Comtech (CMTL) To Report Q1 Earnings: What's In The Cards?
Zacks Investment Research | Dec 03, 2019 06:59AM ET
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ:CMTL) is scheduled to report first-quarter fiscal 2020 results (ended Oct 31, 2019) on Dec 4, after the closing bell.
In the last reported quarter, the company delivered a positive earnings surprise of 150%. Markedly, Comtech topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings in each of the trailing four quarters, the average surprise being 239.2%.
Factors at Play
The company has been providing market-leading products for messaging, location and deployable wireless communications. It is likely to have benefited from healthy business momentum including backlog, arising from significant exposure to large growing end markets, characterized by emerging technology trends for communications. Furthermore, the acquisition of Solacom and the GD NG-911 business has improved its ability to deliver advanced products and services to public safety agencies worldwide.
During fiscal first quarter, Comtech’s Mission-Critical Technologies group, which is part of its Government Solutions segment, secured a contract with $98.6 million ceiling. The deal underpins U.S. Army’s trust in the company to support warfighters. Comtech’s Mission-Critical Technologies group is known to be a leading provider of highly-mobile C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) solutions.
Management expects GAAP operating income in the first quarter of fiscal 2020 to be lower than the $7.3 million it recorded in the year-earlier quarter. This is primarily due to incremental amortization of intangible assets associated with the company’s acquisitions in fiscal 2019. Moreover, in order to take advantage of additional growth opportunities and meet its strategic objectives, Comtech’s GAAP operating income in the fiscal first quarter is expected to reflect about $1.5 million of acquisition plan expenses for companies whose offerings are complementary to its business.
For the to-be-reported quarter, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for net sales stands at $168 million. It registered revenues of $161 million in the prior-year quarter. Adjusted earnings per share are pegged at 14 cents, indicating a decline from 22 cents reported a year ago.
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