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Comtech Telecomm. Corp. (NASDAQ:CMTL)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

The Company designs, develops, produces and markets products, systems and services for advanced communications solutions.

Current Price $32.57 Mkt Cap $764.19M
Open $32.27 P/E Ratio 14.20
Prev. Close $32.60 Div. (Yield) 1.10 (N/A)
Daily Range $31.82 - $32.67 Volume 120,831
52-Wk Range $23.51 - $35.65 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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Top CMTL Bull/Bear Pitches

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zwalt99 (96.93)
Submitted December 27, 2010

I'm willing to give this company the green thumb on CAPS because the valuations have come down to very attractive levels. The company has a ton of cash, and they hvae had no problem generating cash for several years.However, I am hesitant to invest… More

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GeoWendy (95.23)
Submitted March 28, 2008

This company continues to receive orders, though not enormous by last year's standards. The stock continues to dribble away. Given the economy over the next year, I don't anticipate big orders like last year's $605.1 million MTS contract with the US… More

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Member Avatar cibient (89.47) Submitted: 7/11/2011 7:00:42 PM : Outperform Start Price: $28.34 CMTL Score: +12.89

Showed up on MFI screener. Seems too good to be true (looks almost fraudulent), except the CEO and CFO were recently buying shares. CFO buys are somewhat rare in general. And it's not a China RTO stock!

The stock trades close to cash on hand ($22/share) and is trading like they have lost all their business. Yet they are profitable. EV/EBITDA is 2.72. EV/FCF is around 3.4.

Stats from MagicDiligence.com

Results for ticker 'CMTL' (Comtech Telecommunications Corp.):
Earnings Yield:   20.6%
MFI Return on Capital:   98.4%

MagicDiligence Research for 'CMTL':

Research Available for CMTL!

Instant Diligence:

The Earnings Yield of 20.6% is Very High.

The MFI Return on Capital of 98.4% is Very High.

Near-term Financial Health appears to be Excellent. The current ratio is 8.43.

Calculations:

(for quarter ended 2011-04-30)
Market Cap   =   Stock_Price * Shares
   =   29.05 * 32.38
   =   940.58

Excess Cash   =   Cash - MAX(0; (Current Liabilities - Current Assets + Cash))
   =   588.94 - MAX(0; (90.27 - 761.14 + 588.94))
   =   588.94

Enterprise Value   =   Market Cap + Total Debt - Excess Cash
   =   940.58 + 200.00 - 588.94
   =   551.64

MFI Invested Capital   =   Total Assets - Goodwill - Intangibles - Current Liabilities + Short Term Debt - Excess Cash
   =   979.53 - 137.35 - 47.50 - 90.27 + 0.00 - 588.94
   =   115.47

Earnings Yield   =   Operating Earnings / Enterprise Value
   =   113.60 / 551.64
   =   0.206 (20.6%)

MFI Return on Capital   =   Operating Earnings / MFI Invested Capital
   =   113.60 / 115.47
   =   0.984 (98.4%)

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Member Avatar gravmic (< 20) Submitted: 5/16/2011 3:22:00 PM : Outperform Start Price: $27.45 CMTL Score: +18.01

magic formula

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Member Avatar RazorSphinx (< 20) Submitted: 4/25/2011 9:02:07 AM : Outperform Start Price: $27.26 CMTL Score: +18.97

Magic Formula

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Score Leader

Tomcat045

Tomcat045 (< 20) Score: +80.27

The Score Leader is the player with the highest score across all their picks in CMTL.

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		Index
Gain 		Score Commentary
Tomcat045 < 20 12/29/2008 Underperform 3M $42.60 -23.54% +56.74% +80.27 0 Comment
barrisc < 20 10/7/2008 Underperform NS $44.65 -27.06% +32.87% +59.93 0 Comment
excess007 < 20 7/22/2010 Outperform 1Y $19.98 +62.98% +22.68% +40.30 1 Comment
jgumbakis 36.49 8/30/2010 Outperform 5Y $19.73 +65.09% +26.07% +39.03 0 Comment
JC4Fund 23.39 8/14/2008 Underperform 1Y $45.58 -28.55% +8.42% +36.96 0 Comment
RRondo 65.74 7/21/2010 Outperform 3M $20.11 +61.98% +25.15% +36.83 1 Comment
ClubBenchCFO 33.62 7/21/2010 Outperform NS $20.18 +61.37% +25.30% +36.07 0 Comment
UIQUIDestaque 51.98 7/26/2010 Outperform 3Y $20.71 +57.30% +21.48% +35.82 0 Comment
glenrgraham 48.03 7/29/2010 Outperform 5Y $20.79 +56.66% +20.90% +35.75 0 Comment
mimiaj 52.24 7/28/2010 9/10/2010 Outperform 3W $20.86 +56.16% +20.84% +35.32 0 Comment
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Wall Street

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Player Name Player
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackNeedham 92.52 6/9/2011 Outperform NS $24.08 +6.36% -11.68% +18.04 9/22/2011 @ $25.61 0 Comment
TrackJGreenblatt 85.34 2/28/2011 Outperform 1Y $26.29 +23.87% +1.08% +22.79 1 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.17 9/29/2010 Outperform 3W $25.74 +26.53% +17.38% +9.15 0 Comment
TrackFBRCapitalM 84.63 6/9/2010 Outperform NS $29.96 -9.49% +15.87% -25.36 12/16/2010 @ $27.12 0 Comment
TrackBroadpointAmTech 90.31 6/7/2010 Outperform NS $30.43 +7.04% +25.34% -18.29 0 Comment
trackmerriman 70.89 1/8/2010 Outperform NS $35.95 -26.82% +0.72% -27.53 9/24/2010 @ $26.31 0 Comment
TrackJPMorgan < 20 10/30/2009 Outperform NS $32.75 -4.61% +12.95% -17.56 4/30/2010 @ $31.24 0 Comment
TrackBroadpointAmTech 90.31 12/10/2008 Outperform NS $47.22 -25.75% +16.46% -42.21 9/25/2009 @ $35.06 0 Comment
TrackCollinsStew 67.17 9/21/2007 Outperform NS $49.68 -34.44% -7.62% -26.82 0 Comment
TrackAGEdwards < 20 5/21/2007 Outperform NS $44.60 -0.18% +0.86% -1.05 6/1/2007 @ $44.52 0 Comment
TrackUnterberg < 20 12/6/2006 Outperform NS $38.10 +30.79% -7.13% +37.92 6/24/2008 @ $49.83 0 Comment
TrackNeedham 92.52 12/6/2006 Outperform NS $37.45 -27.16% -5.98% -21.18 3/31/2011 @ $27.28 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.17 3/20/2006 Underperform 3W $30.03 -9.62% -12.23% -2.61 9/29/2010 @ $27.14 0 Comment

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