Comtech Telecommun Cp: (NASD: CMTL)

$26.21

-0.49 (-1.84%)

Volume 89,295

May 22 04:00 PM ET

Zacks Rank: 3-Hold

Zacks Rank	Definition	Annualized Return
#1	Strong Buy	26.6%
#2	Buy	18.71%
#3	Hold	10.12%
#4	Sell	4.32%
#5	Strong Sell	2.16%
S&P	500	9.93%

Overview Quote

            Stock Activity
        
		Day Low - High
		26.06 - 26.98
	
		52wk Low - High
		22.33 - 31.05
	
		Previous Close
		26.70
	
		Avg. Volume
		92,477
	
		Industry
		WIRELESS EQUIPMENT
	
		Market Cap
		449.12 M
	
		Div - Yield
		1.10 - 4.12
	
		Beta
		0.29
	
		PE (Forward)
		32.40
	
		Current Year Est.
		0.82
	
		Quarterly Earnings ESP 
		NA
	
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                                                                        Definition
                                                                        Annualized Return
                                                                    
                                                                        #1
                                                                        Strong Buy
                                                                        26.6%
                                                                    
                                                                        #2
                                                                        Buy
                                                                        18.71%
                                                                    
                                                                        #3
                                                                        Hold
                                                                        10.12%
                                                                    
                                                                        #4
                                                                        Sell
                                                                        4.32%
                                                                    
                                                                        #5
                                                                        Strong Sell
                                                                        2.16%
                                                                    
                                                                        S&P
                                                                        500
                                                                        9.93%
                                                                    
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                Key Earnings Data
            
                            PE (Forward)
                            32.40
                        
                            PEG Ratio
                            NA
                        
                            Current Year Est.
                            0.82
                        
                            Current Quarter Estimate
                            0.04
                        
                            Most Accurate Estimate
                            NA
                        
                            Earnings ESP 
                            NA
                        
                            Next Earnings Report Date
                            06-06-2013
                        
                            EPS Last Year
                            1.20
                        
                            Expected Earnings Growth
                            NA
                        
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            Company Description
        
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. designs, develops, produces and markets innovative products, systems and services for advanced communications solutions. The Company believes many of its solutions play a vital role in providing or enhancing communication capabilities when terrestrial communications infrastructure is unavailable or ineffective. The Company conducts business through three complementary segments: telecommunications transmission, mobile data communications and RF microwave amplifiers. The Company sells products to a diverse customer base in the global commercial and government communications markets. The Company believes it is a market leader in the market segments that it serves.   
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Earnings Estimates

	Current Qtr (04/2013)	Next Qtr (07/2013)	Current Year (07/2013)	Next Year (07/2014)
Average Estimate	0.04	0.28	0.82	1.21
Number of Estimates	4	4	5	4
Low Estimate	0.03	0.23	0.72	0.96
High Estimate	0.05	0.31	0.86	NA
Year Ago EPS	0.29	0.45	1.55	0.82
EPS Growth	-86.21%	-38.33%	-46.84%	46.54%

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Industry Analysis

Name	Symbol	Previous Close
COMTECH TELECOM	CMTL	26.70
SHORETEL INC	SHOR	4.30
UBIQUITI NETWRK	UBNT	19.85
VIASAT INC	VSAT	71.20
INTERDIGITL INC	IDCC	46.93
POLYCOM INC	PLCM	11.31
DRAGONWAVE INC	DRWI	2.90
ERICSSON LM ADR	ERIC	11.95
HTC CORP	HTCXF	0.00
JUNIPER NETWRKS	JNPR	17.64

Sector:Computer and Technology>> Industry:WIRELESS EQUIPMENT

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Zacks Commentary

Zacks Rank #5 Additions for Tuesday

Apr 16, 2013

Zacks Rank #5 Additions for Monday

Apr 08, 2013

Ericsson Retains Neutral Rec

Jun 06, 2012

Report for CMTL

May 17, 2013

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Financials

EPS TTM	1.20
Sales	425
Net Income	24
Price/Earnings	22.25
Price/Book	1.11
Price/Cash Flow	8.53
Price/Sales	1.19

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News

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives $15.8 Million Order Modification to Complete the Funding for Year 2 of BFT-1 Sustainment Services - Businesswire

May 22, 2013

Top 3 Companies in the Communications Equipment Industry With the Lowest EV/EBITDA Ratio (IDCC, CMTL, DGIT) - Financial News Network Online - News Corner

May 20, 2013

My 4 High Dividend-Paying Favorites from the Share Buyback Achievers Index - GuruFocus

May 13, 2013

Top 4 NASDAQ Stocks In The Communication Equipment Industry With The Lowest PEG Ratio - Benzinga

May 13, 2013

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.Corporate Event Announcement Notice - Wall Street Horizon

May 10, 2013

Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary gets equipment orders worth USD1m - M2

May 9, 2013

Comtech's subsidiary awarded USD1.0m of SATCOM product orders - M2

May 9, 2013

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives $1.0 Million of SATCOM Product Orders to Power Multi-Region Network for Foreign Ministry - Businesswire

May 8, 2013

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Broker Recommendations

Current ABR	2.71
ABR (Last Week)	2.71
# of recs in ABR	7
Average Target Price	28.60
Industry Rank by ABR	191 out of 265
Rank in Industry	6 out of 22

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