Yahoo! FinanceHome - Yahoo! - Help

Market Guide

[ Stock Screener | Company & Fund Index | Financial Glossary ]

Profile - Acterna Corporation (NasdaqNM:ACTR)
As of 31-Aug-2001
Enter symbol:
symbol lookup

 
More Info: Quote | Chart | News | Profile | Research | SEC | Msgs | Insider | Options | Financials | Reports
Location
3 New England Executive Park
Burlington, MA 01803
Phone: (781) 272-6100
Fax: (781) 272-2304
Email: financial.information@acterna.com
Employees (last reported count): 5,300
Financial Links
 ·Top Institutional Holders
 ·Top Mutual Fund Holders
 ·Analyst Upgrade/Downgrade History
 ·Historical Quote Data
 ·Raw SEC Filings at sec.gov
Competitors:
 ·Sector: Technology
 ·Industry: Electronic Instruments & Controls
Company Websites
 ·Home Page
 ·Investor Relations
 ·Products & Services
 ·Subsidiaries
 ·Yahoo! Category

 ·Search Yahoo! for related links...

Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 75%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider buys; 30.0K shares
 · 3 insider sells; 213.0K shares
  (0.1% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 9% (36% of float)
(86 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 8.40M shares (+32.88%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
More From Market Guide
 ·Highlights
 ·Performance
 ·Ratio Comparisons
Business Summary
Acterna Corporation (Acterna) is a global communications equipment company focused on network technology solutions. The Company's operations are conducted primarily by wholly owned subsidiaries located principally in the United States and Europe, with other operations, primarily sales offices, located in Asia and Latin America. The Company is managed in one business segment, communications test. The communications test business develops, manufactures and markets instruments, systems and services used to test, deploy, manage and optimize communications networks, equipment and services. In addition, Acterna operates two other subsidiaries, AIRSHOW, Inc. and da Vinci Systems. AIRSHOW provides systems that deliver real-time news, information and flight data to aircraft passengers. da Vinci manufactures systems that correct or enhance the accuracy of color during the process of transferring film-based images to videotape.
More from Market Guide: Expanded Business Description

Financial Summary
Acterna Corp. is a global communications equipment company focused on network technology solutions. The Company is managed in two business segments: communications test and inflight information systems. For the three months ended 6/30/01, net sales increased 45% to $302.3 million. Net loss before extraordinary item fell 91% to $6.2 million. Results reflect the merger with Wavetek Wandel Goltermann, Inc. and the absence of $59.2 million in one time charges.
More from Market Guide: Significant Developments

Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Ned Lautenbach, 56
Chairman, CEO
--  --  
John Peeler, 45
Pres, Director & Pres & CEO of the Company's Communications Test Bus.
$971K--  
Allan Kline, 55
VP, CFO, Treasurer, Director
672K$107K
Dennis Ferguson, 55
Corp. VP and Pres of Airshow, Inc.
--  --  
Robert Woodbury, Jr., 43
VP, Controller
498K--  
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Mar-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
More from Market Guide on Officers & Directors:
Expanded List, Bios, Compensation, Options
Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:ACTRAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 4-Apr-2001
$3.25 
Recent Price$4.17 
52-Week High
on 1-Sep-2000
$39.125
Daily Volume (3-month avg)332.9K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)127.0K
Stock Performance
[one-year price graph]
big chart [1d | 5d | 3m | 6m | 1y | 2y]
52-Week Change-89.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-85.4%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$798.6M
Shares Outstanding191.5M
Float47.9M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 16-Mar-1995
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)-$0.41 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.50 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.03 
Sales (ttm)$6.63 
Cash (mrq)$0.23 
Valuation Ratios
Price/BookN/A 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.63 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.26B
EBITDA (ttm)$114.9M
Income available to common (ttm)-$95.6M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-7.6%
Operating Margin (ttm)0.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsMar 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-7.12%
Return on EquityN/A 
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.72 
Debt/EquityN/A 
Total Cash (mrq)$44.1M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short2.62M
Percent of Float5.5%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
2.85M
Short Ratio8.65 
Daily Volume303.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

Market Guide offers more in-depth Company Research, Stock Screening, and Hottest Stocks and Industries on over 10,000 U.S. Equities.


Copyright © 2001 Yahoo! Inc. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service
Company information Copyright Market Guide. Historical chart data and daily updates provided by Commodity Systems, Inc. (CSI). Data and information is provided for informational purposes only, and is not intended for trading purposes. Neither Yahoo nor any of its data or content providers (such as Market Guide, CSI, etc.) shall be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.