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MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

497277

Report Date :

17.03.2018

 

 

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

KVH INDUSTRIES, INC.

 

 

Registered Office :

251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, New Castle, De, 19808

 

 

Country :

United States

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.12.2017

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

1978

 

 

Legal Form :

Corporation

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in designs, develops, manufactures, and markets mobile connectivity products and services for the marine and land mobile markets.

 

 

No. of Employees :

604

 

 

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

(Mira Inform has adopted New Rating mechanism w.e.f. 23rd January 2017)

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A

 

Credit Rating

Explanation

Rating Comments

B

Medium Risk

Business dealings permissible on a regular monitoring basis

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow but correct

 

 

Litigation :

Exist 

 

NOTES :

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail : infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.09.2017)

Current Rating

(31.12.2017)

United States

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low Risk

 

A2

Moderately Low Risk

 

B1

Moderate Risk

 

B2

Moderately High Risk

 

C1

High Risk

 

C2

Very High Risk

 

D

 


 

UNITED STATES - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

The US has the most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of $57,300. US firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers, pharmaceuticals, and medical, aerospace, and military equipment; however, their advantage has narrowed since the end of World War II. Based on a comparison of GDP measured at purchasing power parity conversion rates, the US economy in 2014, having stood as the largest in the world for more than a century, slipped into second place behind China, which has more than tripled the US growth rate for each year of the past four decades.

 

In the US, private individuals and business firms make most of the decisions, and the federal and state governments buy needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace. US business firms enjoy greater flexibility than their counterparts in Western Europe and Japan in decisions to expand capital plant, to lay off surplus workers, and to develop new products. At the same time, businesses face higher barriers to enter their rivals' home markets than foreign firms face entering US markets.

 

Long-term problems for the US include stagnation of wages for lower-income families, inadequate investment in deteriorating infrastructure, rapidly rising medical and pension costs of an aging population, energy shortages, and sizable current account and budget deficits.

 

The onrush of technology has been a driving factor in the gradual development of a "two-tier" labor market in which those at the bottom lack the education and the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits. But the globalization of trade, and especially the rise of low-wage producers such as China, has put additional downward pressure on wages and upward pressure on the return to capital. Since 1975, practically all the gains in household income have gone to the top 20% of households. Since 1996, dividends and capital gains have grown faster than wages or any other category of after-tax income.

 

Imported oil accounts for nearly 55% of US consumption and oil has a major impact on the overall health of the economy. Crude oil prices doubled between 2001 and 2006, the year home prices peaked; higher gasoline prices ate into consumers' budgets and many individuals fell behind in their mortgage payments. Oil prices climbed another 50% between 2006 and 2008, and bank foreclosures more than doubled in the same period. Besides dampening the housing market, soaring oil prices caused a drop in the value of the dollar and a deterioration in the US merchandise trade deficit, which peaked at $840 billion in 2008. Because the US economy is energy-intensive, falling oil prices since 2013 have alleviated many of the problems the earlier increases had created.

 

The sub-prime mortgage crisis, falling home prices, investment bank failures, tight credit, and the global economic downturn pushed the US into a recession by mid-2008. GDP contracted until the third quarter of 2009, making this the deepest and longest downturn since the Great Depression. To help stabilize financial markets, the US Congress established a $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in October 2008. The government used some of these funds to purchase equity in US banks and industrial corporations, much of which had been returned to the government by early 2011. In January 2009, Congress passed and President Barack OBAMA signed a bill providing an additional $787 billion fiscal stimulus to be used over 10 years - two-thirds on additional spending and one-third on tax cuts - to create jobs and to help the economy recover. In 2010 and 2011, the federal budget deficit reached nearly 9% of GDP. In 2012, the Federal Government reduced the growth of spending and the deficit shrank to 7.6% of GDP. US revenues from taxes and other sources are lower, as a percentage of GDP, than those of most other countries.

Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan required major shifts in national resources from civilian to military purposes and contributed to the growth of the budget deficit and public debt. Through 2014, the direct costs of the wars totaled more than $1.5 trillion, according to US Government figures.

 

In March 2010, President OBAMA signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a health insurance reform that was designed to extend coverage to an additional 32 million Americans by 2016, through private health insurance for the general population and Medicaid for the impoverished. Total spending on healthcare - public plus private - rose from 9.0% of GDP in 1980 to 17.9% in 2010.

 

In July 2010, the president signed the DODD-FRANK Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a law designed to promote financial stability by protecting consumers from financial abuses, ending taxpayer bailouts of financial firms, dealing with troubled banks that are "too big to fail," and improving accountability and transparency in the financial system - in particular, by requiring certain financial derivatives to be traded in markets that are subject to government regulation and oversight.

