Optical Cable Corporation
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Price history
Chart
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52-week range: 4.20 $ to 26.90 $ · Last price: 10.50 $ (As of: November 13, 2026)
Key figures
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Basics
Performance
Technical Indicators
Calculated from the price history · as of 11/14/2026
Valuation
Profitability
Balance Sheet & Safety
Growth
Dividend
This stock currently pays no dividend.
Quality & Screener
Highlighted are things our editorial team noticed: green = stands out as strong, red = deserves a closer look. No single metric is a verdict on its own — always read it in context.
Comparison
Industry comparison
The stock alongside the largest companies in the same group. The median row is the middle value of the companies shown above — not of the whole industry.
Industry: Communication Equipment
| Company | Market cap ($B) | P/E | EV/EBITDA | Gross Margin % | EBIT Margin % | Sales Growth (Year) % | Perf. 1Y % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optical Cable Corporation OCC | 0.1 | 87.2 | 25.8 | 34.3 | 5.9 | 9.6 | 44.2 |
| Cisco Systems Inc CSCO | 378.2 | 30.5 | 19.2 | 64.5 | 25.0 | 5.3 | 25.9 |
| Motorola Solutions Inc MSI | 88.2 | 43.1 | 23.8 | 52.1 | 19.8 | 8.0 | 40.2 |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co HPE | 61.8 | 43.8 | 11.5 | 36.6 | 8.7 | 14.1 | 114.4 |
| Lumentum Holdings Inc LITE | 47.4 | 99.6 | 114.9 | 48.0 | 21.8 | 21.0 | 163.0 |
| Ubiquiti Networks Inc UI | 40.5 | – | 25.4 | 46.2 | 36.9 | 33.5 | 17.5 |
| Ciena Corp CIEN | 39.7 | 87.9 | 40.4 | 44.1 | 15.2 | 18.8 | 44.5 |
| Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B ERIC | 34.6 | 13.5 | 8.6 | 47.6 | 0.0 | -14.2 | 10.6 |
| Zebra Technologies Corporation ZBRA | 15.4 | 39.6 | 16.3 | 48.9 | 15.0 | 8.3 | 24.3 |
| Median of companies shown | 40.5 | 43.5 | 23.8 | 47.6 | 15.2 | 9.6 | 40.2 |
Based on the most recently reported figures. Only stocks from the same trading venue are lined up, so the market caps are counted in one currency. Compare in a chart →
Fiscal years
Annual Figures
Fiscal years from the audited annual reports, oldest first. EBIT is the operating profit before interest and taxes; total assets are everything the company owns.
Revenue, operating income and net income per fiscal year $M
Revenue Operating income Net income
| Fiscal Year | Revenue ($M) | EBIT ($M) | Net Income ($M) | EPS ($) | Operating Cash Flow ($M) | Equity ($M) | Total Assets ($M) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 65 | -1 | -2 | -0.28 | 3 | 25 | 41 |
| 2017 | 64 | -1 | -2 | -0.27 | -1 | 24 | 40 |
| 2018 | 88 | 2 | 1 | 0.14 | 3 | 27 | 43 |
| 2019 | 71 | -5 | -6 | -0.77 | 0 | 21 | 40 |
| 2020 | 55 | -6 | -6 | -0.83 | -4 | 15 | 37 |
| 2021 | 59 | -2 | 7 | 0.87 | 2 | 22 | 38 |
| 2022 | 69 | 0 | 0 | -0.05 | -2 | 22 | 41 |
| 2023 | 72 | 1 | 2 | 0.26 | 0 | 25 | 44 |
| 2024 | 67 | -3 | -4 | -0.54 | -1 | 21 | 40 |
| 2025 | 73 | 0 | -1 | -0.18 | 1 | 22 | 40 |
Quarters
Quarterly Figures
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Revenue & Profit
Cash Flow
Balance Sheet
Margins
Per Share
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Source: fundamental data
| Quarter | EPS (Earnings Per Share) | EPS YoY (%) | Sales ($M) | Sales YoY (%) | Net Margin (%) | OCF ($M) | FCF ($M) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024: Q3 | -0.20 | -1,671.90 | 16 | -4.20 | -9.60 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024: Q4 | 0.05 | 128.90 | 20 | 12.40 | 1.90 | -2 | -2 |
| 2025: Q1 | -0.14 | 22.90 | 16 | 6.00 | -7.00 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025: Q2 | -0.09 | 56.90 | 18 | 8.90 | -4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025: Q3 | 0.04 | 119.90 | 20 | 22.80 | 1.50 | -2 | -2 |
| 2025: Q4 | 0.01 | -79.20 | 20 | 1.80 | 0.20 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026: Q1 | – | – | 16 | 4.40 | -2.40 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026: Q2 | – | – | 22 | 26.60 | 4.70 | -3 | -3 |
| 2026: Q3 | 0.21 | 425.00 | 24 | 22.10 | 7.80 | 2 | 1 |
What Do These Terms Mean?
