{
  "url": "https://struct.news/briefs/occs-margins-widened-inventory-absorbed-the-cash",
  "title": "OCC's margins widened. Inventory absorbed the cash.",
  "summary": "Optical Cable turned $24.3 million of nine-month sales into $1.9 million of profit, but just $147,600 of operating cash.",
  "published_at": "2026-09-09T17:02:40.986654+00:00",
  "publisher": "Struct",
  "usage": "Figures are as reported by the company. Quote with attribution to the source filing.",
  "company": {
    "name": "Optical Cable Corporation",
    "ticker": "OCC",
    "cik": "1437749",
    "sector": "Technology",
    "industry": "Communication Equipment"
  },
  "source_filing": {
    "form": "10-Q",
    "filed": "2026-09-09",
    "accession": "0001437749-26-029950",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774926029950/occ20260731_10q.htm"
  },
  "comparison_filing": {
    "form": "10-Q",
    "filed": "2025-09-11",
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774925028857/occ20250731_10q.htm"
  },
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      "group": "The filing in three numbers",
      "label": "Revenue",
      "value": 73038213,
      "display": "$73.0M",
      "unit": "usd",
      "period": "2025-10-31",
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        "filing_date": "2026-09-09"
      }
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    {
      "group": "The filing in three numbers",
      "label": "Revenue YoY",
      "value": 9.545106863761287,
      "display": "+9.5%",
      "unit": "percent",
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      "detail": null,
      "source": {
        "kind": "jodie_calculation",
        "label": "Calculated from filed company results",
        "form": "10-Q",
        "accession": "0001437749-26-029950",
        "filing_date": "2026-09-09"
      }
    },
    {
      "group": "The filing in three numbers",
      "label": "Operating margin",
      "value": -0.6165703971974232,
      "display": "-0.6%",
      "unit": "percent",
      "period": "2025-10-31",
      "detail": null,
      "source": {
        "kind": "jodie_calculation",
        "label": "Calculated from filed company results",
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        "accession": "0001437749-26-029950",
        "filing_date": "2026-09-09"
      }
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  ],
  "watch_next": [
    {
      "type": "demand",
      "statement": "Higher volumes helped spread fixed manufacturing costs across more sales and lifted gross margin.",
      "importance": "medium",
      "evidence": "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.",
      "source_date": "2026-09-09"
    }
  ],
  "related_tickers": [
    "OCC"
  ],
  "disclaimer": "Descriptive reporting of filed results. Not investment advice, and contains no forecast or recommendation."
}