Comtech Telecommunications Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Comtech Telecommunications' CEO is John Ratigan, appointed in Mar 2024, has a tenure of less than a year. directly owns 0.028% of the company’s shares, worth $14.72K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2 years and 2.5 years respectively.

Key information

John Ratigan

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	n/a
CEO tenure	less than a year
CEO ownership	0.03%
Management average tenure	2yrs
Board average tenure	2.5yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ:CMTL) Stock's 25% Dive Might Signal An Opportunity But It Requires Some Scrutiny

Feb 06

Take Care Before Jumping Onto Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ:CMTL) Even Though It's 36% Cheaper

Dec 18

CEO

John Ratigan

less than a year

Tenure

Mr. John Ratigan serves as Interim Chief Executive Officer at Comtech Telecommunications Corp. since March 13, 2024 and served as its Chief Corporate Development Officer since December 2023 until March 202...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Michael Bondi	Chief Financial Officer	5.6yrs	US$1.41m	0.26% $ 134.0k
Maria Hedden	Chief Operating Officer	2.2yrs	US$1.30m	0.042% $ 22.1k
Donald Walther	Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary	1.1yrs	US$1.36m	0.0035% $ 1.8k
Nancy Stallone	Treasurer & Assistant Corporate Secretary	3.1yrs	US$624.59k	0.16% $ 81.7k
John Ratigan	Interim Chief Executive Officer	less than a year	no data	0.028% $ 14.7k
Anirban Chakraborty	Chief Technology Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Jennie Kerr	Chief People Officer	2.4yrs	no data	no data
Jeffrey Harig	President of the Government Group of Comtech EF Data Corp.	4.2yrs	no data	no data
Daniel Gizinski	Chief Strategy Officer	no data	no data	no data
Jon Opalski	Divisional Chief Operating Officer	1.9yrs	no data	no data
Ashley Clark	Chief of Staff	no data	no data	no data
Nicole Robinson	Chief Growth Officer	1.1yrs	no data	no data

2.0yrs

Average Tenure

54.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: CMTL's management team is considered experienced (2 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Yacov Shamash	Independent Director	7.6yrs	US$215.00k	0.074% $ 38.5k
Lawrence Waldman	Lead Independent Director	8.8yrs	US$257.50k	0.068% $ 35.8k
Judy Chambers	Independent Director	2.8yrs	US$210.00k	0% $ 0
Mark Quinlan	Independent Chairman	2.3yrs	US$103.64k	0% $ 0
Wendi Carpenter	Independent Director	2.3yrs	US$210.00k	0.016% $ 8.3k
Bruce Crawford	Independent Director	less than a year	US$28.38k	no data

2.5yrs

Average Tenure

62.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: CMTL's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.5 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

Comtech Telecommunications Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Comtech Names Telecommunications Appoints Jeff Robertson as President of Terrestrial & Wireless Networks Business Segment

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Announces Ellen M. Lord Notifies Resignation as Member of Board of Directors

Comtech Appoints John Ratigan as Chief Corporate Development Officer

Chairman exercised options and sold US$51k worth of stock

Comtech Telecommunications Corp Announces Resignation of Yelena Simonyuk, General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary, Effective August 31, 2023

Chairman exercised options and sold US$51k worth of stock

Recent updates

Comtech Names Telecommunications Appoints Jeff Robertson as President of Terrestrial & Wireless Networks Business Segment

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Announces Ellen M. Lord Notifies Resignation as Member of Board of Directors

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced delayed amended 10-Q filing

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced delayed 10-Q filing

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ:CMTL) Stock's 25% Dive Might Signal An Opportunity But It Requires Some Scrutiny

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 32%

Take Care Before Jumping Onto Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ:CMTL) Even Though It's 36% Cheaper

First quarter 2024 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Comtech Appoints John Ratigan as Chief Corporate Development Officer

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Dec 07, 2023

New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

Stellant Systems, Inc. completed the acquisition of Power Systems Technology from Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NasdaqGS:CMTL).

Stellant Systems, Inc. completed the acquisition of Power Systems Technology from Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NasdaqGS:CMTL).

Is Comtech Telecommunications (NASDAQ:CMTL) Using Too Much Debt?

New minor risk - Financial position

Stellant Systems, Inc. entered into an definitive agreement to acquire Power Systems Technology from Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NasdaqGS:CMTL) for $40 million.

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS in line with analyst expectations despite revenue beat

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Oct 12, 2023

Chairman exercised options and sold US$51k worth of stock

Comtech Launches Network Agnostic Dynamic Cloud Platform for Satellite Providers

Comtech Corporation Unveils New Bridge Solutions to Increase Access to Global Hybrid Connectivity

Comtech Telecommunications Corp Announces Resignation of Yelena Simonyuk, General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary, Effective August 31, 2023

Chairman exercised options and sold US$51k worth of stock

High number of new directors

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

Chairman recently bought US$50k worth of stock

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 38%

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Provides Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Fourth Quarter of 2023

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Announces Changes in Board of Directors

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Jun 08, 2023

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 51%, revenue upgraded

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: US$0.23 loss per share (vs US$0.89 loss in 2Q 2022)

Price target increased by 9.4% to US$15.50

Chairman recently bought US$561k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.10 per share

Consensus forecasts updated

Price target increased to US$15.70

First quarter 2023 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Provides Sales Guidance for the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2023

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. to Report Q1, 2023 Results on Dec 08, 2022

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Announces Retirement of Fred Kornberg from the Board

High number of new directors

Upcoming dividend of US$0.10 per share

Consensus forecasts updated

Full year 2022 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2023

Comtech Telecommunications Q4 2022 Earnings Preview

Comtech bags foreign military sales contract

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Sep 29, 2022

CEO, President & Director exercised options and sold US$367k worth of stock

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Appoints Ken Peterman as Chief Executive Officer

Comtech names new CEO; reiterates outlook

Director exercised options and sold US$328k worth of stock

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Showcases All of the Next Generation 911 Solutions At the Annual Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International Conference and Expo

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Elects Current Independent Director Ken Peterman as Chairman of the Board, Effective July 22, 2022

Comtech taps Peterman to replace Kornberg as chairman

Independent Director recently bought US$102k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.10 per share

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 25%

Third quarter 2022 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on August 19, 2022

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Strengthens Leadership Team for Its U.S. Based Satellite-Focused Business Line

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Promotes Timothy Jenkins to President of its Safety & Security Technologies Product Group

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Appoints Ken Peterman to Board of Directors

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Provides Update on Putative Stockholder Class Action Complaint

High number of new directors

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Appoints Maria Hedden as Chief Operating Officer

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. to Report Q2, 2022 Results on Mar 10, 2022