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OCC Optical Cable (OCC) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

Semiconductors & Electronics · Drawing & insulating of nonferrous wire · CIK 0001000230
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SEC filings
Insider buyers, 180 days
0
House members buying, 1 year
0
STOCK Act, US House only, disclosed up to 45 days after the trade
Funds added, last quarter
23
13F, latest reported quarter

What the filings say about OCC

Insiders, 180 days
-$2.4M net sold
4 sellers · 0% of sales under a 10b5-1 plan

Optical Cable insider trades (Form 4)

Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises and conversions excluded.

Over the last 180 days, OPTICAL CABLE CORP insiders sold a net $2.4M of stock across 62 Form 4 purchases and sales, with no insider buying. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-28.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
SMITH TRACY G
EVP and CFO
SELL
2026-07-10 SECtraded 2026-07-09
16,453
$283.5K
-22.1%
Context
  • 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 sale), the last on Jun 30, 2026.
  • The trade is 5.0% of the 329,826 shares held after it.
  • 3 other insiders sold within 30 days.
  • 23 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: EVP and CFO SMITH TRACY G sold about $283.5K of OCC on Jul 9, 2026; 3 other insiders sold within 30 days and 23 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
SMITH TRACY G
EVP and CFO
SELL
2026-07-10 SECtraded 2026-06-30
32
$704
-22.1%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 0.0% of the 346,279 shares held after it.
  • 3 other insiders sold within 30 days.
  • 23 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: EVP and CFO SMITH TRACY G sold about $704 of OCC on Jun 30, 2026; 3 other insiders sold within 30 days and 23 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
WILKIN NEIL D JR
Chairman, President and CEO
SELL
2026-07-02 SECtraded 2026-06-30
2,679
$55.4K
-24.8%
Context
  • 7 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (7 sales), the last on Jun 29, 2026.
  • The trade is 0.3% of the 1,026,565 shares held after it.
  • 3 other insiders sold within 30 days.
  • 23 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Chairman, President and CEO WILKIN NEIL D JR sold about $55.4K of OCC on Jun 30, 2026; 3 other insiders sold within 30 days and 23 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
WILKIN NEIL D JR
Chairman, President and CEO
SELL
2026-07-02 SECtraded 2026-06-30
258
$5.3K
-24.8%
Context
  • 7 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (7 sales), the last on Jun 29, 2026.
  • The trade is 0.0% of the 1,026,307 shares held after it.
  • 3 other insiders sold within 30 days.
  • 23 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Chairman, President and CEO WILKIN NEIL D JR sold about $5.3K of OCC on Jun 30, 2026; 3 other insiders sold within 30 days and 23 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
WILKIN NEIL D JR
Chairman, President and CEO
SELL
2026-07-02 SECtraded 2026-06-30
1,010
$20.9K
-24.8%
Context
  • 7 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (7 sales), the last on Jun 29, 2026.
  • The trade is 0.1% of the 1,025,297 shares held after it.
  • 3 other insiders sold within 30 days.
  • 23 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Chairman, President and CEO WILKIN NEIL D JR sold about $20.9K of OCC on Jun 30, 2026; 3 other insiders sold within 30 days and 23 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
62 transactions on record
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
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Seven facts, ranked against the sector · Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
net -$2.4M over 180 days
-$532.9K of it by a 10%+ holder
more than 60% of Semiconductors & Electronics
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
23 funds bought in last quarter
below 81% of Semiconductors & Electronics
Revenue
+9.5% year over year
below 53% of Semiconductors & Electronics
Margin
-2.0% net margin
below 52% of Semiconductors & Electronics
Buybacks
no share repurchases reported
Short interest
9.8% of the float short (float per yahoo 2026-10-26) · 3.8 days to cover · settled 2026-09-30
more than 63% of Semiconductors & Electronics
What changed in the last 30 days
Oct 28Insider selling stopped: no sales in 90 days after 62 in the prior 90
Why it matters
The absence is the signal: 62 sales in one 90-day window and none in the next is a change of behaviour, not a filing.

