All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-12-23.
From the record
Optical Cable Corporation's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2024-12-23); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2024-04-30) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+1.6% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 3 of 9.
From the record
Optical Cable Corporation's 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $64 million in fiscal 2017 to $73 million in fiscal 2025, up 1.6% a year; it rose in 5 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 37% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 3 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count grew 2.3% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 62 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-10-31, Optical Cable Corporation's diluted share count grew about 2.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 62 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE -9%: lost 9¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 59%: owes 59¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-10-31, Optical Cable Corporation lost about 9 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 56 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 59 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 3.8% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 36% of 28 in its family; net margin -2%.
From the record
Optical Cable Corporation's standing among 28 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $73 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 17% by size; a net margin of -2% ranks in the bottom 28%; revenue growth of 1.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 37% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 6% of 21 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2006.
From the record
Optical Cable Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Wilkin, Neil D Jr (Chairman, President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2006-01-31, 20.8 years (top 11% of its family); the 6 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 20.4 years (top 2%); no officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 6 people in charge now (top 4%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 46% of 27 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Optical Cable Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $238 thousand against no long-term debt tagged leaves 0.6% of its assets as net cash, top 45% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 1.5% of revenue (bottom 28%); a gross margin of 30.9% (top 20%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 47% of 29 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Optical Cable Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 1.9% a year over the last three filed years against 1.6% over all 9, speeding up (top 23% of its family); the newest year grew 9.6% (bottom 41%); research spending grew 0% a year (top 47%); capital spending grew 1.8% a year (bottom 41%) (its annual reports). Optical Cable Corporation tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 37% of 26 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Optical Cable Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $73 million in fiscal 2025 came in 11.5% above the $66 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 40% of its family); net income of $1 million against a prior three-year average of $830 thousand (bottom 28%); a net margin of -2% against -1.3% before (bottom 44%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made