What does the company do?
Tellabs, Inc. is engaged in designing and marketing equipment and services to communications customers worldwide. The Company’s products and services enable its customers to deliver wireline and wireless voice, data and video services to business and residential customers. It sells its products domestically and internationally through its field sales force and distributors/partners. The Company’s customers are primarily communication services providers, including local exchange carriers (LECs); national post, telephone and telegraph (PTT) administrators, wireless service providers, multiple system operators (MSOs), and competitive service providers (CSPs). Its customer base also includes distributors, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), system integrators and government agencies. The Company operates in three segments: Broadband, Transport and Services.
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.
- Tellabs one-year sales: 1.54 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Communication Equipment group: -94.42% - Tellabs one-year income: 64.30 Mil.
Difference from the average for the Communication Equipment group: 273.77%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales | 1.54 Bil | 27.70 Bil | | Income | 64.30 Mil | 17.20 Mil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Tellabs one-year sales growth: -14.00%.
Difference from the average for the Communication Equipment group: -2.40 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales Growth | -14.00% | -11.60% | | Income Growth | NA | -19.00% |
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.
- Tellabs one-year net profit margin: 4.2%
| Net profit margins (%) |
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| Company | 4.2% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | -6.0% | | Industry | -1.9% |
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.
- Tellabs debt/equity ratio: 0.13.
Difference from the average for the Communication Equipment group: -82.19%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 0.13 | 0.73 |
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