Radisys Corporation Stock Upgraded (RSYS)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Radisys Corporation (Nasdaq:RSYS) has been upgraded by TheStreet Ratings from sell to hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, expanding profit margins and notable return on equity. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including unimpressive growth in net income, weak operating cash flow and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself.

Highlights from the ratings report include:

• Net operating cash flow has significantly decreased to -$3.17 million or 129.96% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing to the industry average, the firm's growth rate is much lower.
• The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500 and the Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components industry. The net income has significantly decreased by 532.8% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from $0.48 million to -$2.08 million.
• RADISYS CORP has exprienced a steep decline in earnings per share in the most recent quarter in comparison to its performance from the same quarter a year ago. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings recently. But, we feel it is poised for EPS growth in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, RADISYS CORP continued to lose money by earning -$0.02 versus -$1.84 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($0.50 versus -$0.02).
• 36.30% is the gross profit margin for RADISYS CORP which we consider to be strong. It has increased from the same quarter the previous year. Regardless of the strong results of the gross profit margin, the net profit margin of -3.10% trails the industry average.
• The current debt-to-equity ratio, 0.36, is low and is below the industry average, implying that there has been successful management of debt levels. Along with this, the company maintains a quick ratio of 3.27, which clearly demonstrates the ability to cover short-term cash needs.

RadiSys Corporation develops, produces, and markets application-ready software and hardware platforms for use in the communications, multi-media, military and aerospace, and medical markets. Radisys has a market cap of $208.6 million and is part of the technology sector and computer hardware industry. Shares are down 1% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday.

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