Optical Cable Corporation is classed by the SEC under Drawing & Insulating of Nonferrous Wire (industry code 3357), based in Roanoke, VA. Its latest filed balance sheet (2025-10-31) shows total assets of $42 million (its filed statements).
Product businessDrawing & Insulating of Nonferrous WireRoanoke, VAfilings since 19969 of 9 filed
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a product business: prior from its industry code (SEC 3357, Drawing & Insulating of Nonferrous Wire); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 4.4 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 2.4 out of ten, present 5.4 out of ten, future 5.0 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
Surviving crises (past): 1.6 out of ten. 2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-12-23. 16th percentile among 31 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Track record (past): 3.0 out of ten. +1.6% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 3 of 9. 30th percentile among 29 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Shareholder treatment (past): 2.3 out of ten. Share count grew 2.3% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 62 sales, 0 purchases. 23rd percentile among 25 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Financial health (present): 4.7 out of ten. ROE -9%: lost 9¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 59%: owes 59¢ per asset dollar. 47th percentile among 30 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Industry position (present): 3.7 out of ten. bottom 37% of 28 in its family; net margin -2%. 37th percentile among 28 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Leadership (present): 9.4 out of ten. top 6% of 21 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2006. 94th percentile among 21 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
Room to expand (future): 5.4 out of ten. top 46% of 27 in its family for room to expand. 54th percentile among 27 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Growth drivers (future): 5.3 out of ten. top 47% of 29 in its family for growth drivers. 53rd percentile among 29 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Expectations vs reality (future): 3.8 out of ten. bottom 37% of 26 in its family for expectations against reality. 37th percentile among 26 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2025-12-18 for the period ended 2025-10-31 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-09-09 for the period ended 2026-07-31 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-09-11 for the period ended 2026-09-09 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 8-K, 2026-09-11. Filings on record since 1996. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Where the revenue comes from
By geography: United States 79%, Outside the United States 21%. As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2025-12-18).
Who runs it
Wilkin, Neil D Jr (Chairman, President and CEO); Smith, Tracy G (EVP and CFO); Frazier, Randall H (director); Weber, Craig H (director); Holland, John M (director); Nygren, John A Jr (director). 6 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-09-30.
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