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10-K ITEM 1A · FY2024 → FY2025

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Item 1A – Risk Factors under Part I of this Form 10-K for more information about risks pertaining to our business and those factors that can influence our future results.
Critical Accounting Policies We consider certain accounting policies to be critical due to the estimation process involved in each.
In accordance with FASB ASC 606 - Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("ASC 606"), we record revenue in an amount that reflects the consideration to which we expect to be entitled in exchange for goods or services promised to customers.
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Note (1)(d) - Revenue Recognition included in Part II - Item 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data (which discussion is incorporated herein by reference) and Part II - Item 9A.
Controls and Procedures, included in this Form 10-K, for further information.
A cost-to-cost measure of progress is principally used to account for contracts in our Satellite and Space Communications segment and, to a lesser extent, certain location-based and messaging infrastructure contracts in our public safety and location technologies product line within our Allerium segment.
For over time contracts using a cost-to-cost measure of progress, we have an estimate at completion ("EAC") process in which management reviews the progress and execution of our performance obligations and calculates an estimated contract profit based on total estimated contract revenue and cost.
Since certain contracts extend over a long period of time, the impact of revisions in revenue and/or cost estimates during the progress of work may impact current period earnings through a cumulative adjustment.
Additionally, if the EAC process indicates a loss, a provision is made for the total anticipated loss in the period that it becomes evident.
Contract revenue and cost estimates for significant contracts are generally reviewed and reassessed at least quarterly.
We perform on a broad range of contracts whose revenue is recognized over time, including the development of complex and advanced customized solutions which often require the application of new technologies.
Cost estimates on fixed-price development contracts and early stage/low-rate production contracts are inherently more uncertain as to future events than on mature, full-rate production contracts.
As a result, for fixed-price development contracts and early stage/low-rate production contracts, there is typically more variability in those estimates and greater financial risk associated with unanticipated cost growth.
Risks include, but are not limited to: technical engineering risks related to the underlying technologies being developed; schedule risks related to completing performance obligations timely; and customer risks related to changing specifications.
The estimation of contract revenue, cost and progress toward completion requires the use of judgment, which can be affected by any number of factors over time and which may cause our actual results to differ materially from those estimates, as facts and circumstances change or become known to us.
Changes in estimates can occur for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to: changes in the availability, productivity and cost of labor; the effect of change orders on contract scope; the resolution of engineering risks at lower or higher costs than anticipated; the availability and cost of material components and subcontracts, as well as the performance of our subcontractors or suppliers; the impact of unanticipated changes in our customers' schedules; and changes in indirect cost allocations, such as overhead.
The impact of gross favorable and unfavorable changes in contract estimates on reported gross margin is presented in the table below: Fiscal Years Ended July 31, 2025 2024 2023 Gross favorable changes $ 11,439,000 11,802,000 7,421,000 Gross unfavorable changes (19,671,000) (20,744,000) (11,451,000) Net changes $ (8,232,000) (8,942,000) (4,030,000) Impairment of Long-Lived Assets, Including Goodwill .
As of July 31, 2025, total goodwill recorded on our Consolidated Balance Sheet aggregated $204.6 million (of which $30.5 million relates to our Satellite and Space Communications segment and $174.1 million relates to our Allerium segment).
Additionally, as of July 31, 2025, net intangibles recorded on our Consolidated Balance Sheet aggregated $173.1 million (of which $41.2 million relates to our Satellite and Space Communications segment and $131.9 million relates to our Allerium segment).
For purposes of reviewing impairment and the recoverability of goodwill and other intangible assets, our segments each constitute a reporting unit and we must make various assumptions in determining their estimated fair values.
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Note (15) - Long-lived Assets, including Goodwill and Note (16) - Intangible Assets included in Part II - Item 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data (which discussion is incorporated herein by reference), included in this Form 10-K, for further information.
Ongoing and future actions supporting our transformation strategy could result in a material impairment of our goodwill and/or intangible assets.
We provide warranty coverage for most of our products, including products under long-term contracts, for a period of at least one year from the date of shipment.
We record a liability for estimated warranty expense based on historical claims, product failure rates and other factors.
Costs associated with some of our warranties that are provided under long-term contracts are incorporated into our estimates of total contract costs.
There exist inherent risks and uncertainties in estimating warranty expenses, particularly on larger or longer-term contracts.
If we do not accurately estimate our warranty costs, any changes to our original estimates could be material to our results of operations and financial condition.
Our deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on temporary differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and applying enacted tax rates expected to be in effect for the year in which we expect the differences to reverse.
Our provision for income taxes is based on domestic (including federal, state and local) and international statutory income tax rates in the tax jurisdictions where we operate, permanent differences between financial reporting and tax reporting and available credits and incentives.
The U.S. federal government is our most significant income tax jurisdiction.
For tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return, we account for unrecognized tax benefits using a “more-likely-than-not” threshold for financial statement recognition and measurement.
We may be challenged upon review by the applicable taxing authority and positions taken by us may not be sustained.
We recognize all or a portion of the benefit of income tax positions in our GAAP results only when we have made a determination that it is "more-likely-than-not" that the tax position will be sustained upon examination, based upon the technical merits of the position and other factors.
For tax positions that are determined as "more-likely-than-not" to be sustained upon examination, the tax benefit recognized is the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement.
We recognize potential interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense.
In assessing the need for a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets, we consider all positive and negative evidence, including past financial performance, timing and judgments about future taxable income and tax planning strategies.
Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce net deferred tax assets to the amount "more-likely-than-not" expected to be realized.
We continuously evaluate additional facts representing positive and negative evidence in determining our ability to realize these deferred tax assets.

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RISK FACTORS The following describes major risks to our business and should be considered carefully.
Any of these factors could significantly and negatively affect our business, prospects, financial condition, or operating results, which could cause the trading prices of our equity securities to decline.
The risks described below are not the only risks we may face.
Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us, or risks that we currently consider immaterial, could also negatively affect us.
Summary of Risk Factors The following is a summary of the principal risks that could significantly and negatively affect our business, prospects, financial conditions, or operating results.
For a more complete discussion of the material risks facing our business, please see below: Global Risks • New and ongoing challenges relating to current supply chain constraints and impacts from inflation, including for satellite ground station and troposcatter components, could adversely impact our revenue, gross margins and financial results. • If global economic business and political conditions deteriorate as compared to the current environment it could have a material adverse impact on our business outlook and our business, operating results and financial condition. • We have significant operations in locations which could be materially and adversely impacted in the event of a terrorist attack and government responses thereto or significant disruptions (including natural disasters) to our business. • Ongoing instability and conflicts in global markets, including in the Ukraine and Eastern Europe, Israel, Lebanon, the Gaza Strip and the Middle East and Asia, and the attending possibility of economic sanctions, have created and may continue to create economic and political disruption that could adversely impact our revenue, gross margins and financial results.
Strategic Transformation Risks • We may fail to realize all of the anticipated benefits of our operational initiatives, including the strategic alternatives for our Terrestrial and Wireless Networks segment and further portfolio-shaping opportunities, or those benefits may take longer to realize than expected. • Our transformation strategy may require a substantial portion of the time and attention of our management team, which may have an adverse effect on our business and results of operations, and we may face increased levels of employee attrition.
Business Risks • Our current cash and liquidity projections raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. • Our business outlook is difficult to forecast and operating results are subject to significant fluctuations and are likely to be volatile. • Our backlog is subject to customer cancellation or modification and such cancellations or modifications could result in a decline in sales and increased provisions for excess and obsolete inventory. • Our efforts to invoice and collect unbilled receivables may be unsuccessful. • Contract cost growth on our firm fixed-price contracts exposes us to reduced profitability and the potential loss of future business and other risks. • Our business is highly dependent on the budgetary decisions of our government customers. • Our contracts with the U.S. government are subject to unique business, commercial and government audit risks. • Our dependence on sales to international customers exposes us to unique business, commercial and export compliance audit risks. • A change in our relationship with our large wireless carrier customers could have a material adverse effect. • A change by wireless carrier partners in the pricing and other terms by which they offer our products to their end-customers could have a material adverse affect. • Disputes with our subcontractors or key suppliers or their inability to deliver on a timely basis, could cause delays in our shipments. • Our estimates regarding future warranty obligations may change based on a variety of factors, impacting future cost of revenue.
Strategic Growth Risks • We face a number of risks relating to the expected long-term growth of our business. • Loss of our executive officers or other key personnel or other changes to our management team could disrupt our operations and growth plans or harm our business. • We must service the debt and maintain compliance with various covenants under a credit facility that imposes restrictions on our business. • Divestitures of portions of our business in the course of pursuing strategic alternatives and revisiting our portfolio could prove difficult to carve out, disrupt our business, dilute stockholder value or adversely affect operating results or the market price of our common stock. • Our investments in recorded goodwill and other intangible assets have been impaired and may be further impaired as a result of future business conditions, a deterioration of the global economy or if we change our reporting unit structure as we pursue strategic alternatives.
Cybersecurity Risks • We could be negatively impacted by a system failure, breach, attack or intrusion of our IT networks or those we operate for certain customers, or third-party data center facilities, servers and related systems. • The measures we have implemented to secure information we collect and store or enable access to may be breached.
