Ribbon Communications

RBBN

Telecommunications Services · Communication Services

Price

$2.20

+0.05 (+2.33%)

Market Cap

$387.5M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+21.9% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 147.6M (2021) → 179.8M (2025)

Ribbon Communications Inc. provides communications technology in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Cloud and Edge, and IP Optical Networks. The Cloud and Edge segment provides software and hardware products; and solutions and services for enabling voice over internet protocol communications, voice over long-term evolution, and voice over 5G communications and unified communications and collaboration. It al

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-10.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-33.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$179M/ year

→ Flat (-1% vs prior year)

21.2% of revenue

1.8x the sector average (12%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

19.3%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~8 months

$70M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

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Ribbon Communications has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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Quality

Gross Margin

39.4%

Modest — 39.4% gross margin

Operating Margin

-18.2%

Losing money on operations — -18.2%

ROCE

-3.9%

Weak — -3.9% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-1.2%

Shrinking sales (-1.2% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

105%

Turns 105% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

2.0%

Thin free cash flow (2.0%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.82

Moderate — manageable debt (0.82)

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

12.3x

Attractive valuation — P/E 12.3

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward

-7.7

SLOWING

Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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