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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
+44.6%12M
-48%+47%+141%+236%2025-102025-122026-022026-042026-062026-082026-10 2026-06-11 · FRAZIER RANDALL H sold $494.0K2026-07-09 · SMITH TRACY G sold $283.5K2026-06-11 · FRAZIER RANDALL H sold $244.4K2026-06-16 · FRAZIER RANDALL H sold $196.4K2026-06-30 · WILKIN NEIL D JR sold $108.2K2026-06-11 · FRAZIER RANDALL H sold $90.0K2026-06-29 · WEBER CRAIG H sold $85.9K2026-06-30 · WILKIN NEIL D JR sold $85.4K2026-06-30 · WILKIN NEIL D JR sold $69.1K2026-06-29 · WEBER CRAIG H sold $58.9K2026-06-29 · WILKIN NEIL D JR sold $57.8K2026-06-30 · WILKIN NEIL D JR sold $55.4K2026-06-29 · WEBER CRAIG H sold $48.4K2026-06-29 · WEBER CRAIG H sold $48.1K2026-06-29 · WEBER CRAIG H sold $40.4K2026-06-29 · WEBER CRAIG H sold $37.4K2026-06-11 · FRAZIER RANDALL H sold $37.3K2026-06-29 · WEBER CRAIG H sold $31.3K2026-06-22 · WEBER CRAIG H sold $28.8K2026-06-29 · WEBER CRAIG H sold $22.0K2026-06-29 · WILKIN NEIL D JR sold $21.9K2026-06-30 · WILKIN NEIL D JR sold $20.9K2026-06-29 · WEBER CRAIG H sold $20.3K2026-06-29 · WILKIN NEIL D JR sold $18.7K2026-06-29 · WILKIN NEIL D JR sold $17.2K2026-06-23 · WEBER CRAIG H sold $17.1K2026-06-30 · WILKIN NEIL D JR sold $14.3K2026-06-29 · WEBER CRAIG H sold $13.1K2026-06-30 · WILKIN NEIL D JR sold $13.0K2026-06-29 · WEBER CRAIG H sold $12.0K2026-06-30 · WILKIN NEIL D JR sold $10.5K2026-06-30 · WILKIN NEIL D JR sold $8.7K2026-06-30 · WILKIN NEIL D JR sold $8.7K2026-06-29 · WEBER CRAIG H sold $8.0K2026-06-29 · WEBER CRAIG H sold $7.8K2026-06-29 · WEBER CRAIG H sold $7.8K2026-06-22 · WEBER CRAIG H sold $6.9K2026-06-29 · WEBER CRAIG H sold $5.9K2026-06-29 · WEBER CRAIG H sold $5.8K2026-06-29 · WEBER CRAIG H sold $5.4K2026-06-30 · WILKIN NEIL D JR sold $5.3K2026-06-16 · FRAZIER RANDALL H sold $5.3K2026-07-10 · WEBER CRAIG H filed to sell $863.4K2026-06-26 · WILKIN NEIL D JR filed to sell $916.0K2026-06-24 · SMITH TRACY G filed to sell $1.1M2026-06-22 · WEBER CRAIG H filed to sell $601.3K
Insider sellForm 144 (planned sale)
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Who owns OCC: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
GENDELL JEFFREY L
391,596 sh
$8.2M
JANE STREET GROUP, LLC
291,860 sh
$6.1M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
260,302 sh
$5.5M
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP
145,009 sh
$3.0M
BlackRock, Inc.
133,388 sh
$2.8M

Congress trades in OCC

No Congress trades reported
No House member has disclosed a trade in this stock. See what Congress is buying.

Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)

No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.

OCC planned insider sales (Form 144)

Notice of intent to sell, filed before any sale
WEBER CRAIG H
Filed 2026-07-10
$863.4K
WILKIN NEIL D JR
Filed 2026-06-26
$916.0K
SMITH TRACY G
Filed 2026-06-24
$1.1M
WEBER CRAIG H
Filed 2026-06-22
$601.3K

OCC mutual fund holders (N-PORT)

Funds ranked by the share of their own portfolio in this stock (N-PORT).
Ultra-Small Company Fund
$1.6M position · as of 2026-06-30
1.6%
Ultra-Small Company Market Fund
$264.2K position · as of 2026-06-30
0.2%
iShares Micro-Cap ETF
$375.5K position · as of 2026-06-30
0.0%
1290 VT Micro Cap Portfolio
$25.1K position · as of 2026-06-30
0.0%
U.S. MICRO CAP PORTFOLIO
$415.6K position · as of 2026-07-31
0.0%
U.S. SMALL CAP PORTFOLIO
$625.2K position · as of 2026-07-31
0.0%
SEC N-PORT, monthly, about 60 days late · funds ≥ $10M · % is the share of the fund's own portfolio
Executive pay vs shareholder return
CEO pay, headline and as actually paid, against the company's return and its chosen peers' (DEF 14A).
FY
CEO total
Actually paid
Other execs, avg
TSR
Peer TSR
2025
$521.6K
$986.4K
$343.2K
+120%
n/a
2024
$710.9K
$670.0K
$439.4K
-37%
n/a
2023
$489.7K
$452.1K
$320.9K
-30%
n/a
Tagged by the company under SEC Item 402(v). Returns are cumulative from the start of the disclosure period. Green where the company beat its own peer group.
Live price
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Why this name is on the desk
The complete filing record, in one place.
The record shows a net $2.4M sold by insiders over 180 days, 23 funds added last quarter. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
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OCC financials