- EPS (Earnings Per Share):
- Quarterly profit divided by the total share count — how much of the profit works out to a single share.
- YoY (Year over Year):
- Change versus the same quarter a year ago — this is how you compare without seasonal distortion (e.g. the holiday shopping season).
- Sales:
- All revenue for the quarter, before any costs are deducted — the top line of the income statement.
- Net Margin:
- What percentage of sales is left over as profit in the end. Negative means the company is posting a loss.
- OCF (Operating Cash Flow):
- The cash that actually flows into the till from the core business during the quarter — harder to dress up than book profit.
- FCF (Free Cash Flow):
- Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures — the money that's genuinely free to use, say for paying down debt, buybacks, or dividends.
Screening
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Valuation
What is priced in?
Instead of guessing what the stock is worth, we turn the question around: what free cash flow growth has to happen for today’s market value to add up? The assumptions behind it can be moved.
Today’s market value implies roughly 41.3% growth in free cash flow per year over ten years (assumptions: discount rate 10.0%, terminal growth 2.5%).
| Free cash flow (last twelve months) | $436.7K |
|---|---|
| Market cap | $95.0M |
| Free cash flow in year ten | $13.8M |
| Terminal value as a share of market value | 76.7% |
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A simplified model calculation — not a forecast and not a recommendation.
AI classification
AI Rating
Not yet rated — we only show a category once an SEC-backed file with at least two cited passages is available.
Growth
Growth Score
Ten checks against the annual reports — each one passed counts a point.
- Revenue grows by more than 15% a year over three years 1.9%
- More than 10% revenue growth is expected for the coming year no data
- Share count grows by less than 3% a year 2.3%
- Revenue growth plus cash-flow margin add up to at least 40 ("Rule of 40") 11.1%
- Gross margin at 40% or higher and without meaningful erosion 30.9%
- Goodwill from acquisitions does not grow faster than revenue 0.0%
- Net debt below twice EBITDA 29.3 x EBITDA
- Operating cash flow covers the profits of the last three years 4 m
- Return on capital at 15% or higher, or up versus two years ago -1.8%
- Insiders hold at least 10% or are net buyers 40.6%
A criterion without figures counts neither as passed nor as failed; a score is only produced from 7 judgeable criteria upwards. Source: fundamental data. All ten criteria in detail
Quality check
AAQS
0/10The AAQS (AlleAktien Quality Score) checks 10 quality criteria on growth, profitability, and balance-sheet strength — per the methodology developed and published by AlleAktien, calculated by us from our own fundamental data. A stock counts as a quality stock from 9 out of 10 points. Where a company has a shorter listing history, we calculate over the fiscal years available (at least five).
