Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (CMTL): fair value, margin of safety and Wheel Score

Is CMTL undervalued?

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (CMTL) closed at 1.24 on 5 Nov 2026. The GLS average fair value - the simple average of the 2 valuation models that produced a positive number - is 8.98, which puts the price 86% below it. 1 of the 2 models value the shares above the current price. A gap this wide is rare in our universe of ~7,400 US stocks and is exactly what the Value part of the Wheel Score rewards; it is also where the question "why is it this cheap?" matters most.

Only 2 of the nine models produced a value (10 Cap, DDM); the others need a dividend, positive free cash flow or positive book value the company does not have yet, so the average rests on a narrow base.

The nightly engine files CMTL under Speculative - it is losing money or its Piotroski health score is 3 or lower - which caps its Wheel Score at 45 and keeps it out of the Sunday Scan.

Nine valuation models for CMTL

Each model turns the latest filed numbers into a value per share; the GLS fair value is the simple average of the ones that produce a positive number. The last two rows are shown for reference and never enter the average. The Quote page lets you switch any model off and add your own margin of safety.

Quality and financial health

Financial health is weak: CMTL passes 3 of the nine Piotroski tests. Our scans drop the stock at the health filter; a low score is often the reason a stock looks cheap on the valuation models. The GLS Moat score is low at 2.0 out of 10: returns on capital, margins or the balance sheet have not shown a lasting edge yet - often a young company, a thin-margin business or one that has only recently turned profitable.

Returns on capital are thin or negative - ROIC -7.6%, ROE -13.9%, ROA -5.2% - with debt at 0.84 times equity and a free-cash-flow yield of 56.2%.

The dividend yield is 0.09% with a payout ratio of -0% - a small yield that leaves most of the earnings in the business. Revenue comes mainly from Fixed Price Contract 90%, Time and Materials Contract 10% (fiscal year FY2026).

Institutional ownership scores 5/10, insider activity 1/10 and Congressional trading 5/10 on the GLS smart-money scales.

Wheel Score 23: Weak

CMTL scores 23 out of 100 on the Wheel Score, in the Weak band (under 50): it fails filter 2, a real business, not a gamble - speculative (a loss, or a weak Piotroski score); and filter 4, financially healthy - Piotroski 3/9 (under 6); and filter 6, no serious red flags - Red Flags score 55 (under 60); and filter 7, a premium worth selling - implied volatility 178% (over 80%); and filter 8, big enough - market cap $37M (under $1.0B); and filter 9, not a penny stock - price 1.24 (under $5), and the parts are thin too - value strong, premium weak, moat weak, health weak, red flags weak, option trading weak, stability weak. The score is not a judgement on the company; it says the price, quality and premium do not line up for selling puts on it today.

Implied volatility is 178%, above the 80% ceiling of the Wheel Trade Filter on premium. The premium looks generous, but moves of that size can blow through any strike. Chain open interest is 2,035 contracts across all expiries - enough for the wheel at normal size.

Volume runs at 239k shares a day on a market cap of $37M, with a beta of 1.70 - a high beta, so the stock tends to move more than the market and a strike can be gapped through; the Stability part of the Wheel Score rates that weak.

The Wheel Score ranks ~7,400 US stocks for selling cash-secured puts and covered calls: a stock must pass all 9 Wheel Trade Filters to score 70, and the score then ranks the ones that pass; the Sunday Scan is the top 10. It is updated nightly and is not a recommendation. How the Wheel Score works · the walkthrough lesson shows how it fits into a trade, start to finish.

Upcoming events

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. reports earnings on 9 Nov 2026 - inside the 14-day window the Sunday Scan avoids, because a put sold now would carry the report's gap risk.

No analyst upgrades or downgrades were recorded in the last 30 days.

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