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COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY INC/NY/

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Signs2 good4 warning2 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY12FY11FY10FY09
Revenue$1.59B$1.62B$1.53B$1.63B
Operating income$27.0M−$49.9M−$193.1M−$193.8M
Net income−$58.7M−$132.3M−$272.0M−$325.3M
Total assets$2.65B$2.81B$3.10B
Total liabilities$2.10B$2.33B$2.59B
Equity$441.5M$413.0M$422.5M$763.2M
EPS (diluted)$-0.28$-0.65$-1.33$-1.59
Shares out.209.2M205.0M204.1M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2012
Operating margin
1.7%
Net margin
−3.7%
Return on equity
−13.3%
Return on assets
−2.2%
Return on capital (ROCE)
1.6%
Liabilities / assets
79.1%
Debt / equity
4.75×
Book value / share
$2.11
Revenue growth (YoY)
−1.8%
Net income growth (YoY)

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2012
Altman Z″ (distress)
-1.66distress
Accruals / assets
0.9%clean
Beneish M-Score
-2.51normal
Piotroski F-Score
6/9mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
38
/ 100
Profitability 40Growth 0Catalyst 33Earnings quality 67Financial strength 50

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

2 severe4 warning2 good
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Reported a net loss
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Negative operating cash flow
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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Corporate family

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