profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Optical Cable
$11.01-3.84% today
+39.9% in 1 year
1-year low $4.161-year high $26.92
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Optical Cable sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $69.1 million in 2022 to $73.0 million in 2025, with -$1.45 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Optical Cable vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optical Cable | No profit yet | ||
 Cisco | 30.3× · Expensive | ||
 Foxconn Industrial Internet | 24.4× · Fair price | ||
 Zhongji Innolight | 55.5× · Expensive | ||
 Motorola Solutions | 40.7× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Optical Cable's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | 72 | 67 | 73 | |
| 21 | 22 | 18 | 23 | |
| 0 | 1 | -3 | -0 | |
| 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | |
| -0 | 2 | -4 | -1 | |
| -0.05 | 0.26 | -0.54 | -0.18 | |
| 29.7% | 30.9% | 27.3% | 30.9% | |
| 0.7% | 1.4% | -5.1% | -0.6% | |
| -0.5% | 2.9% | -6.3% | -2.0% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 41 | 44 | 40 | 40 |
| Cash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total debt | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| Total liabilities | 18 | 19 | 20 | 18 |
| 22 | 25 | 21 | 22 | |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
| 1.1% | 7.4% | -7.5% | -1.1% | |
| -1.6% | 8.4% | -20.2% | -6.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -2 | -0 | -1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| -2 | -1 | -1 | 1 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Valuation
- –
- 36.7×
- –
- 10.9×
- 1.3×
- 88.8×
- 273.4×
- 1.1%
- -1.5%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 30.9%
- -0.6%
- -2.0%
- 3.2%
- 7.3%
- 1.9%
- 5.1%
- 2.4%
- 7.3%
- –
Growth
- +1.9%
- –
- +191.1%
- –
- +1.5%
Financial health
- 20.7×
- 0.00
- 0.1%
- 4.1×
- 2.08
- 0.74
- 1.85
How it ranks in Technology
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 46%of 969
Bottom 19%of 976
Bottom 25%of 978
Bottom 36%of 983
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2026 | -0.05 | – | – |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 0.01 | – | – |
| Sep 11, 2025 | 0.04 | – | – |
| Jun 5, 2025 | -0.09 | – | – |
| Mar 10, 2025 | -0.14 | – | – |
| Dec 23, 2024 | 0.05 | – | – |
| Sep 11, 2024 | -0.20 | – | – |
| Jun 10, 2024 | -0.21 | – | – |
News
China optical stocks rally as Microsoft challenges proposed U.S. import curbsYahoo Finance · Nov 11, 2026Coherent Is Up 21% in a Year as AI Goes “From Copper to Optical.” Is It a Buy?Yahoo Finance · Nov 8, 2026Why Ciena, Lumentum and other optical stocks were among the market’s biggest losers on MondayMarketWatch · Oct 12, 2026Data Centers Need Faster Connections. These 6 Optical and Networking Stocks Could Benefit.Yahoo Finance · Oct 10, 2026Why optical stocks Lumentum and Coherent were the day’s biggest S&P 500 gainersMarketWatch · Sep 16, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
16No pass
Benjamin Graham
33No pass
Philip Fisher
20No pass
Peter Lynch
35No pass
Joel Greenblatt
3No pass
Charlie Munger
20No pass
Terry Smith
13No pass
Questions about Optical Cable
Is Optical Cable a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Optical Cable AI analysis
What does Optical Cable do?
Optical Cable Corporation (OCC), including its subsidiaries, specializes in producing and distributing comprehensive fiber optic and copper solutions for data communication infrastructure. It is in Communication Equipment.
Does Optical Cable pay a dividend?
No. Optical Cable does not pay a dividend at the moment.
Is Optical Cable stock halal?
Yes. Optical Cable passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 8% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Optical Cable stock done over the past year?
Up 39.9% over the past twelve months, to $11.01. It traded between $4.16 and $26.92 and is 59.1% below its high.
Who are Optical Cable's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Cisco, Foxconn Industrial Internet, Zhongji Innolight and Motorola Solutions. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Optical Cable's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.