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Optical Cable Corporation (OCC)

Technology | Communication Equipment | Roanoke, United States | NasdaqGM
14.20 USD -0.34 (-2.338%) ⇩ (Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★★⯪Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 3:18 a.m. EDT

The stock is currently in a high-conviction short-term rally mode, driven by a massive 64.9% surge following Q2 earnings that revealed a sharp turnaround and a rising backlog. With revenue up 27% and the price climbing from roughly $14 to nearly $18 in just two weeks, momentum is clearly building toward a high-conviction entry for traders looking to ride this trend. However, this explosive price action sits atop a precarious foundation: the company has no dividend history whatsoever, making it unsuitable for income investors, and the valuation is stretched with a trailing P/E of 54x and a price-to-book ratio of nearly 9x. While the business fundamentals show signs of recovery with positive earnings growth and a fortress-like current ratio, the lack of historical profitability consistency and the extremely high multiple suggest the market is pricing in perfection. For the long term, the asset is a speculative hold rather than a core buy, given the elevated risk profile and the absence of shareholder returns.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.112787
MSTL0.136003
AutoETS0.138835
AutoARIMA0.146226

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 37%
H-stat 1.00
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.248
Excess Kurtosis -1.07
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Ex Dividend Date 2015-10-27
Last Dividend Date 2015-10-27
Debt to Equity Ratio 75.242
Revenue per Share 9.455
Market Cap 125,556,736
Trailing P/E 48.97
Beta 0.58
Profit Margins 3.10%
Website https://www.occfiber.com

Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2015-10-28 0.020 0.645161
2015-07-27 0.020 0.576369
2015-04-24 0.020 0.476190
2015-01-23 0.020 0.394477
2014-10-27 0.020 0.427350
2014-07-25 0.020 0.477327
2014-04-24 0.020 0.533333
2014-01-24 0.020 0.510204
2013-10-25 0.020 0.484261
2013-07-25 0.020 0.470588
2013-04-25 0.020 0.484261
2012-12-13 0.020 0.476190
2012-10-25 0.015 0.361446
2012-07-25 0.015 0.396825
2012-04-25 0.015 0.487013
2012-01-25 0.015 0.407609
2011-10-26 0.010 0.270270
2011-08-03 0.010 0.245098
2011-05-04 0.010 0.221729
2011-02-02 0.010 0.158228
2010-11-03 0.010 0.302115
Additional Data
dividendYield 0.0
exDividendDate 2015-10-28
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.02
lastDividendDate 2015-10-28
dividendDate 2015-11-20

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.63783157
Address1 5,290 Concourse Drive
All Time High 359.33334
All Time Low 1.65
Ask 20.01
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 130,370
Average Daily Volume3 Month 215,282
Average Volume 215,282
Average Volume10Days 130,370
Beta 0.576
Bid 11.47
Bid Size 2
Book Value 1.796
City Roanoke
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 14.2
Current Ratio 2.168
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 14.36
Day Low 13.245
Debt To Equity 75.242
Display Name Optical Cable
Dividend Date 1,447,977,600
Dividend Yield 0.0
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,788,966,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,788,966,000
Earnings Growth 4.849
Earnings Quarterly Growth 5.155
Earnings Timestamp 1,788,957,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,788,957,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,788,957,000
Ebitda 4,257,255
Ebitda Margins 0.05143
Enterprise To Ebitda 32.026
Enterprise To Revenue 1.647
Enterprise Value 136,340,848
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.29
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,445,990,400
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 14.8984
Fifty Day Average Change -0.6984005
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.046877548
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 63.783157
Fifty Two Week High 27.98
Fifty Two Week High Change -13.78
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.49249464
Fifty Two Week Low 4.02
Fifty Two Week Low Change 10.18
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 2.5323384
Fifty Two Week Range 4.02 - 27.98
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 828,455,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.77
Float Shares 5,927,339
Free Cashflow -629,699
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Full Time Employees 348
Fullday Change -0.28999996
Fullday Change Percent -1.9944977
Fullday Price 14.2
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.34252998
Gross Profits 28,351,036
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.40498
Held Percent Institutions 0.24379998
Implied Shares Outstanding 8,842,024
Industry Communication Equipment
Industry Disp Communication Equipment
Industry Key communication-equipment
Ir Website http://www.occfiber.com/main/index.php?m=2&p=10&l=en
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,445,990,400
Last Dividend Value 0.02
Last Fiscal Year End 1,761,868,800
Last Split Date 1,028,073,600
Last Split Factor 1:8
Long Business Summary Optical Cable Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells fiber optic and copper data communications cabling and connectivity solutions primarily for the enterprise market in the United States and internationally. The company offers fiber optic and hybrid cables for high bandwidth transmission of data, video, and audio communications; and copper datacom cables, including unshielded and shielded twisted pair constructions. Its fiber optic connectivity products include fiber optic wall mounts, cabinet mount and rack mount enclosures, NEMA enclosures, pre-terminated fiber optic enclosures, fiber optic connectors, splice trays, fiber optic jumpers, plug and play cassette modules, pre-terminated fiber optic cable assemblies, adapters, and accessories; and copper connectivity products comprising category compliant patch panels, jacks, plugs, patch cords, faceplates, surface mounted boxes, distribution and multi-media boxes, copper rack mount and wall mount enclosures, cable assemblies, cable organizers, and other wiring products for equipment rooms, telecommunications closets, data centers, and workstation applications. In addition, the company provides network, data storage, and telecommunications management systems, such as data cabinets, wall mount enclosures, horizontal and vertical cable management systems, and open frame relay racks; and datacom wiring products, including various enclosures, and modules and modular outlets for single dwelling and multiple dwelling residential uses. Further, the company provides specialty fiber optic connectors and connectivity components, copper datacom connectors, and related systems and solutions for military, other harsh environment, and special applications, as well as cylindrical connector products. It sells its products to distributors, original equipment manufacturers, value-added resellers, and end-users. Optical Cable Corporation was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia.
Long Name Optical Cable Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 125,556,736
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_349111
Most Recent Quarter 1,785,456,000
Net Income To Common 2,564,018
Next Fiscal Year End 1,793,404,800
Non Diluted Market Cap 125,203,059
Open 14.1
Operating Cashflow 944,965
Operating Margins 0.08691
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 540 265 0690
Previous Close 14.54
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 7.906459
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.5169252
Profit Margins 0.03098
Quick Ratio 0.742
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.34
Regular Market Change Percent -2.33838
Regular Market Day High 14.36
Regular Market Day Low 13.245
Regular Market Day Range 13.245 - 14.36
Regular Market Open 14.1
Regular Market Previous Close 14.54
Regular Market Price 14.2
Regular Market Time 1,792,094,400
Regular Market Volume 167,821
Return On Assets 0.0511
Return On Equity 0.15560001
Revenue Growth 0.22
Revenue Per Share 9.455
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16207206
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Shares Outstanding 8,842,024
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.065799996
Shares Short 581,664
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 614,458
Short Name Optical Cable Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.0848
Short Ratio 2.25
Source Interval 15
State VA
Symbol OCC
Total Cash 297,193
Total Cash Per Share 0.034
Total Debt 11,081,302
Total Revenue 82,770,552
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 0.29
Trailing P E 48.96552
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 11.81065
Two Hundred Day Average Change 2.38935
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.20230469
Type Disp Equity
Volume 167,821
Website https://www.occfiber.com
Zip 24,019