.gov.
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.
The Fourteen Inputs [top]
Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.
| Input | Percentile, 0 to 100 | Value | Source | Peer median | Percentile | Peers | Period end |
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| Profitability, sleeve percentile 20.8 | |||||||
| Gross profitability | 56.4% | [1,3] | 21.9% | 2.6 | 275 | 2025-10-31 | |
| Return on invested capital | not computable | 9.7% | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2023-10-31; latest annual assets end 2025-10-31 | |||||||
| Accruals ratio | (7.1%) | [1,4-6] | (3.6%) | 28.3 | 308 | 2025-10-31 | |
| Gross margin stability, five years | 1.6 pts | [2-3,7-14] | 2.1 pts | 31.6 | 229 | 2025-10-31 | |
| Solvency, sleeve percentile 55.4 | |||||||
| Twelve-month failure probability | not computable | 0.04% | |||||
| latest liabilities, cash plus short-term investments, book equity, and shares are required | |||||||
| Altman Z double-prime | 3.20 | [1,15-20] | 3.66 | 48.1 | 244 | 2025-10-31 | |
| Net debt to EBITDA | not computable | 1.78x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2023-10-31; latest annual assets end 2025-10-31 | |||||||
| Interest coverage | not computable | 5.09x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2023-10-31; latest annual assets end 2025-10-31 | |||||||
| Current ratio | 1.82x | [15-16] | 2.25x | 62.7 | 325 | 2025-10-31 | |
| Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 69.5 | |||||||
| Revenue growth, three-year compound | 1.9% | [2,8,10,12] | 2.1% | 51.1 | 269 | 2025-10-31 | |
| Free cash flow growth, three-year compound | not computable | 13.9% | |||||
| current FCF must be positive and base FCF must exceed $100,000 | |||||||
| Reinvestment rate | not computable | 26.4% | |||||
| pretax income must exceed the validity floor and imply a 0%-100% tax rate | |||||||
| Asset growth, three years | (0.4%) | [1,6,21-22] | 4.4% | 69.8 | 279 | 2025-10-31 | |
| Net share issuance, one year | 7.9% | [23-24] | 0.01% | 87.6 | 243 | 2025-12-10 | |
Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.
Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.
Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.
Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.
Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.
Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.
Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite -0.032; sampling error 3.0 percentile points on 255 peers.
Among 255 Peers [top]
Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.
| Rank | Company | Percentile | Letter | Warnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | Ceco Environmental Corp. (CECO) Ceco Environmental Corp. (CECO) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 46.1 Nasdaq · Industrial & Commercial Fans & Blowers & Air Purifing Equip market equity $3.8B; last close $65.55 No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs | 46.1 | C | |
| 119 | Dnow Inc. (DNOW) Dnow Inc. (DNOW) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 46.5 NYSE · Oil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment market equity $2.8B; last close $15.65 Warnings: dilution; 8 of 14 inputs | 46.5 | C | dilution |
| 120 | Symbotic Inc. (SYM) Symbotic Inc. (SYM) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 46.9 Nasdaq · General Industrial Machinery & Equipment, NEC market equity $25.4B; last close $42.04 Warnings: late filer; 7 of 14 inputs | 46.9 | C | late filer |
| 121 | Zebra Technologies Corp. (ZBRA) Zebra Technologies Corp. (ZBRA) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 47.2 Nasdaq · General Industrial Machinery & Equipment market equity $18.1B; last close $382.25 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 47.2 | C | |
| 122 | Nordson Corp. (NDSN) Nordson Corp. (NDSN) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 47.6 Nasdaq · General Industrial Machinery & Equipment, NEC market equity $18.2B; last close $326.92 No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs | 47.6 | C | |
| 123 | Optical Cable Corp. (OCC) Optical Cable Corp. (OCC) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 48.0 Nasdaq · Drawing & Insulating of Nonferrous Wire market equity $138.9M; last close $15.61 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 48.0 | C | |
| 124 | TransDigm Group Inc. (TDG) TransDigm Group Inc. (TDG) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 48.4 NYSE · Aircraft Parts & Auxiliary Equipment, NEC market equity $60.2B; last close $1,089.14 No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs | 48.4 | C | |
| 125 | Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. (MEC) Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. (MEC) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 48.8 NYSE · Metal Forgings & Stampings market equity $389.4M; last close $15.29 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 48.8 | C | |
| 126 | Hyliion Holdings Corp. (HYLN) Hyliion Holdings Corp. (HYLN) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 49.2 NYSE · Truck & Bus Bodies market equity $673.3M; last close $3.75 Warnings: short runway, fortress balance sheet; 8 of 14 inputs | 49.2 | C | short runway, fortress balance sheet |
| 127 | Gates Industrial Corp. Ltd. (GTES) Gates Industrial Corp. Ltd. (GTES) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 49.6 NYSE · General Industrial Machinery & Equipment market equity $6.8B; last close $26.73 No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs | 49.6 | C | |
| 128 | Arcosa, Inc. (ACA) Arcosa, Inc. (ACA) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 50.0 NYSE · Fabricated Structural Metal Products market equity $7.2B; last close $146.52 No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs | 50.0 | C |
| Peer policy | Letter | Percentile | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| all graded filers, equal sleeves | B/C | 39.8 | 2204 |
| sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade) | C | 48.0 | 255 |
| same exchange, equal sleeves | B/C | 41.4 | 1219 |
| sector peers, equal inputs | C | 49.2 | 255 |
Each letter is one fifth of the 255 graded peers, about 51 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.
