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Comtech Telecommunications Corp /De/

CMTL Nasdaq Radio & Tv Broadcasting & Communications Equipment Financials FY2017–FY2026

Revenue Total sales reported in the income statement.
$250M
17.0% vs prior year
Operating margin Operating income as a share of revenue.
βˆ’7.3%
2.7 pts
Net income Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
βˆ’$36.2M
Free cash flow Cash from operations minus capital spending.
$22.2M
Return on capital After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Market cap Last close times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate.
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P/E Last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters.
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On βˆ’$2.31 EPS (TTM)

What Comtech Telecommunications Corp /De/ does

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Legal name
COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/
Fiscal year ends
July 31, 2026
Latest annual report
10-K Β· Oct 14, 2026
Accession Β· CIK
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Revenue and margins

Comtech Telecommunications Corp /De/ had $250M of revenue in fiscal 2026, down 17.0% on the year before.

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Net income and earnings per share

Loss periods are shown in red.

Net income
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Returns on capital

After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.

Return on capital, equity and assets (annual)
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Cash flow

Free cash flow was $22.2M in fiscal 2026, 8.9% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.

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Cash from operations vs capital spending
Cash from operations Capital spending
Cash from operations vs capital spending
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Dividends, buybacks and share count

Comtech Telecommunications Corp /De/ returned $0.0M to shareholders in fiscal 2026, 0% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 1.5%.

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Diluted shares outstanding (annual)

Balance sheet

Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Comtech Telecommunications Corp /De/ can carry it.

Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Cash Debt
Fiscal year endFY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Cash and short-term investments $21.7M$19.0M$32.4M$35.4M$35.0M
Debt incl. finance leases $130M$164M$178M$118Mβ€”
Debt / equity 0.3x0.4x0.6x1.1xβ€”
Interest coverage βˆ’6.7xβˆ’1.0xβˆ’3.6xβˆ’0.7xβˆ’0.9x
Current ratio 1.4x1.4x1.8x1.7x0.8x
Quick ratio 0.9x0.9x1.3x1.7x0.8x
Total assets $974M$996M$793M$742M$696M
Total liabilities $403M$446M$426M$448M$435M
Shareholders' equity $467M$438M$306M$104M$38.9M
Net debt (βˆ’ = net cash) $108M$145M$145M$83.1Mβ€”

Insider trades

Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.

Bought, 12 months

$0.0M

0 insiders

Sold, 12 months

$0.0M

0 insiders

Of sales under plans

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$0.0M

No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.

Piotroski F-score

Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8–9 is strong, 0–2 weak.

TestFY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Net income is positive βœ“ βœ“ βœ“ βœ“ βœ• βœ• βœ• βœ• βœ• βœ•
Cash from operations is positive βœ“ βœ“ βœ“ βœ“ βœ• βœ“ βœ• βœ• βœ• βœ“
Return on assets rose β€” βœ“ βœ• βœ• βœ• βœ“ βœ“ βœ• βœ• βœ“
Cash from operations exceeds net income βœ“ βœ“ βœ“ βœ“ βœ“ βœ“ βœ“ βœ“ βœ“ βœ“
Debt fell relative to assets β€” βœ“ βœ“ βœ“ βœ• βœ“ βœ• βœ• βœ“ β€”
Current ratio rose β€” βœ“ βœ“ βœ• βœ• βœ• βœ“ βœ“ βœ• βœ•
Share count didn't rise β€” βœ• βœ• βœ• βœ• βœ• βœ• βœ• βœ• βœ•
Gross margin rose β€” βœ• βœ• βœ• βœ“ βœ“ βœ• βœ• βœ“ βœ“
Revenue rose relative to assets β€” βœ“ βœ“ βœ• βœ• βœ• βœ“ βœ“ βœ• βœ•
F-score β€” / 37 / 96 / 94 / 92 / 95 / 94 / 93 / 93 / 94 / 8
Accruals ratio βˆ’6.1%βˆ’2.5%βˆ’5.0%βˆ’5.0%βˆ’3.4%βˆ’3.6%βˆ’2.3%βˆ’5.1%βˆ’19.2%βˆ’10.2%
Altman Z'' 4.004.294.453.922.252.392.331.770.94βˆ’0.73

10 years of figures

US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.

