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Optical Cable Corporation

$OCC·$127M·Communication Equipment·Technology
$14.68+1.8%YTD+222.4%1Y+183.1%
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2026-07-20: 3 posts2026-07-21: 5 posts2026-07-22: 11 posts2026-07-23: 12 posts2026-07-24: 4 posts2026-07-25: 2 posts2026-07-26: 2 posts40+12%
Price updated 14m ago·X counts updated 16h ago
OCOCC
$OCCOptical Cable Corporation
$14.68+1.84%40 posts+12%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $OCC, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

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Driven by hypeCooling offAI verdict · as of 2026-07-26

Catching its breath after a run — could pick back up or fade from here.

Optical Cable is up 183% over 12 months on hyperscaler-fiber spend — down 8.6% today, into 9/10 earnings.

Optical Cable Corporation is a small-cap ($127M) fiber-optic-cable manufacturer — data-center interconnect, industrial, and defense applications, benefiting from hyperscaler AI-infra fiber spend. Up 183% over 12 months and 222% YTD at $14.41, this is a hot-momentum micro-cap cooling from an extended run.

The setup is a niche fiber-optic name riding the AI-infra rotation:

  • Revenue growth is real: Q3 fiscal 2026 revenue grew 26.6% YoY to $22.2M with a 34% gross margin and 5.9% operating margin — the top-line trajectory is inflecting, and the Q3 EPS $0.12 vs a negative Q2 shows the operational recovery.
  • The AI-fiber theme is a real tailwind: OCC is being grouped with AXTI/MRAM/LASE as beneficiaries of hyperscaler spend, and the RELL earnings beat provides positive read-across for unusual-volume signals.
  • The insider tape is loud: multiple officer sales in late June/early July totaling ~$1.5M (Smith $283K + $704, Wilkin $84K, Weber $470K) — that's a distribution cluster into strength.

At 43% of the 52-week range and 12% below the 50-day, the tape is cooling from a hot 183% run. Q4 fiscal earnings on 9/10 is the referee — continued 25%+ revenue growth plus a hyperscaler-order commentary restarts the trade; a soft AI-infra print or a competitive-fiber comment cools the trade despite the run.

Agrees with X sentimentX is right on OCC being grouped with AXTI/MRAM/LASE as hyperscaler-spend beneficiaries, the RELL-earnings-beat positive read-across, and the swing-trade framing working. The 'weaker single-day networking print alongside AAOI/AEHR/CIEN' concern is a fair partial disagreement — the setup is real but volatile.

What to watch: 9/10 Q4 fiscal earnings — continued 25%+ revenue growth plus hyperscaler-order commentary restarts the trade; a soft AI-infra print or competitive-fiber comment cools the trade.

On the calendar: 2026-09-10 — Q4 fiscal earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-25

Optical Cable Corporation trades at $17.20 versus subscriber entries at $14.75 the prior day, and posters group it with AXTI, MRAM and LASE as beneficiaries of hyperscaler spend. A weaker single-day networking print alongside AAOI, AEHR and CIEN prompts questions but the swing trade is working, and a RELL earnings beat provides a positive read-across for unusual-volume signals.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Manufactures fiber optic and copper cabling solutions for enterprise, industrial, and military data communications infrastructure.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Communication Equipment sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $OCC.

Communication Equipment · Technology

No material change from last week — Lumentum pre-breakout setup unchanged as hyperscaler 400G/800G AI rack buildout continues structurally consuming optical transceiver and DWDM capacity into 2H26.

What this means for $OCC

Neutral — Manufactures fiber optic and copper cabling solutions for enterprise, industrial, and military data communications infrastructure; limited read-through from communication equipment macro dynamics to this specific revenue mix.

Top industry ETF

$IYZiShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF
+18.5%YTD
+33.5%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
205.9How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
5.6%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
2.5%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-1.5%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
2.6Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
4.7%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
32.7%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.5Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026Jun 8, 2026$0.12——
Q4 2025Mar 10, 2026$-0.05——
Q3 2025Dec 18, 2025$0.01——
Q2 2025Sep 11, 2025$0.04——
Next earningsThu, Sep 10

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$22.2M+26.6%34.2%5.9%$0.12$-2.6M
Q1 FY26$16.4M+4.4%32.7%-1.2%$-0.04$1.0M
Q4 FY25$19.8M+1.8%31.9%1.4%$0.01$719K
Q3 FY25$19.9M+22.8%31.7%2.8%$0.04$-2.3M

Forward consensus

2-year forecast · up to 1 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$77.0M$77.0M – $77.0M$0.30$0.30 – $0.301
FY27$82.0M$82.0M – $82.0M$0.41$0.41 – $0.411

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.3×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.43%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-12.2%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+47.6%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

β0.545-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJul 9Tracy G SmithCFO16.5K sh$283KSellJun 30Tracy G SmithCFO32 sh$704SellJun 30Neil D WilkinCEO4.1K sh$85KSellJun 29Craig H WeberDirector23.7K sh$470KSellJun 29Neil D WilkinCEO5.9K sh$122KSellJun 23Craig H WeberDirector739 sh$17KSellJun 22Craig H WeberDirector1.7K sh$38KSellJun 16Randall H FrazierDirector10.0K sh$210KSellJun 11Randall H FrazierDirector35.0K sh$866K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KAgreement terminatedMay 68-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 1.02: Agreement terminated
AI summary

Optical Cable Corporation entered into a new Business Loan Agreement with Freedom First Federal Credit Union on April 30, 2026, consisting of a $2,650,000 Promissory Note secured by a Deed of Trust on Virginia real estate. Simultaneously, OCC paid off its existing Virginia Real Estate Loan with Northeast Bank (maturing May 5, 2026, at Prime Rate, minimum 8.5% p.a.), terminating that prior facility. The new loan refinances OCC's real estate debt with a local credit union ahead of the prior loan's maturity. This is a material refinancing — replacing a floating-rate bank loan with a new $2.65M facility, potentially on more favorable terms, with direct balance sheet impact.

8-KShareholder voteApr 18-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
+ 6 other (2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 10-Qs · 1 SD · 1 proxy) in window

Recent news

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