What the Price Implies [top]
Market measures at the 2026-10-08 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.
| Measure | Value | Peer median | Percentile | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month | 65.3% | 13.7% | 83 | hotter than 83 of 100 peers |
| Distance from 52-week high | (41.6%) | (24.3%) | 21 | closer to its high than 21 of 100 peers |
| EBIT to enterprise value | (0.3%) | 4.1% | 18 | pricier than 82 of 100 peers |
| Free cash flow yield | 0.8% | 3.4% | 26 | pricier than 74 of 100 peers |
| Book value to price | 0.11 | 0.34 | 11 | pricier than 89 of 100 peers |
| Sales to price | 0.53 | 0.54 | 47 | pricier than 53 of 100 peers |
| Composite equity issuance, five years | 16.0% | (9.5%) | 79 | more equity-funded than 79 of 100 peers |
| Relative strength against the sector, log excess return | 0.37 | (0.00) | 83 | ahead of 83 of 100 peers |
Inputs: market equity $138.9M; EBIT -$450,332; free cash flow $1.1M; book equity $14.7M; sales $73.0M; debt $2.7M; cash $297,193[25].
Diagnostics [top]
Diagnostics do not feed the grade.
| Piotroski F-score: None of 9, period end 2025-10-31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Return on assets above zero | (3.6%) | ✗ fail[4,6] |
| Operating cash flow above zero | $1.4M | ✓ pass[5] |
| Return on assets improved | 6.0 pts | ✓ pass[4,6,21,26] |
| Operating cash flow exceeds net income | $2.9M | ✓ pass[4-5] |
| Long-term leverage fell | n/a[1,6,21] | |
| Current ratio improved | (19.6 pts) | ✗ fail[15-16,27-28] |
| No new shares issued | 7.9% | ✗ fail[23-24] |
| Gross margin improved | 3.6 pts | ✓ pass[2-3,7-8] |
| Asset turnover improved | 29.0 pts | ✓ pass[2,6,8,21] |
| Cash, filings, liquidity | |
|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $297,193[29] |
| Operating cash flow, four quarters | $944,965[5,29-33] |
| Months of runway | not finite |
| trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite | |
| Late filings, two years | 0 |
| NT 10-K or NT 10-Q | |
| Days since last periodic filing | 30 |
| 10-Q received Sep 9, 2026 | |
| Median daily dollar volume | $2.6M |
| 63 sessions | |
| Days since newest grade input | 295 |
Downloads [top]
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Sources [top]
Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.
| # | Concept | XBRL tag | Value | Period end | Received | Form | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $40.1M | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-18 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 2 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax | $73.0M | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-18 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 3 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $22.6M | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-18 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 4 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | -$1.5M | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-18 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 5 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $1.4M | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-18 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 6 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $40.4M | 2024-10-31 | 2025-12-18 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 7 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $18.2M | 2024-10-31 | 2025-12-18 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 8 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax | $66.7M | 2024-10-31 | 2025-12-18 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 9 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $22.3M | 2023-10-31 | 2024-12-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 10 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax | $72.2M | 2023-10-31 | 2024-12-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 11 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $20.5M | 2022-10-31 | 2023-12-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 12 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax | $69.1M | 2022-10-31 | 2023-12-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 13 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $16.3M | 2021-10-31 | 2023-12-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 14 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax | $59.1M | 2021-10-31 | 2023-12-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 15 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $30.8M | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-18 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 16 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $16.9M | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-18 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 17 | retained earnings | us-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit | $763,213 | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-18 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 18 | operating income | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | -$450,332 | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-18 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 19 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $16.5M | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-18 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 20 | liabilities | us-gaap:Liabilities | $18.5M | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-18 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 21 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $43.9M | 2023-10-31 | 2024-12-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 22 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $40.6M | 2022-10-31 | 2023-12-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 23 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 8,870,070 | 2025-12-10 | 2025-12-18 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 24 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 8,220,344 | 2024-12-12 | 2024-12-23 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 25 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 8,842,024 | 2026-09-02 | 2026-09-09 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 26 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | -$4.2M | 2024-10-31 | 2025-12-18 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 27 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $30.6M | 2024-10-31 | 2025-12-18 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 28 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $15.1M | 2024-10-31 | 2025-12-18 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 29 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $297,193 | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-09 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 30 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $147,635 | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-09 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 31 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | -$1.4M | 2026-04-30 | 2026-06-08 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 32 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $1.2M | 2026-01-31 | 2026-03-10 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 33 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $616,745 | 2025-07-31 | 2026-09-09 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
Limitations [top]
Grade boundary. Percentile 48.0 is 8.0 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 3.0 points.
Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.
Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.
Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.
Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.
Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.
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