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Fiscal yearFY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Income statement
Revenue $550M $571M $672M $617M $582M $486M $550M $540M $301M $250M
Net interest income $0.1M βˆ’$0.3M βˆ’$0.0M $0.2M β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
Gross profit $218M $224M $247M $227M $214M $180M $184M $157M $95.2M $97.2M
Research and development $54.3M $53.9M $56.4M $52.2M $49.1M $52.5M $48.6M $24.1M $11.7M $11.6M
Operating income $37.0M $35.1M $41.4M $15.2M βˆ’$68.3M βˆ’$33.8M βˆ’$14.7M βˆ’$79.9M βˆ’$29.9M βˆ’$18.2M
Interest expense $11.6M $10.2M $9.2M $6.1M $6.8M $5.0M $15.0M $22.2M $45.7M $21.3M
Pretax income $25.5M $24.6M $28.9M $9.3M βˆ’$75.0M βˆ’$37.1M βˆ’$30.8M βˆ’$100M βˆ’$19.3M βˆ’$17.4M
Income tax $9.7M βˆ’$5.1M $3.9M $2.3M βˆ’$1.5M βˆ’$4.0M βˆ’$3.9M βˆ’$0.3M βˆ’$0.3M $0.8M
Net income $15.8M $29.8M $25.0M $7.0M βˆ’$73.5M βˆ’$33.1M βˆ’$26.9M βˆ’$100.0M βˆ’$155M βˆ’$36.2M
Net income to common β€” β€” β€” $7.0M βˆ’$73.5M βˆ’$43.3M βˆ’$33.9M βˆ’$135M βˆ’$204M βˆ’$68.9M
Diluted EPS $0.67 $1.24 $1.03 $0.28 βˆ’$2.86 βˆ’$1.63 βˆ’$1.21 βˆ’$4.70 βˆ’$6.95 βˆ’$2.31
Diluted shares 0.02B 0.02B 0.02B 0.02B 0.03B 0.03B 0.03B 0.03B 0.03B 0.03B
Cash flow
Cash from operations $66.9M $50.3M $68.0M $52.8M βˆ’$40.6M $2.0M βˆ’$4.4M βˆ’$54.5M βˆ’$8.3M $37.4M
Capital expenditure $8.2M $8.6M $8.8M $7.2M $16.0M $19.6M $18.3M $13.1M $8.2M $15.2M
Free cash flow $58.8M $41.7M $59.2M $45.5M βˆ’$56.7M βˆ’$17.6M βˆ’$22.7M βˆ’$67.6M βˆ’$16.5M $22.2M
Depreciation and amortization $14.4M $13.7M $11.9M $10.6M $9.4M $10.3M $11.9M $12.2M $8.8M $9.8M
Stock-based compensation $8.5M $8.6M $11.4M $9.3M $10.0M $7.8M $10.1M $6.1M $2.2M $3.1M
Acquisitions $0.0M $0.0M $25.9M β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
Share buybacks $0.0M β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
Dividends paid $18.9M $9.5M $9.8M $10.0M $10.3M $11.0M $8.7M $0.3M $0.2M $0.0M
Dividends and buybacks $18.9M $9.5M $9.8M $10.0M $10.3M $11.0M $8.7M $0.3M $0.2M $0.0M
Balance sheet
Cash and short-term investments $41.8M $43.5M $45.6M $47.9M $30.9M $21.7M $19.0M $32.4M $35.4M $35.0M
Total debt $192M $165M $165M $150M $201M $130M $164M $178M $118M β€”
Finance lease liabilities β€” β€” β€” $0.1M $0.0M $0.0M β€” β€” β€” β€”
Current assets $241M $280M $280M $277M $287M $263M $305M $337M $271M $243M
Current liabilities $144M $165M $145M $160M $204M $193M $212M $184M $158M $291M
Inventory $60.6M $75.1M $74.8M $82.3M $80.4M $96.3M $106M $93.1M $6.9M $10.5M
Property and equipment, net $32.8M $29.0M $28.0M $27.0M $35.3M $50.4M $53.0M $47.3M $28.0M $31.0M
Goodwill $291M $291M $310M $331M $348M $348M $348M $284M $176M $176M
Intangible assets $262M $241M $262M $258M $269M $247M $226M $195M $135M $121M