Revenue growth
+9.5%
XBRL, annual
Net margin
-2.0%
Ratios from the company's XBRL filings, latest filings
Revenue, TTM
$82.8M
four quarters, 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-31
Net margin, TTM
+3.1%
net income over revenue, 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-31
Free cash flow, TTM
$441.9K
operating cash flow minus capex, 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-31
Debt to equity
0.18x
long-term 2025-04-30 (15 months older than the period end) plus current 2025-04-30 (15 months older than the period end); equity 2026-07-31
Cash flow to debt
0.36x
TTM operating cash flow over long-term 2025-04-30 (15 months older than the period end) plus current 2025-04-30 (15 months older than the period end)
Return on equity
+15.6%
TTM net income over average of 2025-07-31 and 2026-07-31
Return on assets
+6.0%
TTM net income over average of 2025-07-31 and 2026-07-31
Return on invested capital
n/a
effective tax rate -0%, not meaningful
Return on capital employed
+13.5%
operating income (EBIT proxy) over average of 2025-07-31 and 2026-07-31 minus current liabilities
P/E, trailing
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of diluted EPS
Enterprise value
$104.7M
market value at close 2026-10-26 on 2026-09-02 shares, plus long-term 2025-04-30 (15 months older than the period end) plus current 2025-04-30 (15 months older than the period end), minus cash 2026-07-31
FCF yield
+0.4%
TTM free cash flow over market value at close 2026-10-26
PEG, trailing
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of diluted EPS
Price as of 2026-10-26. Hover or tap a tile for its yearly and quarterly history.
Method
TTM is four consecutive fiscal quarters; Q4 is the year minus nine months when not filed. Returns use the average of opening and closing balances. EBIT is approximated by operating income. PEG uses trailing EPS growth.
Fundamentals
Annual figures from XBRL filings. Pick a past date to see them as known then.
2025-102024-102023-102023-04
Revenue$73.0M$66.7M$72.2Mn/a
Gross profit$22.6M$18.2M$22.3Mn/a
Operating income-$450.3K-$3.4M$993.1Kn/a
Net income-$1.5M-$4.2M$2.1Mn/a
Operating cash flow$1.4M-$857.0K-$395.7Kn/a
Cash$237.5K$244.2K$1.5M$325.0K
Long-term debtn/a$2.6M$2.6M$4.0M
SEC XBRL, fiscal years, as known on 2026-10-28

OCC Stock Sonar score 6/7 axes

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OCC ranks highest on profitability (74th percentile) and financial health (59th), and lowest on institutional and government (19th), among Semiconductors & Electronics peers.

ProfitHealthGrowthInsidersInstitutionsRisk
Profitability
74
Inputs
  • Return on equity+15.6% · 73 pct, sector of 154
  • Return on assets+6.0% · 69 pct, sector of 171
  • Return on invested capitaleffective tax rate -0%, not meaningful
  • Return on capital employed+13.5% · 81 pct, sector of 155
Financial health
59
Inputs
  • Debt to equity0.18x · 55 pct, sector of 152
  • Cash flow to debt0.36x · 64 pct, sector of 136
Growth
47
Inputs
  • Revenue growth, YoY+9.5% · 47 pct, sector of 194
  • Backlog growth, YoYno backlog line filed, or no year-earlier backlog
Insider conviction
29
Inputs
  • Net Form 4 buying (codes P and S), 180d-$2.4M · 58 pct, sector of 147
  • Insider buyers, 180d0 · 0 pct, sector of 151
Institutional and government
19
Inputs
  • Funds adding, latest quarter23 · 19 pct, sector of 184
  • Congress net buyers, 365dno Congress trades in 365 days
  • Federal contracts, 180dno federal contracts in 180 days
  • Lobbying spend, 4 quartersno lobbying filings in the last four quarters
Risk and compliance
31
Inputs
  • Short interest, % of float+9.8% · 31 pct, sector of 221
  • Recalls per $1B revenue, 3ynot measured for this sector, almost no peer has an event
  • EPA cases per $1B revenue, 5ynot measured for this sector, almost no peer has an event
  • New text in Risk Factors, latest 10-Kneeds two 10-Ks with a Risk Factors section (not 20-F filers or stubs)
1 not measured: US patents
  • US patents needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: patent data not loaded yet

6 of 7 axes scored. Each is a percentile against sector peers (all companies when the sector is thin); higher is better. An unscored axis is unmeasured, not low. How it is scored

OCC filings, in plain words

Are Optical Cable insiders buying or selling OCC?

In the 180 days to 2026-10-28, Optical Cable insiders were net sellers, a net $2.4M across purchases and sales reported on Form 4, by 4 sellers.

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In the 180 days to 2026-10-28, Optical Cable insiders were net sellers of OCC, a net $2.4M across purchases and sales reported on Form 4 by 4 sellers. None of the 62 insider sales was flagged as made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. Each figure is counted from SEC and House filings as of 2026-10-28, dated the day the filing was made public.

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