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Key highlights

• Record sales growth: Net sales rose 21% to a record $23.96 million compared to the prior year, as the company benefited from stronger demand for its specialized cabling and system products.
• Profit margins expanding: Gross profit margin, which is the percentage of revenue left after paying for the direct costs of making products, improved to 35.6% from 34% a year ago. This increase was driven by a shift toward custom cabling and integrated systems that have more engineering content and higher value.
• Operating leverage gains: Operating income, the profit a company makes from its core business operations, grew over 150% to $1.8 million. This far outpaced the 21% revenue growth, proving that the business is becoming much more efficient as it scales.
• Healthy demand pipeline: The company ended the quarter with an $18.6 million backlog of orders, and that figure has since grown to $19.8 million as of mid September. This steady stream of committed work suggests that the new focus on markets like aerospace and AI infrastructure is successfully replacing old revenue from wireless carriers.
• Stronger cash position: Management reduced the balance on its line of credit to $5.7 million from $7.8 million at the end of the last fiscal year. Paying down this debt while sales grow shows the company is generating enough cash to fund its own operations.

Our take: This was a standout quarter that showed the company can grow profitably while moving away from its old, cyclical business. The jump in operating income to $1.8 million is the big win here, proving that the move into higher value tech products is finally paying off for long term owners.