DZS Inc.

DZSIQ Technology Communication Equipment

DZS Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2023 (year ended December 2023) was $244.5 million, down 31.6% from fiscal 2022. Operating cash flow growth for three consecutive years.

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Market cap
$6.7M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−3.1×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
1/9
Altman Z
−1.90
Beneish M
−4.41
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

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Insider Ownership 51.45%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 6.65
Revenue 243.70
Net Income (74.78)
Free Cash Flow (43.50)
Net Debt 10.69
Current Ratio 1.22
Debt/Equity 0.51
P/E ratio 0.00
Fwd P/E (3.05) (negative: loss-making)
P/S ratio 0.00
P/B ratio 0.00
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth 1.32%
Next Y EPS Growth (87.01%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y revenue growth 73.96% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 20.00% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales against its own 10 years 1.38%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2021 2022 2023 Q'24
Cash 53 38 21 6
Receivables 97 151 84 35
Inventory 57 94 82 79
Other 2 1 1 1
215 291 196 134
2021 2022 2023 Q'24
Payables 64 119 84 63
ST’ Debt 4 34 20 —
Other 6 19 16 12
90 202 166 110

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 7.18% (2.83%) (6.65%)
Cash Flow 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value (4.97%) (21.94%) (37.76%)

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 28 31 38 — —
’23 44 31 23 147 245
’22 72 83 99 104 358
’21 81 83 88 98 350
’20 47 71 94 89 301
’19 74 84 72 78 307
’18 60 76 72 75 282
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (30) (6) (1) — —
’23 (15) (21) (5) (5) (46)
’22 (11) (20) (7) (12) (51)
’21 (7) (1) (7) 1 (14)
’20 1 (5) (7) 16 5
’19 (5) (11) (6) (1) (23)
’18 (14) (2) 0 3 (12)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (30) (7) (2) — —
’23 (14) (21) (5) (5) (46)
’22 (12) (21) (8) (15) (55)
’21 (8) (2) (9) 0 (19)
’20 0 (6) (7) 16 3
’19 (5) (12) (7) (2) (25)
’18 (14) (2) (1) 3 (13)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (0.50) 0.61 (0.67) — —
’23 (0.55) (0.80) (1.07) (1.65) (4.29)
’22 (0.28) (0.45) (0.49) (0.35) (1.33)
’21 (0.92) (0.12) (0.22) (0.08) (1.30)
’20 (0.41) (0.01) (0.01) (0.65) (1.07)
’19 (0.10) 0.13 (0.19) (0.48) (0.69)
’18 0.01 0.08 0.11 (0.03) 0.17
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.7
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Trend 2024e 2025e 2026e
Price, $
Price, $ Low — — 4.28 4.25 8.54 6.59 2.90 10.77 10.59 1.24

Analyst estimates 2024–2026

Powerpack
High — — 10.00 9.68 15.59 15.00 16.95 23.48 19.95 13.45
People
People Employees — — 622 629 670 789 830 840 765 660
Revenue/emp, $m — — 0.24 0.39 0.42 0.39 0.36 0.42 0.47 0.37
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue — — 150 247 282 307 301 350 358 245
Gross margin, % — — 27.75 33.49 32.35 32.62 32.22 34.34 31.74 16.54
EBT — — (14) (1) 5 (10) (20) (31) (40) (134)
EBT margin, % — — (9.21) (0.36) 1.62 (3.15) (6.51) (8.99) (11.27) (54.98)
Net income — — (15) 1 3 (13) (23) (35) (41) (135)
Depreciation — — 3 4 3 7 5 5 9 21
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue — — 12.92 15.08 17.13 15.82 13.93 13.12 12.73 7.75
Earnings — — (1.20) 0.07 0.17 (0.69) (1.07) (1.30) (1.33) (4.29)
Cash flow — — 0.30 0.12 (0.74) (1.17) 0.23 (0.54) (1.80) (1.45)
Capex — — (0.12) (0.07) (0.07) (0.12) (0.11) (0.19) (0.16) 0.01
Free cash flow — — 0.18 0.05 (0.81) (1.29) 0.13 (0.72) (1.96) (1.45)
Book value — — 5.75 4.50 4.72 5.49 4.33 4.94 4.93 0.72
Shares, m — — 12 16 16 19 22 27 28 32
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E — — 0.00 114.75 76.64 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
P/S — — 0.38 0.61 0.81 0.56 1.11 1.24 1.01 0.23
P/B — — 0.86 2.04 2.94 1.61 3.57 3.28 2.60 2.46
EV/Sales — — 0.38 0.74 0.85 0.57 1.07 1.13 1.03 0.24
EV/FCF — — 25.72 245.13 (17.83) (6.97) 119.49 (20.35) (6.66) (1.29)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow — — 3 2 (12) (23) 5 (14) (51) (46)
Capex — — (1) (1) (1) (2) (2) (5) (4) 0
Free cash flow — — 2 1 (13) (25) 3 (19) (55) (46)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital — — 57 62 75 115 123 124 90 31
Total debt — — 24 62 46 37 44 16 45 58
Net debt — — (1) 32 11 3 (11) (37) 7 37
Shareholders’ equity — — 67 74 78 107 94 132 139 23
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA — — (13.40) 0.70 1.59 (6.17) (9.26) (13.60) (13.08) (43.44)
ROIC — — (12.41) 0.42 5.04 (4.01) 0.32 (19.01) (15.91) (135.86)
ROE — — (28.29) 1.52 3.65 (14.60) (23.07) (30.76) (30.52) (167.83)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2023 · latest quarter Sep 2024

Charts ten years each

DZS Inc. vs peers in Communication Equipment (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
FKWL Franklin Wireless Corp. $26.3M — (loss-making) 71.5× +21.21% (above 0%: growing) n/m −138.43% (below 0%: shrinking) 9.03% (21.50%) Compare
UTSI UTStarcom Holdings Corp $22.7M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −25.06% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −244.19% (below 0%: shrinking) 27.96% 0.00% Compare
CMBMF Cambium Networks Corporation $11.3M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +32.05% (above 0%: growing) n/m +20.45% (above 0%: growing) 50.84% (2.63%) Compare
CLRO ClearOne, Inc. $8.3M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −16.84% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +10.80% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% 0.00% Compare
DZSIQ DZS Inc. $6.7M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +67.78% (above 0%: growing) n/m +71.37% (above 0%: growing) 29.42% (57.67%)
VISL Vislink Technologies, Inc. $6.2M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +22.63% (above 0%: growing) n/m −257.19% (below 0%: shrinking) 57.41% (3.36%) Compare
MITQ Moving iMage Technologies, Inc. $5.4M — (loss-making) — −22.74% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +139.88% (above 0%: growing) 22.22% (6.73%) Compare
SYNX Silynxcom Ltd. $5.1M — — — — +55.57% (above 0%: growing) — — Compare
ASNS Actelis Networks, Inc. $2.4M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +20.30% (above 0%: growing) n/m −69.69% (below 0%: shrinking) 51.15% (139.75%) Compare
Median of peers $7.2M — — +20.30% — −29.44% 27.96% (3.36%)

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DZS Inc. (DZSIQ) key facts

  • Concern: DZS Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2023 (year ended December 2023) was $244.5 million, down 31.6% from fiscal 2022.
  • DZS Inc. (DZSIQ) is a Communication Equipment company in the Technology sector.
  • Return on equity was −167.8% and debt-to-equity 0.51.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 1 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is −1.90 (distress zone) for fiscal 2023.

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