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Quarterly Results Of Operations | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2012
Quarterly Results Of Operations [Abstract] |
Quarterly Results Of Operations | (18) Quarterly Results of Operations (Unaudited) The following is a summary of the unaudited quarterly results of operations for the years ended October 31, 2012 and 2011:
|  | Quarter ended
Fiscal year ended October 31, 2012 |  | January 31 |  | April 30 |  | July 31 |  | October 31
Net sales | $ | 17,334,015 | $ | 22,051,197 | $ | 22,003,689 | $ | 22,134,429
Gross profit |  | 6,150,054 |  | 8,860,894 |  | 8,786,953 |  | 7,755,185
Income before income taxes |  | 192,461 |  | 1,377,432 |  | 1,732,652 |  | 580,990
Net income attributable to |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Optical Cable Corporation |  | 192,444 |  | 948,925 |  | 1,173,428 |  | 434,520
Basic and diluted net income per share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
attributable to Optical Cable Corporation | $ | 0.03 | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.18 | $ | 0.07
Cash dividends declared per common share | $ | 0.015 | $ | 0.015 | $ | 0.015 | $ | 0.015
|  | Quarter ended
Fiscal year ended October 31, 2011 |  | January 31 |  | April 30 |  |  | July 31 |  | October 31
Net sales | $ | 17,712,784 | $ | 17,184,460 |  | $ | 18,775,145 | $ | 19,667,202
Gross profit |  | 6,424,840 |  | 5,943,140 |  |  | 6,509,124 |  | 7,414,117
Income (loss) before income taxes |  | 378,469 |  | (179,844 | ) |  | 252,110 |  | 405,016
Net income (loss) attributable to |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Optical Cable Corporation |  | 402,311 |  | (89,843 | ) |  | 117,809 |  | 236,039
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
attributable to Optical Cable Corporation | $ | 0.06 | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | 0.02 | $ | 0.04
Cash dividends declared per common share | $ | 0.01 | $ | 0.01 |  | $ | 0.01 | $ | 0.01

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