KVH
Industries (KVHI)
Website:
www.kvh.com
Providing
Information To People Wherever They Go
Overview
KVH Industries (Nasdaq: KVHI) and
its wholly owned subsidiary, KVH Europe A/S are leading providers of
in-motion satellite TV and communication systems, having designed,
manufactured, and sold more than 150,000 mobile satellite antennas for
applications on vessels, vehicles, and aircraft. KVH's mission is to connect
mobile customers around the globe with the same digital television
entertainment, communications, and Internet services that they enjoy in
their home and offices.
The company's products are based on its
proprietary mobile satellite antenna and fiber optic technologies. Its mobile communications products, including TracVision and TracPhone
systems, enable customers to receive live digital television, telephone, and
Internet services in their vehicles, vessels, and airplanes while in motion
via satellite services.
The company's guidance and stabilization products
include tactical navigation systems for a range of military vehicles; and
precision fiber optic gyro-based systems that help platforms, such as gun
turrets, remote weapon stations turrets, and radar units, as well as provide
guidance for munitions.
Its fiber optic products are used in commercial
applications, such as train track geometry measurement systems, industrial
robotics, optical stabilization, autonomous vehicles, and undersea remotely
operated submersibles. The company sells its mobile communications products
through an international network of distributors and retailers worldwide;
and guidance and stabilization products directly to the United States, and
allied governments and government contractors, as well as through an
international network of authorized independent sales representatives.
KVHI
Investor Highlights
- Revenue for the first
quarter of 2008 was $23.1 million, up 13% from the first quarter ended
March 31, 2007.
- Net income for the quarter
was $1.6 million or $0.11 on a per-diluted share basis.
- Announced in July 08, that
it has received a new $2 million order for its precision DSP-3100 fiber
optic gyros (FOGs) from Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace for use in the
Protector family of remote weapon stations. The contract is in addition
to a $6 million order received in April 2008 from Kongsberg, and will
extend DSP-3100 FOG shipments into the early part of 2009.
- Announced in July 08, a
new agreement with ViaSat to begin the global rollout of the popular
mini-VSAT Broadband(sm) satellite communications service.
- Currently trades at a
forward P/E of 15.8, a price to Sales of 1.29 and a price to book of
1.35.
- KVHI has a current cash
position of over $50M with a negligible amount of debt $2M.
- Low float, only 12.7M
shares.
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