Total assets $832M $845M $888M $930M $993M $974M $996M $793M $742M $696M
Total liabilities $352M $339M $353M $380M $492M $403M $446M $426M $448M $435M
Preferred stock $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M
Shareholders' equity $480M $506M $535M $549M $501M $467M $438M $306M $104M $38.9M
Margins
Gross margin 39.6% 39.2% 36.8% 36.8% 36.8% 37.0% 33.5% 29.1% 31.6% 38.9%
Operating margin 6.7% 6.1% 6.2% 2.5% βˆ’11.7% βˆ’6.9% βˆ’2.7% βˆ’14.8% βˆ’9.9% βˆ’7.3%
EBITDA margin 9.3% 8.5% 7.9% 4.2% βˆ’10.1% βˆ’4.8% βˆ’0.5% βˆ’12.5% βˆ’7.0% βˆ’3.4%
Net margin 2.9% 5.2% 3.7% 1.1% βˆ’12.6% βˆ’6.8% βˆ’4.9% βˆ’18.5% βˆ’51.6% βˆ’14.5%
FCF margin 10.7% 7.3% 8.8% 7.4% βˆ’9.7% βˆ’3.6% βˆ’4.1% βˆ’12.5% βˆ’5.5% 8.9%
Net interest share of revenue 0.0% βˆ’0.0% βˆ’0.0% 0.0% β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
Returns
Return on capital 3.8% 5.6% 5.5% 1.8% βˆ’8.0% βˆ’4.6% βˆ’2.0% βˆ’14.0% βˆ’12.6% β€”
Return on capital employed 5.4% 5.2% 5.6% 2.0% βˆ’8.7% βˆ’4.3% βˆ’1.9% βˆ’13.1% βˆ’5.1% βˆ’4.5%
Return on equity 3.3% 6.0% 4.8% 1.3% βˆ’14.0% βˆ’6.8% βˆ’5.9% βˆ’26.9% βˆ’75.6% βˆ’50.5%
Return on assets 1.9% 3.5% 2.9% 0.8% βˆ’7.6% βˆ’3.4% βˆ’2.7% βˆ’11.2% βˆ’20.2% βˆ’5.0%
Growth
Revenue growth β€” 3.7% 17.7% βˆ’8.2% βˆ’5.7% βˆ’16.4% 13.1% βˆ’1.7% βˆ’44.3% βˆ’17.0%
Net income growth β€” 88.1% βˆ’15.9% βˆ’72.0% βˆ’1,146.7% β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
EPS growth β€” 85.1% βˆ’16.9% βˆ’72.8% βˆ’1,121.4% β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
FCF growth β€” βˆ’29.0% 42.1% βˆ’23.1% βˆ’224.5% β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
Share count change β€” 2.3% 1.1% 2.5% 3.2% 3.2% 5.6% 2.8% 2.1% 1.5%
Financial health
Net debt / EBITDA 2.9x 2.5x 2.2x 4.0x β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.3x 0.3x 0.3x 0.4x 0.3x 0.4x 0.6x 1.1x β€”
Interest coverage 3.2x 3.4x 4.5x 2.5x βˆ’10.0x βˆ’6.7x βˆ’1.0x βˆ’3.6x βˆ’0.7x βˆ’0.9x
Current ratio 1.7x 1.7x 1.9x 1.7x 1.4x 1.4x 1.4x 1.8x 1.7x 0.8x
Quick ratio 1.3x 1.2x 1.4x 1.2x 1.0x 0.9x 0.9x 1.3x 1.7x 0.8x
Capital allocation
Capex / revenue 1.5% 1.5% 1.3% 1.2% 2.8% 4.0% 3.3% 2.4% 2.7% 6.1%
Stock comp / revenue 1.5% 1.5% 1.7% 1.5% 1.7% 1.6% 1.8% 1.1% 0.7% 1.3%
Payouts / FCF 32.1% 22.9% 16.5% 22.0% β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 0.1%
Quality scores
Piotroski F-score β€” 7.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 4.0
Altman Z'' 4.0 4.3 4.4 3.9 2.3 2.4 2.3 1.8 0.9 βˆ’0.7
Accruals ratio βˆ’6.1% βˆ’2.5% βˆ’5.0% βˆ’5.0% βˆ’3.4% βˆ’3.6% βˆ’2.3% βˆ’5.1% βˆ’19.2% βˆ’10.2%

Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000023197). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β€” not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.

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