---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000023197-26-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMTL"
cik: "0000023197"
company_name: "COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-03-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T12:04:27.511020+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Comtech Q2 fiscal 2026: Net sales down 15.6%, gross margin jumps to 33.9%, Adj EBITDA up 214%

## Summary
- Net sales $106.8M, down 15.6% YoY; gross margin improved to 33.9% from 26.7%.
- Adjusted EBITDA $9.1M (8.6% margin), up 214% from $2.9M a year ago.
- Net bookings $175.4M, book-to-bill 1.64x; funded backlog $731.6M.
- GAAP operating cash flow $4.9M, fourth consecutive positive quarter; total liquidity $49.9M.
- Allerium segment net sales up 6.2% to $56.2M; S&S sales down 31.3% due to exiting low-margin contracts.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000023197-26-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMTL
- cik: 0000023197
- company_name: COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-03-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319726000038/0000023197-26-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319726000038/cmtl-20260316.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000023197-26-000038
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000023197-26-000038.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/ reported financial results for second quarter ended January 31, 2026.
  - Period: second quarter ended January 31, 2026
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On March 16, 2026, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its results of operations for its second quarter ended January 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319726000038/0000023197-26-000038-index.htm

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