Example searches

JCS Communications Systems, Inc.

Communications Systems, Inc. operates through its subsidiaries which are principally engaged in the manufacture and sale of core media conversion products and connectivity infrastructure products for broadband and voice communications. It operates through the following segments: Suttle manufactures, Transition Networks, JDL Technologies, and Net2Edge. The Suttle manufactures segment manufactures connectivity infrastructure products for broadband and voice communications. The Transition Networks segment designs and markets media conversion products, ethernet switches, and other connectivity and data transmission products. The JDL Technologies segment is an IT managed services provider and value-added reseller. The Net2Edge segment develops, manufactures and sells products to connect legacy networks to high-speed services. The company was founded by Curtis A. Sampson in 1969 and is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.

Company profile

Ticker
JCS
Exchange
NASDAQ
Website
www.commsystems.com
CEO
Roger H. D. Lacey
Employees
Incorporated in
Minnesota
Location
Minnesota
Fiscal year end
Dec 31
Sector
Electronic Technology > Telecommunications Equipment
Industry (SEC)
Telephone & Telegraph Apparatus
Avaya • Ciena • NETGEAR • Plantronics • Infinera • ADTRAN • Fabrinet • AudioCodes • Westell • ClearOne ...
Former names
Communications Systems Inc
SEC CIK
0000022701
Corporate docs
IRS number
410957999

JCS stock data

(
)
FINRA relative short interest over last month (20 trading days) ?

Calendar

17 Mar 20
4 Apr 20
31 Dec 20

News

Company financial data Financial data

Chart JCS financial data
Quarter (USD) Sep 19 Jun 19 Mar 19 Dec 18
Revenue 18.22M 15.4M 16.72M 18.66M
Net income 1.74M 2.77M 240.11K -745K
Diluted EPS 0.19 0.3 0.03 -0.08
Net profit margin 9.54% 18.01% 1.44% -3.99%
Operating income 1.63M -264.1K 180.64K -260K
Net change in cash 1.47M 3.66M -1.57M 2.42M
Cash on hand 14.62M 13.15M 9.49M 11.06M
Cost of revenue 10.49M 9.69M 10.3M 11.76M
Annual (USD) Dec 18 Dec 17 Dec 16 Dec 15
Revenue 65.76M 82.32M 99.35M 107.67M
Net income -6.79M -11.83M -8.11M -9.65M
Diluted EPS -0.75 -1.32 -0.92 -1.11
Net profit margin -10.33% -14.36% -8.17% -8.96%
Operating income -6.56M -11.76M -4.46M -10.51M
Net change in cash -1.4M 2.01M 630.54K -3.92M
Cash on hand 11.06M 12.45M 10.44M 9.81M
Cost of revenue 44.46M 61.49M 72.77M 76.12M

Financial data from company earnings reports

Recent insider trades

JCS insider ownership history Insider history
Date Owner Security Transaction Code $Price #Shares $Value #Remaining
30 Mar 20 Fluegge Scott Common Stock Payment of exercise Dispose F 4.46 1,584 7.06K 17,447
30 Mar 20 Fluegge Scott Common Stock Grant Aquire A 4.46 5,343 23.83K 19,031
30 Mar 20 Hlavka Kristin Common Stock Payment of exercise Dispose F 4.46 864 3.85K 10,466
30 Mar 20 Hlavka Kristin Common Stock Grant Aquire A 4.46 2,407 10.74K 11,030
30 Mar 20 Fandrich Mark Common Stock Grant Aquire A 4.46 7,729 34.47K 15,386
30 Mar 20 Lacey Roger HD Common Stock Payment of exercise Dispose F 4.46 1,750 7.81K 81,368.443
30 Mar 20 Lacey Roger HD Common Stock Grant Aquire A 4.46 4,579 20.42K 83,118.443
20 Dec 19 Randall D Sampson Common Stock Gift Dispose G 0 5,000 0 66,168
Data from 3, 4 and 5 filings. Stock values as filed, not updated for current price.

Institutional ownership Q4 2019

JCS institutional ownership history Ownership history
34.1% owned by funds/institutions
13F holders
 Current Prev Q Change
Total holders 36 27 +33.3%
Opened positions 11 4 +175.0%
Closed positions 2 6 -66.7%
Increased positions 8 6 +33.3%
Reduced positions 11 9 +22.2%
13F shares
 Current Prev Q Change
Total value 19.55M 11.91M +64.1%
Total shares 3.17M 2.61M +21.6%
Total puts 0 0 –
Total calls 0 0 –
Total put/call ratio – – –
Largest owners
 Shares Value Change
Renaissance Technologies 713.81K $4.4M +24.8%
GBL Gamco Investors, Inc. Et Al 676.17K $4.17M +1.9%
Dimensional Fund Advisors 442.81K $2.73M -0.6%
Gabelli Funds 304.2K $1.88M -5.4%
Vanguard 180.55K $1.11M +43.9%
EAM Investors 113.33K $699K NEW
Bridgeway Capital Management 112.7K $695K +53.8%
BLK BlackRock 110.18K $680K -5.0%
Alambic Investment Management 101.97K $629K NEW
White Pine Capital 59.83K $369K -42.8%
Largest transactions
 Shares Bought/sold Change
Renaissance Technologies 713.81K +141.63K +24.8%
EAM Investors 113.33K +113.33K NEW
Alambic Investment Management 101.97K +101.97K NEW
Vanguard 180.55K +55.09K +43.9%
White Pine Capital 59.83K -44.82K -42.8%
Acadian Asset Management 48.65K +42.64K +709.3%
Bridgeway Capital Management 112.7K +39.4K +53.8%
O'shaughnessy Asset Management 29.74K +29.74K NEW
Millennium Management 23.98K +23.98K NEW
Leap Investments 18.49K +18.49K NEW
Data from 13F filings. Stock values as filed, not updated for current price. Long positions only.

