Arris Group Inc. Stock Downgraded (ARRS)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Arris Group (Nasdaq:ARRS) has been downgraded by TheStreet Ratings from buy to hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself.

Highlights from the ratings report include:

• Despite its growing revenue, the company underperformed as compared with the industry average of 10.4%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 5.6%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
• ARRS's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.23 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. Along with this, the company maintains a quick ratio of 4.35, which clearly demonstrates the ability to cover short-term cash needs.
• 40.30% is the gross profit margin for ARRIS GROUP INC 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 -19.50% is in-line with the industry average.
• 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 Communications Equipment industry. The net income has significantly decreased by 583.3% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from $11.32 million to -$54.72 million.
• Current return on equity is lower than its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a clear sign of weakness within the company. Compared to other companies in the Communications Equipment industry and the overall market, ARRIS GROUP INC's return on equity significantly trails that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.

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Arris Group, Inc. develops, manufactures, and supplies telephony, data, video, construction, rebuild, and maintenance equipment for the broadband communications industry worldwide. The company has a P/E ratio of 28.2, above the average telecommunications industry P/E ratio of 27.4 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Arris Group has a market cap of $1.36 billion and is part of the technology sector and telecommunications industry. Shares are up 14% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

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-- Written by a member of TheStreet Ratings Staff

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