Communications Systems (JCS)

10.94 -0.01  -0.09%  May 29, 8:00PM Go Pro
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Communications Systems Valuation

No matter how good a company is, if the price that you pay to buy it is too high, you won't make much money. These valuation metrics should give you a sense of reasonable prices, but be careful with them. Always seek to understand why a valuation is changing over time.

Price Multiples

Price Multiples show how much you get for the price you pay. They can fluctuate drastically over time. Looking at price multiples over time and comparing to those of competitors will help to triangulate a reasonable valuation.

Price to Sales Ratio

Tells you how much you are paying for one dollar of sales.

JCS 0.6751
SYMM 0.9955
ALU 0.1934
AVNW 0.3429

Price to Earnings Ratio

Tells you how much you are paying for one dollar of earnings.

JCS 12.70
SYMM 39.86
ALU 2.408

Price to Book

Tells you how much you are paying for one dollar of net assets (net assets is total assets - total liabilities).

JCS 0.9518
SYMM 1.247
ALU 0.1395
AVNW 0.9719

Enterprise Valuation

Enterprise Value (EV) multiples tell you what you would get if you were to buy the whole company (including paying off all debt). Similar to price multiples, they can be compared across time and with peers.

EV / EBITDA Pro

Tells you how much you pay for one dollar of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization if you were buying the whole company.

EV / Revenue Pro

Tells you how much you pay for one dollar of sales if you were buying the whole company.

EV / EBIT Pro

Tells you how much you pay for one dollar of earnings before interest and taxes if you were buying the whole company.

EV / Free Cash Flow Pro

Tells how much you are paying for one dollar of current free cash flow if you were buying the whole company.

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JCS News

$JCS filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/3lzn
about 20 days ago by MarketBrief
$JCS n/m, no options
about 20 days ago by rwchristensen
Considering going long $JCS June calls... tech company with solid dividend, some Europe exposure but at multi-year support atm
about 20 days ago by rwchristensen
Communications Systems (JCS) Q1 EPS Drops to 1c
May 09, 4:36PM Street Insider
$JCS forms bearish "Descending Continuation Triangle" chart pattern. http://stks.co/3IP4
about 49 days ago by RecogniaEvents
$JCS filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/3H17
about 50 days ago by MarketBrief
$JCS filed latest Annual Report http://stks.co/2sud
about 76 days ago by MarketBrief
Benjamin Graham Portfolio for March http://stks.co/2sPa AVX $SVT $SCL $JCS $MANT $NHC $EEI $ALG $CVX $KYO $PAAS $PLPC $HUM $HFC $FRD $rsh
about 76 days ago by scottsinvestments
Communications Systems Ups Dividend, Now Yields 4.5%: http://dynamicdividend.com/jcs-dividend/ $JCS
about 78 days ago by DynamicDividend
$JCS Increase in Quarterly Dividend to $0.16 from $0.15/Share
about 79 days ago by Benzinga
NEW Graham Inspired Portfolio http://stks.co/21mx $avx $svt $tess $jcs $glw $nhc $eei $ges $cvx $kyo $bg $wstg $rsh $seb $lxk
about 130 days ago by scottsinvestments
Today's Dividend-Paying Winners and Losers: http://stks.co/1YCn $JCS $LCUT $EOG $SLW $AUY $JOY
about 167 days ago by DynamicDividend
$JCS filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/14iS
about 202 days ago by MarketBrief
Today's Dividend-Paying Winners and Losers: http://stks.co/8jj / $CTIB $REXI $AUY $MPC $NEM $CSCO $ARMH $JCS $LINC $MW $PLL
about 265 days ago by DynamicDividend
Today's Dividend-Paying Winners and Losers: http://stks.co/SF / $HOTT $JCS $SBUX $ACN $KBH $AKS $MCO $INFY $OPNT $SSI
about 286 days ago by DynamicDividend
SeeThruEquity initiates coverage on Communication Systems, Inc. $JCS - http://www.seethruequity.com/universe/jcs.aspx
about 302 days ago by Ajtandon1
Dividend Yield or Growth? How About a Good Measure of Each? http://stk.ly/oMS4xZ $AAPL $BMY $HAS $PEP $EXC $CEG $JCS $OLN
about 306 days ago by ycharts
lo vol $JCS all time high
about 324 days ago by sharptraders
Today's Dividend-Paying Winners and Losers: http://stk.ly/iSczTC / $V $MA $SPRD $X $MON / $JCS $SSW $PVA $KBH
about 336 days ago by DynamicDividend
Ex-Dividend Stocks for Monday, June 13: http://goo.gl/WKzKp / $CEL $CINF $CVA $CYS $EXP $IFF $JCS $LTC $MAIN $TS ...
about 352 days ago by DynamicDividend
Today's Dividend-Paying Winners and Losers: http://goo.gl/mMjiE / $AE $JCS $AKS / $STM $CMI $SMP $CTB $LPHI
about 355 days ago by DynamicDividend
Ex-Dividend Stocks for Friday, March 18: http://goo.gl/gfLrZ / $ASGR $DDR $JCS $NM $OLP ...
about 446 days ago by DynamicDividend
Long $jcs @ 15.74 for its exposure to telecom & computer network infra buildout, plus it passed my small cap fundy-based turnaround screen.
about 501 days ago by moteltan
Cox $JCS announcing entrance into 3 markets for mobile phones is also an up for $S but down on $ATT $DT $VZ $PCS http://engt.co/cdBjiu
about 557 days ago by goodlett
@agwarner @upsidetrader $$ also added last week double euro, double yen $ULE $EUO $JCL $JCS
about 1272 days ago by JackRyanBauer
@howardlindzon Other dogs in the kennel 4 today: Recent "60 minute opening range breakdown" Alerts: http://tinyurl.com/5m2mhp - $JCS $NOVA
about 1308 days ago by TradeIdeas

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