Comtech Telecommunications reported its results for the third quarter and nine months ended April 30, 2016.
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Q3 net sales were $124.2 million compared to $71.6 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015. Net sales for the nine months ended April 30, 2016 were $258.6 million compared to $229.8 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2015.
The increase in net sales for both periods reflects incremental sales of approximately $66.0 million as a result of the acquisition of TeleCommunication Systems, partially offset by lower sales of legacy Comtech products.
As previously announced, the TCS acquisition closed on February 23, 2016. Comtech achieved bookings of approximately $139.2 million during the third quarter of fiscal 2016 which translates into a quarterly book-to-bill ratio (a measure of quarterly bookings divided by quarterly net sales) of 1.12 compared with an average book-to-bill ratio of 0.81 for the prior two quarters.
Operating net loss was $13.4 million and $8.0 million for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2016, respectively as compared to operating income of $7.2 million and $26.0 million for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2015, respectively.
During the three and nine months ended April 30, 2016, we expensed $17.0 million and $20.7 million, respectively, of pre-tax acquisition plan expenses, almost all of which relates to the Company's acquisition of TCS. Excluding these expenses, we would have reported operating income for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2016 of $3.6 million and $12.7 million, respectively.
GAAP net loss was $14.4 million, or $(0.89) per diluted share, for the three months ended April 30, 2016 as compared to GAAP net income of $5.0 million, or $0.30 per diluted share, for the three months ended April 30, 2015.
GAAP net loss was $10.4 million, or $(0.65) per diluted share, for the nine months ended April 30, 2016 as compared to GAAP net income of $17.8 million, or $1.08 per diluted share, for the nine months ended April 30, 2015.
Adjusted EBITDA was $12.5 million and $29.2 million for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2016 as compared to $11.6 million and $39.8 million for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2015. ■