• Data I/O posted Q1 net sales of $3.3 million, down from $6.2 million a year earlier, while net loss widened to $3.2 million, or $0.34 per share.
• Gross margin slipped 2.1 percentage points to 49.5%, while operating expenses rose to $4.75 million, including about $1.2 million of one-time items tied mainly to Germany optimization and platform and ERP investments.
• Bookings totaled $4.2 million, up sequentially from Q4 2025, while backlog increased to $2.6 million from $2.3 million at year-end.
• Company guided Q2 net sales of $5.0 million-$5.4 million, implying at least about 20% sequential growth, and said it launched on-site Programming-as-a-Service while announcing a $23 million acquisition expected to close by end of Q3.

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