CHANDLER, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$CMTL #publicsafety--Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) (“Comtech” or the “Company”), a global communications technology leader, today reported financial results for its third quarter ended April 30, 2026.
Ken Traub, Chairman, President and CEO, stated:
“When I stepped into the CEO role in early 2025, I announced a transformation plan which featured four pillars: (1) Operational discipline, (2) Returning to positive operating cash flow, (3) Conducting a comprehensive review of strategic alternatives, and (4) Strengthening our capital structure. Our results and announcements today demonstrate that we are successfully delivering on each of those promises.
The operational improvements that we have implemented have enabled us to report today our fifth consecutive quarter of positive operating cash flow. Our improved and consistent financial performance has enabled us to pursue the strategic alternatives process as well as negotiations with our lenders and investors from a position of strength.
The transactions we are announcing today of both the sale of most of our Satellite and Space Communications business for $157.5 million to Gilat and the improved terms we negotiated with our creditors and preferred shareholders represent a defining milestone in Comtech’s transformation, renewed strength and future prospects.
Together, these actions immediately further strengthen our financial position and enable us to transition to a streamlined business with a clear strategic focus as a leader in next-generation public safety and mission-critical technologies and services.
Under Jeff Robertson's leadership, Allerium has been enhancing its mission-critical solutions for public safety agencies and mobile network operators. With an improved capital structure, focused organization and strategic clarity, Allerium is poised to capitalize on its leadership in the public safety market and accelerate its growth.
Upon closing, our transition to Allerium will mark the beginning of an exciting new chapter — one in which we will focus our investment, innovation, and execution on a singular mission: leading the evolution of public safety technologies as the market shifts from traditional voice-based systems toward data-centric communications, real-time coordination, and AI-enhanced decision making. We believe Allerium is uniquely positioned to lead this large and growing market for years to come.
Finally, I would like to thank and compliment our entire team. We set ambitious goals during a period of significant challenge, remained disciplined in our execution, and delivered. Throughout our organization, in S&S, Allerium, Finance, Legal, IT and People Operations, I have seen the dedication, loyalty and passion that is driving these significant achievements. I am so proud of this team and what we are accomplishing together.”
Consolidated Financial Results
- Net sales of $106.0 million
- Gross profit of 34.0%
- Operating loss of $3.1 million and net loss attributable to common shareholders of $14.3 million
- Adjusted EBITDA (a Non-GAAP financial measure) of $8.2 million, or 7.8% of net sales
- Net bookings of $70.5 million, representing a book-to-bill ratio of 0.67x
- Funded backlog of $696.1 million and revenue visibility of approximately $1.1 billion
- GAAP cash flows provided by operations of $6.1 million
- Total liquidity at quarter end of $49.4 million
Third Quarter Fiscal 2026 Results Commentary
Consolidated
Consolidated net sales were $106.0 million, a decrease of 16.4% compared to $126.8 million reported in the third quarter of fiscal 2025. Approximately 17% of the decrease in consolidated sales occurred in the Allerium segment. Allerium reported net sales consistent with the third quarter of fiscal 2025, excluding $3.0 million of net sales in the prior year period related to a negotiated, retroactive billing event to recover costs incurred in previous quarters. As anticipated, S&S segment net sales declined due to the Company’s decision to phase out and eliminate certain low-margin and working capital intensive revenues, such as the Very Small Aperture Terminal (“VSAT”) Satellite Systems and Services contract.
Consolidated gross profit was $36.1 million, or 34.0% of consolidated net sales, compared to $38.9 million, or 30.7% of consolidated net sales, reported in the third quarter of fiscal 2025. The Company's gross profit for the third quarter of fiscal 2026 (both in dollars and as a percentage of consolidated net sales) reflects overall product mix changes and improved operational and financial performance as a result of the Company's transformation initiatives to, among other things, enhance operational efficiency, streamline product lines with a focus on strategic, higher operating margin products and reduce cost structures. Consolidated gross profit (both in dollars and as a percentage of consolidated net sales) for the prior year period also includes Allerium's retroactive billing event discussed above. The improvement in the Company's gross profit percentage builds upon the quarterly trend achieved throughout fiscal 2025 and the first two quarters of fiscal 2026.