- Sales growth 10Y > 5% 1.4%
- Exp. sales growth 3Y > 5% –
- EBIT growth 10Y > 5% –
- Exp. EBIT growth 3Y > 5% –
- Net debt < 4x EBIT –
- EBIT positive, 10Y straight 3
- Max. EBIT decline < 50% 100.0%
- Return on equity > 15% -6.9%
- ROCE > 15% -1.8%
- Expected return > 10% –
View stocks with the full AAQS score · Read the methodology at AlleAktien
Source: fundamental data
The company
About the Company
Optical Cable Corporation fertigt und verkauft zusammen mit ihren Tochtergesellschaften Glasfaser- und Kupfer-Datenkommunikationskabel und Konnektivitätslösungen, vorrangig für den Unternehmensmarkt in den Vereinigten Staaten und international. Das Unternehmen bietet Glasfaser- und Hybridkabel für die Hochbandbreitenübertragung von Daten-, Video- und Audiokommunikation an sowie Kupfer-Datacom-Kabel, einschließlich ungeschirmter und geschirmter Twisted-Pair-Konstruktionen. Seine Glasfaser-Konnektivitätsprodukte umfassen Glasfaser-Wandmontagen, Schrank- und Rackmontagegehäuse, NEMA-Gehäuse, vorterminierte Glasfasergehäuse, Glasfaserstecker, Spleißtabletts, Glasfaser-Patchkabel, Plug-and-Play-Kassettenmodule, vorterminierte Glasfaserkabelbaugruppen, Adapter und Zubehör; sowie Kupfer-Konnektivitätsprodukte, darunter kategoriekonforme Patchpanels, Buchsen, Stecker, Patchkabel, Frontplatten, Aufputzdosen, Verteiler- und Multimedia-Boxen, Kupfer-Rack- und Wandmontagegehäuse, Kabelbaugruppen, Kabelorganizer sowie weitere Verkabelungsprodukte für Geräteräume, Telekommunikationsschränke, Rechenzentren und Arbeitsplatzanwendungen. Zudem bietet das Unternehmen Netzwerk-, Datenspeicher- und Telekommunikationsmanagementsysteme an, wie Datenschränke, Wandmontagegehäuse, horizontale und vertikale Kabelmanagementsysteme sowie offene Rahmengestelle; sowie Datacom-Verkabelungsprodukte, einschließlich verschiedener Gehäuse und Module sowie modularer Anschlüsse für Ein- und Mehrfamilienhäuser. Ferner liefert das Unternehmen spezielle Glasfaserstecker und Konnektivitätskomponenten, Kupfer-Datacom-Stecker sowie zugehörige Systeme und Lösungen für militärische, andere raue Umgebungen und Sonderanwendungen sowie zylindrische Steckerprodukte. Es verkauft seine Produkte an Distributoren, Erstausrüster, Value-Added-Reseller und Endnutzer. Optical Cable Corporation wurde 1983 gegründet und hat ihren Hauptsitz in Roanoke, Virginia.
- Employees
- 348
- Headquarters
- Roanoke, VA
- Address
- 5290 Concourse Drive, 24019 Roanoke, United States
- Phone
- 540 265 0690
- Website
- occfiber.com
- IPO Date
- 04/02/1996
- ISIN
- US6838272085
- Stock Split
- 1:8 on 07/31/2002
- Stock Split
- 3:2 on 09/29/2000
- Stock Split
- 2:1 on 06/24/1996
Management
| Name | Title | Birth Year |
|---|---|---|
| Neil D. Wilkin Jr. | Chairman, President & CEO | 1964 |
| Tracy G. Smith CPA | Senior VP, CFO & Corporate Secretary | 1967 |
Executives per the latest required filings; titles kept in their original language. Source: fundamental data.
Filings
Company Filings (8-K)
An 8-K is the filing a US company must use to disclose material events immediately — takeovers, changes at the top, major contracts or payment troubles, for instance. The links open the original document at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
- 09/11/2026 OPTICAL CABLE CORP (OCC): Results of Operations and Financial Condition; Financial Statements and Exhibits SEC ↗
Data as of: November 13, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.