Financial report summary

?
Competition
FutureLink • Procera Networks • Spok
Content analysis ?
Positive
Negative
Uncertain
Constraining
Legalese
Litigous
Readability
8th grade Avg
New words: aged, Amazon, anniversary, Attorney, AWS, Azure, bespoke, California, CCPA, CIO, Codification, commenced, commencement, compliant, CPE, CRH, disposition, ecosystem, epidemic, escrow, FutureLink, hardened, headcount, helpdesk, implicit, indemnify, indirect, IoT, Ireland, larger, LTE, metropolitan, negotiated, niche, Oldcastle, overhead, package, PLC, PPC, Primex, proactive, proactively, put, readily, rest, rich, ROU, running, signal, SoHo, SpeedStar, stream, TAA, TSA
Removed: accessible, achievement, acquiring, ADC, amendment, assessment, authority, block, brownfield, cable, CATV, CenturyLink, challenging, classification, closure, coax, conclusion, conjunction, connected, connecting, consent, copper, CorroShield, corrosion, coupled, coverage, decade, declared, deduction, definable, deployed, detail, discounted, diversity, DSL, earned, easily, electronic, eliminate, entitle, entitled, equal, exceed, fabricated, feature, featuring, filled, flexibility, flexible, foundation, Founded, FTTx, functional, FutureLinkTMand, FutureLinkTMbrand, gel, goodwill, greenfield, HealthTech, HealthTechTM, holder, initial, inside, interference, ISO, Junior, knowledge, labor, land, Liberator, liquidation, manufacturer, maximizing, MDU, MediaMAXTM, MediaMAXTMbrand, metal, mile, minimize, nationwide, Native, obligated, obtaining, October, offered, onInternal, optimize, oriented, Participating, patent, pension, performed, person, pill, plastic, poison, precision, prevented, qualify, read, real, reinvested, reinvestment, requirement, residential, retrospective, reviewed, reviewing, rightholder, Rounding, router, Sec, select, selected, single, SOHOTM, solid, sophisticated, speed, splitter, spot, Stackable, step, stringent, subscriber, supporting, TE, TechWatch, TechWatchTM, tender, Terminal, thereto, throughput, traffic, translation, ultimately, undistributed, unique, Verizon, void, wall, wire
From filing 10-K 2019 FY

Financial reports

View all
10-K/A
2019 FY
Annual report (amended)
17 Mar 20
10-K
2019 FY
Annual report
17 Mar 20
10-Q
2019 Q3
Quarterly report
1 Nov 19
10-Q
2019 Q2
Quarterly report
2 Aug 19
10-Q
2019 Q1
Quarterly report
7 May 19
10-K
2018 FY
Annual report
8 Mar 19
10-Q
2018 Q3
Quarterly report
9 Nov 18
10-Q
2018 Q2
Quarterly report
3 Aug 18
10-Q
2018 Q1
Quarterly report
15 May 18
10-K
2017 FY
Annual report
6 Apr 18

Current reports

View all
8-K/A
Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
17 Mar 20
8-K
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
12 Mar 20
8-K
Communications Systems, Inc., Announces Retirement of Scott Otis, Group President of Transition Networks & Net2Edge
20 Sep 19
8-K
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
24 May 19
8-K
Regulation FD Disclosure
22 May 19
8-K
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
10 Apr 19
8-K
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers
1 Apr 19
8-K
Communications Systems, Inc. Announces Retirement of Curtis Sampson as Chairman of the Board
18 Dec 18
8-K
Communications Systems, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.04 Per Share and Establishes Special Committee to Explore Strategic Options
29 May 18
8-K
Communications Systems, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter
2 Apr 18

Registration and prospectus

View all
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
22 May 19
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
8 Mar 19
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
21 May 15
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
10 Nov 11
8-A12B
Registration of securities on exchange
30 Dec 09
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
14 Aug 09
25
Voluntary exchange delisting
2 Jun 08
8-A12B/A
Registration of securities on exchange (amended)
2 Jun 08
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
16 Nov 04
8-A12B
Registration of securities on exchange
24 Jan 03

Proxies

View all
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
10 Apr 19
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
11 Apr 18
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
12 Apr 17
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
7 Apr 16
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
10 Apr 15
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
5 Jun 14
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
14 May 14
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
25 Apr 14
PRE 14A
Preliminary proxy
14 Apr 14
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
10 Apr 13

Other

View all
SD
Conflict minerals disclosure
30 May 19
SD
Conflict minerals disclosure
21 May 18
SD
Conflict minerals disclosure
31 May 17
SD
Conflict minerals disclosure
27 May 16
SD
Conflict minerals disclosure
29 May 15
SD
Conflict minerals disclosure
30 May 14
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
15 Jan 14
CORRESP
Correspondence with SEC
6 Jan 14
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
19 Dec 13
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
17 Nov 10

Ownership

View all
4
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS / Roger HD Lacey ownership change
2 Apr 20
4
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS / Kristin Hlavka ownership change
2 Apr 20
4
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS / SCOTT FLUEGGE ownership change
2 Apr 20
4
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS / Mark Fandrich ownership change
2 Apr 20
SC 13G/A
Beneficial ownership report (amended)
14 Feb 20
SC 13G/A
Beneficial ownership report (amended)
14 Feb 20
5
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS / RANDALL D SAMPSON ownership change
14 Feb 20
SC 13G/A
Communications Systems Inc
13 Feb 20
SC 13G/A
Communications Systems Inc
11 Feb 20
SC 13D/A
Communications Systems Inc
30 Jan 20