Consolidated operating loss was $3.1 million, compared to an operating loss of $1.5 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2025. Operating loss in the third quarter of fiscal 2026 reflects $4.6 million of amortization of intangibles, $2.4 million of restructuring costs (of which $0.2 million, $0.8 million and $1.4 million related to the Allerium, S&S and Unallocated segments, respectively), $1.2 million of amortization of stock-based compensation and nominal CEO transition costs. Excluding such items, consolidated operating income for this past quarter would have been $5.1 million, or 4.8% of consolidated net sales. Consolidated operating loss for the prior year period includes the benefit of Allerium's retroactive billing event discussed above.
Consolidated net loss attributable to common stockholders was $14.3 million, compared to a net loss attributable to common stockholders of $14.5 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2025. In addition to those items described above, and as more fully discussed in the Company’s SEC filings, the more recent period included $10.8 million of net dividends related to the Company’s Convertible Preferred Stock, compared to $48.4 million of net dividends in the prior year period.
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (a Non-GAAP financial measure) was $8.2 million, compared to $12.6 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2025. Compared to the prior year period, Adjusted EBITDA reflects those factors discussed above.
Consolidated net bookings were $70.5 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2026, compared to $71.0 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2025. The book-to-bill ratio in the third quarter of fiscal 2026 was 0.67x, compared to 0.56x in the third quarter of fiscal 2025. As part of the Company’s transformation plan, it has refocused and prioritized its product development and sales efforts to eliminate certain low-margin revenue and target higher-margin opportunities in which it has greater differentiation and to optimize cash flow.
Consolidated backlog was $696.1 million as of April 30, 2026, compared to $708.1 million as of April 30, 2025 and $672.1 million as of July 31, 2025. Revenue visibility, measured as the sum of funded backlog and the total unfunded value of certain multi-year contracts, was approximately $1.1 billion at the end of the third quarter.
GAAP cash flows provided by operations were $6.1 million, an improvement from the third quarter of fiscal 2025 cash flows provided by operations of $2.3 million. This is Comtech’s fifth consecutive quarter of positive operating cash flows and reflects favorable changes in net working capital management, due primarily to improved accountability and process disciplines, as well as the timing of and progress toward completion on contracts accounted for over time, including related shipments, billings and collections.
Operating cash flows in the third quarter of fiscal 2026 include aggregate net cash payments of $4.1 million, principally for interest and, to a much lesser extent, income taxes, compared to $10.1 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2025. Operating cash flows for the third quarter of fiscal 2026 and 2025 also include $2.4 million and $7.0 million, respectively, in aggregate net cash payments for restructuring costs, including severance, CEO transition costs and third-party professional fees related to the modification of the Amended Subordinated Credit Facility on March 3, 2025.
Allerium Segment
Allerium net sales were $55.7 million, a decrease of 5.9% compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2025. The prior year period includes the $3.0 million benefit related to Allerium's retroactive billing event discussed above.
Allerium operating income was $4.4 million, compared to $8.4 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2025. The year-over-year decrease in Allerium’s operating income, both in dollars and as a percentage of segment net sales, primarily reflects the retroactive billing event discussed above. Allerium also had an increase in research and development and go-to-market investment to extend its product leadership and drive future growth.
Allerium’s Adjusted EBITDA was $10.4 million, compared to $13.9 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2025. Compared to the prior year period, Adjusted EBITDA reflects those factors discussed above.
Allerium’s book-to-bill ratio in the third quarter of fiscal 2026 was 0.32x, compared to 0.91x in the prior year period. The ratio for the most recent quarter reflects the timing of large, multi-year contract awards, and is not unusual given Allerium's strong book-to-bill ratios of 1.06x and 2.51x, respectively, in the first and second quarters of fiscal 2026.
With strategic wins in the U.S., Canada and Australia, the Company believes its position as a trusted leader in 9-1-1, NG9-1-1 and public safety applications positions Allerium increasingly well to deliver similarly sophisticated solutions for other types of emergencies. Today, a significant and growing portion of Allerium revenue is recurring, giving the Company a stable, high-visibility foundation on which to build. New emergency requesting devices, such as “wearables,” vehicles, smart speakers and AI capable cameras, and new delivery methods, such as through satellite networks, along with expansion in the emergency workflow technologies, are expected to drive innovation and growth for Allerium within the public safety market over time.
Key Allerium contract awards during the third quarter of fiscal 2026 included:
- approximately $6.0 million of additional funding related to a renewal of NG9-1-1 services for a customer in the midwestern region of the U.S.;
- $2.0 million in funding from a domestic Tier 1 mobile network operator to support the development and migration of various web-based mobile network services; and
- over $1.6 million in funded orders from another domestic Tier 1 mobile network operator in support of various mobile network services.
