Optical Cable Corporation

OCC

Communication Equipment · Technology

Price

$14.73

+0.23 (+1.59%)

Market Cap

$130.0M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+6.0% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 7.6M (2021) → 8.0M (2025)

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 provides fiber optic and hybrid cables for high bandwidth transmission of data, video, and voice communications; and copper datacom cables, including unshielded and shielded twisted pair constructions. Its fiber optic connectivity products include fi

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+4.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+68.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

33.8%ownership

↓ Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$125,867 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Optical Cable Corporation is growing revenue at 4% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

32.7%

Modest — 32.7% gross margin

Operating Margin

-1.2%

Losing money on operations — -1.2%

ROCE

-0.7%

Weak — -0.7% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+9.1%

Steady sales growth (9.1% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

-0.6%

Burning cash (-0.6%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.36

Conservative — low debt load (0.36)

Interest Cover

0.22x

Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.2x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

137.4x

Expensive — P/E 137.4

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward

+84.0

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (137.4 → 53.3)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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