COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS C CMTL
COM NEW · Common Stock · CUSIP 205826209 · ISIN US2058262096
Company headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, United States
- SectorTechnology
- IndustryRadio & Tv Broadcasting & Communications Equipment
- HeadquartersChandler, AZ
- Founded1972
- Websitecomtech.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($1.3m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 27.9m as of 2023-06-02, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $9.14. Options: 5 managers hold calls ($466.1k notional), 5 hold puts ($559.9k).
Trends to Q2 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 144 |
| Q4 2022 | 132 |
| Q1 2023 | 138 |
| Q2 2023 | 150 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 45 | 71 |
| Q1 2023 | 63 | 50 |
| Q2 2023 | 86 | 68 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $1.0m | $897.0k | 0.87 |
| Q4 2022 | $134.5k | $484.4k | 3.60 |
| Q1 2023 | $366.7k | $321.7k | 0.88 |
| Q2 2023 | $466.1k | $559.9k | 1.20 |
Biggest buyers
| Freshford Capital Management, LLC | Added | +926.5k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +825.7k |
| Archon Capital Management LLC | Added | +581.6k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | New | +315.6k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ | New | +302.7k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +279.1k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | +253.0k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +252.7k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | New | +218.7k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | +214.9k |
Biggest sellers
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -2.5m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -755.6k |
| Acacia Research Corp | Reduced | -605.3k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Reduced | -507.8k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -473.8k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -286.4k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC | Sold out | -167.7k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -145.3k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -138.7k |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC | Sold out | -128.2k |
Biggest calls
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | New | $182.8k20.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $164.5k18.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $108.8k11.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $10.0k1.2k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $385.7k42.2k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $94.1k10.3k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $70.0k7.7k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | New | $10.1k1.1k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
Magnetar Financial LLC
13D · may seek influence
+1.2 pts · filed 2026-06-17
Stated purposeItem 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: Amended Subordinated Credit Agreement On June 14, 2026, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. ("Comtech" or the "Company") entered into the Amendment No. 3 to Subordinated Credit Agreement (the "Subordinated Amendment No. 3") with the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as agent (the "Subordinated Agent"), which amends that certain Subordinated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2024, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and the Subordinated Agent (as amended by that certain Waiver and Amendment No. 1 to Subordinated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2025, and that certain Amendment No. 2 to Subordinated … Full filing |
42.8% |
White Hat Capital Partners LP
13D · may seek influence
no change · filed 2026-06-16
Stated purposeAmendment No. 3 to the Subordinated Credit Agreement In connection with the entry by the Issuer, on June 14, 2026, into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement" and the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement the "Transactions"), by and among the Issuer, certain direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Issuer named therein and Wavestream Corporation, a Delaware corporation and an affiliate of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd, a company incorporated under the laws of the State of Israel, on June 14, 2026, the Issuer entered into an Amendment No. 3 to Subordinated Credit Agreement ("Amendment No. 3 to Subordinated Credit Agreement") with the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and the Subordinated Agent, which amends that certain Subordinated Credit Ag… Full filing |
10.0% |
| QVT Financial LP 13G · institution new · filed 2026-05-15 | 5.7% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-07-31 | 5.0% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP (0.5%, 2026-07-28), NEEDHAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC (4.0%, 2026-02-13)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2022 | 5 | $289.2k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 1 | $13.4k | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 2 | $573.5k | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 6 | $1.0m | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-26 | Carpenter Wendi B. Director | Bought | $9.6k1.0k shares |
| 2023-06-21 | Quinlan Mark R. Director · See Footnote | Bought | $889.0k100.0k shares |
| 2023-06-15 | Carpenter Wendi B. Director | Bought | $9.2k1.0k shares |
| 2023-06-14 | HEDDEN MARIA Chief Operating Officer | Bought | $20.0k2.2k shares |
| 2023-06-14 | Walther Donald E. Chief Legal Officer | Bought | $4.4k500 shares |
| 2023-06-13 | Peterman Ken Allen Chairman, President and CEO, director | Bought | $50.3k5.4k shares |
| 2023-06-13 | BONDI MICHAEL Chief Financial Officer | Bought | $46.4k5.0k shares |
| 2023-06-13 | Walther Donald E. Chief Legal Officer | Bought | $4.6k500 shares |
| 2023-04-19 | Carpenter Wendi B. Director | Bought | $5.4k500 shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.8m $16.6m | Reduced -2.5m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5m $13.9m | Reduced -138.7k |
| Archon Capital Management LLC 4.93% of their portfolio | 1.5m $13.6m | Added +581.6k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $12.6m | Reduced -473.8k |
| Freshford Capital Management, LLC 1.80% of their portfolio | 1.3m $11.8m | Added +926.5k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.0m $9.3m | Added +16.5k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 864.7k $7.9m | Added +825.7k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 554.9k $5.1m | Added +30.9k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 515.2k $4.7m | Reduced -507.8k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 505.7k $4.6m | Reduced -13.2k |
| Acacia Research Corp 41.29% of their portfolio | 480.8k $4.4m | Reduced -605.3k |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC 0.90% of their portfolio | 431.4k $3.9m | Added +19.5k |
| Huber Capital Management LLC 0.93% of their portfolio | 421.3k $3.9m | Added +127.8k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 382.2k $3.5m | Added +279.1k |