In April 2026, Allerium announced it reached a significant milestone in its statewide contract to design, deploy, and operate NG9-1-1 services for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. In December 2025, Allerium migrated the first Public Safety Answering Point (“PSAP”), Bluegrass 911 Communications, onto the Commonwealth’s new service and delivered the first NG9-1-1 text and voice calls to this Lancaster, Kentucky agency. After months of planning leading to the first cutover, the program has already migrated 12 PSAPs in its first four months of operation, thus establishing a strong foundation for the continued statewide transition to NG9-1-1 across Kentucky. The milestone comes just over one year after Allerium first announced its NG9-1-1 partnership with the Commonwealth and the Kentucky 911 Services Board in March 2025. Under this multi-year contract, Allerium’s public safety-grade service will deliver seamless interoperability and integration while enabling new and advanced communication capabilities, such as geospatial location routing, all backed by proven products, processes, and statewide PSAP and OSP migration success spanning multiple Emergency Services Internet Protocol Network (“ESInet”) and Next Generation Core Services (“NGCS”) deployments.
In May 2026, Allerium announced the opening of its new purpose-built facility in Gatineau, Quebec. The new office reflects Allerium’s continued commitment to Canada and its long-standing presence in the region. The City of Gatineau and the Province of Quebec helped enable this next phase of growth, funding the development of Allerium’s new facility. Allerium’s new facility in Canada builds on strong operational momentum. This includes the recent go-live of the Gatineau 9-1-1 agency, as well as more than a dozen NG9-1-1 upgrades in Canada this fiscal year. These milestones reflect Allerium’s expanding role in modernizing emergency communications infrastructure and supporting public safety agencies in Canada and worldwide. The Gatineau facility strengthens Allerium’s ability to support customers across Canada, while contributing to a broader footprint of public safety agencies across North America and internationally.
Satellite and Space Communications (“S&S”) Segment
S&S net sales were $50.3 million, a decrease of 25.6% compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2025. As anticipated, the decline in net sales in the S&S segment primarily reflects the Company’s decision to phase out and eliminate certain low-margin and working-capital-intensive revenues, such as the VSAT Satellite Systems and Services contract.
S&S operating income was $1.6 million, compared to operating income of $2.7 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2025. S&S operating income in the third quarter of fiscal 2026 was impacted by $0.8 million of restructuring costs to streamline its operations, compared to $0.9 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2025.
S&S Adjusted EBITDA was $4.1 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2026, compared to $5.7 million in the prior year period. Compared to the prior year period, Adjusted EBITDA reflects those factors discussed above.
S&S’ book-to-bill ratio for the third quarter of fiscal 2026 was 1.04x compared to 0.80x in the prior year period (excluding a $36.4 million debooking in the prior fiscal year associated with the U.S. Army GFSR contract). In the more recent quarter, S&S experienced a strengthening in its funded orders. This was the first time since the first quarter of fiscal 2024 that S&S achieved a book-to-bill ratio greater than 1.0x.
Key S&S contract awards during the third quarter of fiscal 2026 included:
- over $7.0 million in funding for several rapidly deployable troposcatter MTTS, intended for use by an international government end customer;
- approximately $6.0 million in incremental funding for ongoing training and support of complex cybersecurity operations for U.S. government customers;
- approximately $4.9 million in incremental funding to design and manufacture antenna related equipment for a U.S. government end customer;
- over $4.2 million in funded orders from a long-time international customer for the procurement of ongoing maintenance and support services related to long range missile and rocket launch tracking systems;
- over $3.2 million of funded orders for various types of antennas and radio feeds for a domestic prime contractor to the U.S. government;
- approximately $2.4 million in aggregate orders related to satellite ground infrastructure solutions, including production units, intended for use in a new LEO satellite constellation network being deployed; subsequent to quarter end, the Company also received orders totaling over $10.0 million to develop and deliver initial prototypes for high frequency LEO satellite communications equipment; and
- in excess of $2.0 million in funded orders from a domestic prime contractor to the U.S. government for certain types of amplifiers.
