Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (CMTL) Dividends
Dividend Yield and Dividend History Highlights
- The stock's free cash flow/dividend ratio, potentially useful for understanding its ability to make dividend payments, comes in at 5.28 -- higher than 94.23% of other dividend issuers in the US.
- In terms of debt burden relative to earnings, CMTL has an EBITDA to net debt ratio of -0.29, ranking above 3.08% stocks in our set.
- If you want to include this stock in your dividend portfolio, here are some dividend stocks that are NOT correlated with CMTL that may be suitable potential portfolio mates: SWX, PCG, AUBN, CPAC and GSK.
CMTL Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model
| Current Price | DDM Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $1.76 | $8.17 | -46.88% |
A technique commonly used by dividend investors to value dividend-issuing stocks is the Dividend Discount Model (DDM), which seeks to determine a fair share price based on the dividend provided by the company relative to a number of other company-specific factors. In the case of CMTL, the DDM model, as implemented by StockNews, implies a negative return of 46.88% relative to its current price. To help understand and contextualize the model's evaluation of CMTL, investors may wish to consider are:
- Comtech Telecommunications Corp's market cap of $421 million US dollars puts it in the small-sized market cap class; here, it has a lower equity discount rate than merely 11.17% of stocks.
- Amongst its dividend-issuing peers in the small-sized market cap category, CMTL has a beta lower than 9.12% of them.
- In terms of who is growing the amount of dividends they return to shareholders, CMTL boasts a higher growth rate in terms of its annual cash distributed to its owners than 8.56% of the dividend issuers in our set.
CMTL Dividend History
| Ex-Dividend Date | Type | Payout Amount | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-17 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2022-10-18 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2022-07-19 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2022-04-19 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2022-01-18 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2021-10-12 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2021-07-20 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2021-04-20 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2021-01-19 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2020-10-13 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2020-07-14 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2020-04-14 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2020-01-14 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2019-10-15 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2019-07-16 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2019-04-16 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2019-01-15 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2018-10-16 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2018-07-13 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2018-04-17 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2018-01-16 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2017-10-17 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2017-07-13 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2017-04-17 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2017-01-13 | Dividend | $0.10 | -66.67% |
| 2016-10-19 | Dividend | $0.30 | -- |
| 2016-07-14 | Dividend | $0.30 | -- |
| 2016-04-18 | Dividend | $0.30 | -- |
| 2016-01-13 | Dividend | $0.30 | -- |
| 2015-10-15 | Dividend | $0.30 | -- |
| 2015-07-15 | Dividend | $0.30 | -- |
| 2015-04-20 | Dividend | $0.30 | -- |
| 2015-01-14 | Dividend | $0.30 | -- |
| 2014-10-22 | Dividend | $0.30 | -- |
| 2014-07-16 | Dividend | $0.30 | -- |
| 2014-05-05 | Dividend | $0.30 | -- |
| 2014-01-15 | Dividend | $0.30 | +9.09% |
| 2013-10-16 | Dividend | $0.28 | -- |
| 2013-07-17 | Dividend | $0.28 | -- |
| 2013-04-17 | Dividend | $0.28 | -- |
| 2012-12-13 | Dividend | $0.28 | -- |
| 2012-10-17 | Dividend | $0.28 | -- |
| 2012-07-18 | Dividend | $0.28 | -- |
| 2012-04-18 | Dividend | $0.28 | -- |
| 2012-01-18 | Dividend | $0.28 | -- |
| 2011-10-19 | Dividend | $0.28 | +10.00% |
| 2011-07-19 | Dividend | $0.25 | -- |
| 2011-04-19 | Dividend | $0.25 | -- |
| 2011-01-19 | Dividend | $0.25 | -- |
| 2010-10-20 | Dividend | $0.25 | -- |
| 2005-04-05 | Split | ||
| 2003-07-15 | Split | ||
| 1999-08-02 | Split |
CMTL Dividends vs. Peers
CMTL's dividend yield currently ranks #6 of 68 vs. its peers in the Technology - Hardware category.
Looking for More Information on CMTL dividends?
Here are a few links from around the web to help you further your research on Comtech Telecommunications Corp and its dividends:Comtech Telecommunications Corp Common Stock (CMTL) Dividend History | Nasdaq
Dividend History for Comtech Telecommunications Corp (CMTL) - Dividend Investor
Comtech Telecommunications Corp (CMTL) Dividend History - Seeking Alpha