Download the FOCUS Carrier-Focused Telecom Technology Quarterly: Winter 2018 Report

By Kahla CooperPublished On: December 14, 2018

In public markets, the FOCUS Carrier-Focused Telecom Technology Index (CFTTI) increased a scant 0.4% in our winter reporting period. However, this gain looks much more impressive when measured against the performance of the overall market. Over the same time period, the S&P 500 dropped 4.9%, while the NASDAQ dropped nearly 10%. In short, the sector was largely able to avoid much of the carnage in the broader market. For the full year, the CFTTI is up 19.1%. Once again this outperformed both the 4.3% gain in the S&P 500 and the 6.6% gain in the NASDAQ by a wide margin. Sector multiples are also higher than they were in the year-ago period. The sector revenue multiple increased from 1.8x to 2.2x, while the sector EBITDA multiple increased from 11.7x to 14.4x.

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Kahla Cooper is the Director of Marketing at FOCUS. In this role, Ms. Cooper designs and implements the overall marketing strategy. Ms. Cooper works with each industry team leader to define programs in order to promote and brand FOCUS’ suite of capabilities.