| Penserra Capital Management LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 319.9k $2.9m | Added +9.4k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 315.6k $2.9m | New |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 302.7k $2.8m | New |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.00% of their portfolio | 296.7k $2.7m | Added +252.7k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 286.7k $2.6m | Added +112.0k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 280.8k $2.6m | Reduced -127.4k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 268.1k $2.5m | Added +253.0k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 250.0k $2.3m | Reduced -40.9k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 225.1k $2.1m | Added +1.4k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 218.7k $2.0m | New |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 214.9k $2.0m | New |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 208.1k $1.9m | Reduced -286.4k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 179.5k $1.6m | New |
| GABELLI FUNDS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 174.8k $1.6m | Reduced -19.4k |
| Teton Advisors, Inc. 0.44% of their portfolio | 174.0k $1.6m | Reduced -5.1k |
| Profit Investment Management, LLC 1.02% of their portfolio | 172.3k $1.6m | Added +137.7k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 168.3k $1.5m | Reduced -22.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 157.9k $1.4m | Reduced -145.3k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 156.8k $1.4m | Added +133.9k |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 150.3k $1.4m | Added +2.0k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 139.3k $1.3m | Added +94.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 133.6k $1.2m | Reduced -755.6k |
| Ergoteles LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 132.9k $1.2m | New |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 126.0k $1.2m | Added +27.3k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 120.9k $1.1m | Added +8.3k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 114.0k $1.0m | Reduced -41 |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 110.0k $1.0m | Reduced -3.5k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 108.7k $993.4k | Reduced -7.3k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 107.2k $979.5k | New |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 105.8k $967.0k | Added +80.5k |
| GABELLI & Co INVESTMENT ADVISERS, INC. 0.14% of their portfolio | 88.8k $811.8k | Unchanged |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 84.1k $768.5k | Added +23.0k |
| OCCUDO QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIES LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 77.6k $709.4k | Added +61.3k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 73.8k $674.8k | New |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.3k $670.0k | Reduced -1.2k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 67.0k $612.4k | New |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.00% of their portfolio | 66.0k $603.0k | New |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 60.8k $555.7k | New |
| AXA S.A. 0.00% of their portfolio | 59.5k $543.7k | New |
| Empowered Funds, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 59.1k $539.8k | New |
| EA Series Trust 0.02% of their portfolio | 59.1k $539.8k | First filing |
| GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP 0.05% of their portfolio | 58.7k $537.0k | New |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.8k $482.0k | New |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 49.7k $454.3k | Unchanged |
| AXXCESS WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 49.4k $451.5k | Added +5.4k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 48.3k $441.4k | Reduced -51.2k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.01% of their portfolio | 47.8k $437.3k | New |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 46.1k $420.9k | Added +17.3k |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 45.1k $412.0k | New |
| Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 43.2k $394.9k | New |
| Vident Investment Advisory, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 42.5k $388.6k | Added +5.1k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.9k $382.7k | Reduced -101.3k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.7k $381.4k | Unchanged |
| IRONWOOD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 40.0k $365.5k | Reduced -4.2k |
| MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.6k $353.0k | Added +24.4k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 37.9k $346.4k | Added +6.8k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.3k $331.4k | Added +6.0k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.5k $325.0k | New |
| KETTLE HILL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 35.1k $321.2k | New |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.2k $277.0k | Added +6.6k |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.7k $272.0k | New |
| Clearview Wealth Advisors LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 28.1k $257.1k | New |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.0k $246.5k | New |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.9k $227.3k | Added +12.8k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.8k $208.0k | Added +21.3k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.0k $201.4k | Added +8.1k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.8k $190.0k | Reduced -74 |
| Laurion Capital Management LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 20.1k $183.4k | New |
| DARK FOREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 19.8k $181.0k | Added +19.3k |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.03% of their portfolio | 18.6k $170.2k | New |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.5k $169.1k | Unchanged |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 17.5k $159.6k | New |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.4k $159.5k | New |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.8k $209.7k | Unchanged |
| ProVise Management Group, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 16.8k $153.5k | New |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.5k $150.6k | New |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.4k $149.6k | Reduced -4.1k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.5k $141.4k | Unchanged |
| Cullen Capital Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.9k $136.0k | Added +2.2k |
| Lapides Asset Management, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 13.9k $127.0k | Reduced -26.5k |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.1k $120.0k | Reduced -1.1k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.9k $117.9k | Reduced -2.7k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.8k $117.1k | New |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.8k $116.6k | New |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.3k $112.4k | Added +963 |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.9k $109.0k | Added +4.2k |