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Comtech Telecommunications (FRA:CC6) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Jan. 2025)


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What is Comtech Telecommunications Financial Strength?

Comtech Telecommunications has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is rated on a scale of 1 to 10 and is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.
4. Other debt related ratios.

A higher score indicates a stronger financial position, with companies rated 7 or above considered financially stable and unlikely to face distress. Conversely, a score of 3 or below suggests potential financial difficulties, indicating a higher risk of distress.

Comtech Telecommunications did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. Comtech Telecommunications's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was 0.50. As of today, Comtech Telecommunications's Altman Z-Score is -0.63.


Competitive Comparison of Comtech Telecommunications's Financial Strength

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Comtech Telecommunications's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Comtech Telecommunications's Financial Strength Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Comtech Telecommunications's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Comtech Telecommunications's Financial Strength falls into.



Comtech Telecommunications Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Comtech Telecommunications's Interest Expense for the months ended in Jan. 2025 was €-10.6 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Jan. 2025 was €-9.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was €27.7 Mil.

Comtech Telecommunications's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is

Comtech Telecommunications did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Comtech Telecommunications's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Jan. 2025 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(214.96 + 27.692) / 489.08
=0.50

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Comtech Telecommunications has a Z-score of -0.63, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -0.63 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Comtech Telecommunications  (FRA:CC6) Financial Strength Explanation

The rank is rated on a scale of 1 to 10. A higher score indicates a stronger financial position, with companies rated 7 or above considered financially stable and unlikely to face distress. Conversely, a score of 3 or below suggests potential financial difficulties, indicating a higher risk of distress.

Comtech Telecommunications has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.


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Comtech Telecommunications Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
305 North 54th Street, Chandler, AZ, USA, 85226
Comtech Telecommunications Corp is a provider of modern communications solution incorporated in USA. The company is engaged in designing, developing, producing and marketing products, systems, and services for communications solutions. It is engaged in two business segments, Satellite and Space Communications and Terrestrial and Wireless Networks. It's Space and satellite is USA based providers of modems and high-power amplifiers, a market leader in troposcatter technologies, and serves some of the world's defense contractors and allied foreign governments. Terrestrial and Wireless Networks segment is a provider of next generation 911 infrastructure and solutions for state and local governments and carriers. Majority of sales are generated from Satellite and Space Communications segment.

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