Legal, Regulatory and Litigation Risks • Changes in U.S. federal, state and local and foreign tax law could adversely affect our business and financial condition. • Our U.S. federal, state and local and foreign tax returns are subject to audit and a resulting tax assessment or settlement could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. • We may be subject to environmental liabilities. • The success of our business is dependent on compliance with FCC rules and regulations and similar foreign, state and local laws and regulations. • Regulation of the mobile communications industry and VoIP is evolving, and unfavorable changes or our failure to comply with existing and potential new legislation or regulations could harm our business and operating results. • Ongoing compliance with the provisions of securities laws, related regulations and financial reporting standards could unexpectedly materially increase our costs and compliance related expenses. • Indemnification provisions in our contracts could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated results of operations, financial position, or cash flows. • We are, from time to time, and could become a party to additional litigation or subject to claims.
Additionally, we may become subject to government investigations, which may have an adverse effect on our financial condition. • Protection of our intellectual property is limited and pursuing infringers of our patents and other intellectual property rights can be costly. • Third parties may claim we are infringing their intellectual property rights and we could be prevented from selling our products, or suffer significant litigation expense, even if these claims have no merit.
Competitive Risks • All of our business activities are subject to rapid technological change, new entrants, the introduction of other distribution models and long development and testing periods each of which may harm our competitive position. • Our business is highly competitive, we are reliant upon the success of our partners, and some of our competitors have significantly greater resources than we do, which could result in a loss of customers, market share and/or market acceptance. • We rely upon various third-party companies and their technology to provide services to our customers. • Because our software may contain defects or errors, and our hardware products may incorporate defective components, our sales could decrease if these defects or errors adversely affect our reputation or delay shipments of our products.
Risks Related to our Common Stock • Our stock price is volatile. • Future issuances of our shares of common stock could dilute a stockholder's ownership interest in Comtech and reduce the market price of our shares of common stock. • Actions of activist stockholders could impact the pursuit of our business strategies and adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition and/or share price. • Provisions in our corporate documents and Delaware law could delay or prevent a change in control of Comtech.
Global Risks New and ongoing challenges relating to current supply chain constraints and impacts from inflation, including for satellite ground station and troposcatter components, could adversely impact our revenue, gross margins and financial results.
The global supply chain for certain raw materials and components, including those used in our satellite ground station and troposcatter equipment, has experienced significant strain in recent periods.
The constrained supply environment has adversely affected, and could further affect, availability and lead times of raw materials and components, thereby impeding our ability to meet customer demand in circumstances where we cannot timely secure supply of components that meet our quality standards.
Even when raw materials and components are available, they often come with higher prices reflecting an imbalance between supply and demand, as well as inflationary pressures affecting global markets.
The effects of inflation and labor challenges have caused, and we expect will continue to cause further delays in the supply chain.
Despite our attempts to mitigate the impact on our business, constrained supply chain conditions have and are expected to continue to adversely impact our costs of goods sold and may impact the timing and amount of revenue we realize.
During fiscal 2024, we experienced disruptions in our supply chain relating to later-than-expected delivery of certain key components from several suppliers that adversely impacted our revenue in fiscal 2024.
In addition, the ongoing supply chain issues have affected the quality of the components we receive.
Certain parts received in fiscal 2024 did not meet our quality specifications and we were unable to use them.
We obtain certain components and subsystems from a single source or a limited number of sources.
Some of our single source suppliers, particularly those that provide satellite ground station and troposcatter components, have reported to us that they are having disruptions in their respective supply chains.
These single source components, which include items such as RF filters and custom fiber connectors are in limited supply with very long lead times.
In some cases, we have now depleted our stock inventory and we are on waiting lists to obtain additional components.
In order to ship certain items during fiscal 2024, we must obtain additional components to produce certain finished goods.
We continue to seek new suppliers and inventory elsewhere.
In light of current challenges in the supply chain, we may not be able to qualify alternate suppliers for our components.
Heading into our fiscal 2025, we have a significant portion of our targeted revenues in our backlog.
However, if shipments from our backlog are delayed or we are unable to obtain expected orders or components, our business outlook will prove to be inaccurate.
These aforementioned supply chain constraints, and their related challenges could result in future shortages, increased material costs or use of cash, engineering design changes, and delays in new product introductions, each of which could adversely impact our revenue, gross margins and financial results.
There can be no assurance that the impacts of all the aforementioned conditions will not continue, or worsen, in the future.
If global economic business and political conditions deteriorate as compared to the current environment it could have a material adverse impact on our business outlook and our business, operating results and financial condition.
Many of the end-markets for our products and services may be significantly impacted for other issues that result in adverse global economic conditions.
For example, many of our international end-customers are in emerging and developing countries that are subject to sweeping economic and political changes.
Many governments around the world are under pressure to reduce their spending.
From time to time, global oil and natural gas prices have been volatile and have significantly impaired the ability of certain of our government customers in the oil and gas producing regions of the world to invest in telecommunications products and infrastructure.
Additionally, from time to time, the relative strength of the U.S. dollar against many international currencies has negatively impacted the purchasing power for many of our international end-customers because most of our sales are denominated in U.S. dollars.

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