What does the company do?
Comverse Technology, Inc., through its subsidiary, Comverse, Inc., is a provider of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication and billing services. The Company’s Total Communication portfolio includes value-added messaging, personalized data and content-based services, prepaid, postpaid and converged billing and Internet protocol (IP) communications. Comverse solutions provide services for over 500 communication service providers in more than 130 countries. Other Comverse Technology subsidiaries include Verint Systems, Inc. (Verint), Ulticom, Inc. (Ulticom) and Starhome.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Comverse Tech one-year sales: 1.12 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Application Software group: -96.68% - Comverse Tech one-year income: 118.41 Mil.
Difference from the average for the Application Software group: -98.54%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales | 1.12 Bil | 33.65 Bil | | Income | 118.41 Mil | 8.09 Bil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Comverse Tech one-year sales growth: 22.50%.
- Comverse Tech one-year income growth: 168.30%.
| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales Growth | 22.50% | -8.00% | | Income Growth | 168.30% | -1.10% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Comverse Tech one-year net profit margin: 12.2%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: 7.2 pct. pts.
Difference from the average for the Application Software group: -9.0 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
|---|
| Company | 12.2% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 5.0% | | Industry | 21.2% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Comverse Tech debt/equity ratio: 0.27.
Difference from the average for the Application Software group: 3.85%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 0.27 | 0.26 |
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