Optical Cable Corporation
OCC Technology Communication Equipment
Optical Cable Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended October 2025) was $73.0 million, up 9.55% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 22.0%, EPS grew 425.0%, free cash flow grew 156.4% and total debt rose 2.12%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years.
Follow OCC
Optical Cable Corporation (OCC) Piotroski F-score
Optical Cable Corporation's Piotroski F-score for fiscal 2025 is 6 out of 9: 6 of nine tests of profitability, leverage and efficiency passed, up from 3 in fiscal 2024.
Piotroski F-score, annual
Embed this chart
Annual newest first
| Period | Piotroski F-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 6 | 3.00 |
| FY2024 | 3 | (2.00) |
| FY2023 | 5 | 2.00 |
| FY2022 | 3 | (4.00) |
| FY2021 | 7 | 4.00 |
| FY2020 | 3 | 0.00 |
| FY2019 | 3 | (3.00) |
| FY2018 | 6 | 2.00 |
| FY2017 | 4 | (2.00) |
| FY2016 | 6 | — |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Test | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive return on assets | (3.62%) | (10.00%) | Fail | 0 |
| Positive operating cash flow | 1.41m | (857.00k) | Pass | 1 |
| Rising return on assets | (3.62%) | (10.00%) | Pass | 1 |
| Cash flow above net income | 2.87m | 3.35m | Pass | 1 |
| Falling long-term leverage | 0.00 | 0.06 | Pass | 1 |
| Rising current ratio | 1.82 | 2.02 | Fail | 0 |
| No new shares issued | 8,046,100 | 7,749,200 | Fail | 0 |
| Rising gross margin | 30.94% | 27.30% | Pass | 1 |
| Rising asset turnover | 1.82 | 1.58 | Pass | 1 |
| Piotroski F-score | Mixed | 6 | ||
How the Piotroski F-score works
One point for each of nine tests, this fiscal year against the one before: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, a rising current ratio, no new shares issued, a rising gross margin and rising asset turnover. The ratios are the ones on this site, so each can be checked.
Joseph Piotroski (2000) called 8–9 high and 0–1 low; reading it in three bands is the common convention:
| 7–9 | Strong — most fundamentals improved |
|---|---|
| 4–6 | Mixed |
| 0–3 | Weak — most fundamentals deteriorated |
Where this differs from the paper: return on assets is on average rather than beginning-of-year assets, and weighted basic shares stand in for shares issued. The score is shown only when all nine tests can be worked out, which takes three fiscal years; banks and insurers, which report no current assets or gross profit, have none.
Piotroski F-score against peers
| Company | Piotroski F-score |
|---|---|
| AUDC AudioCodes Ltd. compare | 7 |
| BKTI BK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. compare | 7 |
| LTRX Lantronix, Inc. compare | 6 |
| OCC Optical Cable Corporation | 6 |
| WATT Energous Corporation compare | 5 |
| AVNW Aviat Networks, Inc. compare | 5 |
| INSG Inseego compare | 4 |
| CRNT Ceragon Networks Ltd. compare | 4 |
| AMPG AmpliTech Group, Inc. compare | 2 |
What Piotroski F-score is
The Piotroski F-Score tells an investor how many signs of improving profitability, funding and efficiency a company shows against a year earlier.
One point for each of nine tests against a year earlier: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, rising current ratio, no new shares issued, rising gross margin, and rising asset turnover