As discussed in more detail in a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed by the Company with the SEC on June 15, 2026, subsequent to quarter end, on June 14, 2026, the Company entered into a transaction to sell most of Comtech's Satellite and Space Communications ("S&S") business to an affiliate of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. As the criteria for reporting the portion of the S&S business being sold as "held for sale" was not met as of April 30, 2026, the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements as of and for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2026 and 2025 reflect the portion of the S&S business being sold as "held and used." The portion of the S&S business being retained by Comtech principally includes advanced cybersecurity training in support of U.S. government and certain commercial and university customers.
Capital Structure and Liquidity
Comtech separately announced amendments to its existing credit facilities and agreed to replace the existing series of convertible preferred stock with a new series of convertible preferred stock. These agreements deliver immediate improvements that enhance the Company's financial flexibility. Comtech was able to negotiate these transactions from a position of strength as a result of the significant improvements in the Company's financial and operating performance over the past several quarters. Comtech anticipates the net cash proceeds from the sale of most of S&S' business to range from approximately $143.0 million to $145.0 million, exclusive of any additional proceeds from assets that have been part of the S&S business but will be retained by Comtech and after deducting estimated sale-related expenses of approximately $12.5 million to $14.5 million. In accordance with its existing credit facilities, the Company will use 65% of the net proceeds from the sale of most of S&S' business to prepay the majority of its senior secured credit facility, with the remaining 35% to prepay subordinated debt outstanding, starting with repaying the subordinated priority term loan.
As previously disclosed, Comtech amended its Credit Facility and Subordinated Credit Facility on October 17, 2024, March 3, 2025 and July 21, 2025 to, among other things, suspend testing of the Net Leverage Ratio, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and Minimum EBITDA covenants until the four-quarter period ending on January 31, 2027. Such amendments, combined with the Company’s significantly improved operational and financial performance, led to Comtech’s enhanced financial flexibility and removal of its going concern disclosures in its fiscal 2025 Form 10-K filed in November 2025. On June 14, 2026, Comtech further amended its Credit Facility and Subordinated Credit Facility to, among other things, suspend testing of the Net Leverage Ratio, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and Minimum EBITDA covenants until the four-quarter period ending on July 31, 2027.
At April 30, 2026 and June 12, 2026:
- Total outstanding borrowings under Comtech’s Credit Facility were $119.7 million and $116.0 million, respectively; $3.6 million was drawn on the Revolver Loan as of April 30, 2026 and repaid in May 2026;
- Total outstanding borrowings under Comtech’s Subordinated Credit Facility were $104.1 million and $104.8 million, respectively, including interest paid-in-kind or accrued on the $35.0 million subordinated priority term loan; such amounts do not include the $32.5 million Make-Whole Amount associated with the $65.0 million portion of the Subordinated Credit Facility (pursuant to the terms of the Subordinated Credit Facility, as of both April 30, 2026 and the issuance date, the Make-Whole Amount percentage for each tranche within the $65.0 million of principal is 50.0%);
- The liquidation preference of the Company’s outstanding convertible preferred stock was $218.2 million and $220.5 million, respectively (excluding potential increases in the liquidation preference and other obligations that could be triggered by, among other things, breaches of covenants and/or asset sales resulting in a change in control of the Company); and
- The Company’s available sources of liquidity totaled $49.4 million at April 30, 2026, which includes qualified cash and cash equivalents of $25.8 million and $23.6 million of remaining available Revolver Loan capacity. As of June 12, 2026, the remaining available portion of the Revolver Loan was $27.3 million.
Conference Call and Webcast Information
Comtech will host a conference call with investors and analysts on Monday, June 15, 2026, at 8:30 am Eastern Time.
A live webcast of the conference call will be accessible on the Investor Relations section of Comtech’s website at www.comtech.com/investors. Alternatively, investors can access the conference call by dialing (833) 354-6854 (primary) or (785) 838-9343 (alternate) and using the conference I.D. of “Comtech.” A replay will be available through Monday, June 29, 2026, by dialing (800) 839-3012 or (402) 220-7232.
About Comtech
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. delivers trusted mission-critical communications solutions used by military forces, government agencies, public safety organizations, mobile network operators and communities around the world. With nearly 60 years of global communications technology leadership, Comtech provides secure, resilient systems proven to perform in the world’s most demanding environments. Through advanced satellite and space communications systems and Allerium’s Next Generation 9-1-1 emergency services and location-intelligence platforms, Comtech delivers reliable connectivity across orbit, network and ground to keep essential missions, services and communities connected when it matters most. For more information, please visit www.comtech.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
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Contacts
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