 

In December 2012, the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) announced plans to purchase $85 billion per month of mortgage-backed and Treasury securities in an effort to hold down long-term interest rates, and to keep short-term rates near zero until unemployment dropped below 6.5% or inflation rose above 2.5%. In late 2013, the Fed announced that it would begin scaling back long-term bond purchases to $75 billion per month in January 2014 and further reduce them as conditions warranted; the Fed ended the purchases during the summer of 2014. In 2014, the unemployment rate dropped to 6.2%, and continued to fall to 5.5% by mid-2015, the lowest rate of joblessness since before the global recession began; inflation stood at 1.7%, and public debt as a share of GDP continued to decline, following several years of increases. In December 2015, the Fed raised its target for the benchmark federal funds rate by 0.25%, the first increase since the recession began. With US GDP growth below 2%, the Fed opted to raise rates three times since then, and in mid-June 2017, the range for the target rate stood at 1% to 1.25%.

 

Source : CIA

 

 

 

STATUTORY INFORMATION

 

Legal Name:

KVH INDUSTRIES, INC.

TradeName:

KVH INDUSTRIES, INC.

ID:

2069082

Date Created:

1978

Date Incorporated:

8/16/1985

Legal Address:

251 LITTLE FALLS DRIVE, WILMINGTON, NEW CASTLE, DE, 19808, USA

Operative Address:

50 Enterprise Center

Middletown, RI 02842

United States

Telephone:

401-847-3327

Fax:

401-849-0045

Legal Form:

CORPORATION

Email:

-

Registered in:

DELAWARE

Website:

www.kvh.com

Contact:

Mr. Martin A. Kits Van Heyningen - Co-Founder, Chairman, CEO & President

Staff:

604

Activity:

SIC Code: 3663, Radio and Television Broadcasting and Communications Equipment

Business Categories     

Mobile Communication Equipment in Middletown, RI

 

History:

KVH Industries, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Middletown, Rhode Island.

 

 

Key Developments:

E.R. Schiffahrt Chooses KVH HTS Systems and Agileplans for Vessel Connectivity

Feb 8 18

KVH Industries, Inc. announced that global ship manager E.R. Schiffahrt has chosen KVH’s new advanced TracPhone® V7-HTS antenna equipment and the AgilePlansTM subscription-based Connectivity as a Service (CaaS) program to bring fast, global connectivity to its container and dry bulk vessels. Installations for the first 11 vessels have begun, with plans for a total of up to 60 vessels throughout 2018. The AgilePlans program provides equipment and airtime for one monthly airtime fee, with no commitment; installation at select ports and maintenance costs are included. KVH, a mobile tech innovator, designed the TracPhone V7-HTS for the mini-VSAT Broadbandsm network, which recently added high throughout satellite (HTS) capacity. The 60-cm TracPhone V7-HTS provides download speeds of up to 10 Mbps and upload speeds of 3 Mbps, enabling vessels to benefit from marine applications designed to improve operational efficiency.

 

KVH Industries, Inc. Presents at Cowen and Company 39th Annual Aerospace/Defense Conference, Feb-07-2018 09:15 AM

Jan 23 18

KVH Industries, Inc. Presents at Cowen and Company 39th Annual Aerospace/Defense Conference, Feb-07-2018 09:15 AM. Venue: Lotte NY Palace Hotel, New York, New York, United States. Speakers: Martin A. Kits Van Heyningen, Co-Founder, Chairman, CEO & President.

 

KVH Industries, Inc. Presents at Needham & Co. 20th Annual Growth Conference, Jan-17-2018 04:10 PM

Dec 19 17

KVH Industries, Inc. Presents at Needham & Co. 20th Annual Growth Conference, Jan-17-2018 04:10 PM. Venue: Lotte New York Palace Hotel, 455 Madison Avenue at 50th Street, New York, New York, United States. Speakers: Donald W. Reilly, Chief Financial Officer, Martin A. Kits Van Heyningen, Co-Founder, Chairman, CEO & President.

 

 

 

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY

 

KVH Industries, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets mobile connectivity products and services for the marine and land mobile markets in the United States and internationally.

Products/Services description:

It offers mobile satellite TV and communications products, including satellite TV antennas; two-way satellite communications systems; onboard V-IP terminals and hub equipment; network management hardware and software products for maritime communications; and Iridium OpenPort hardware products and services. The company also offers airtime plans that enable customers to obtain Internet and voice services; and value-added, news content, and radio content services. In addition, it provides navigation, guidance, and stabilization products for the commercial and defense markets, including precision fiber optic gyro-based systems that enable platform and optical stabilization, navigation, pointing, and guidance; tactical navigation systems for tactical trucks and light armored vehicles; and commercial products, such as navigation and positioning systems for various applications consisting of precision mapping, dynamic surveying, autonomous vehicles, train location control and track geometry measurement systems, industrial robotics, and optical stabilization applications. Further, the company offers content, maritime news, sporting content, and television programming delivery services; movie distribution services; maritime e-learning content and related services; and services and support for the mini-VSAT Broadband solution. KVH Industries, Inc. sells its mobile communications products through independent retailers, chain stores, and distributors; and navigation products directly to the United States and foreign governments, and government contractors, as well as through authorized independent sales representatives. The company also sells and leases its products directly to end users.

Brands:

KVH

Sales are:

Wholesale

Clients:

Te. Sam. Paraguay SA

Distribucion Y Tecnologias S.A. De C.V.

Astrum Satelital SA De Cv

Axesat S.A

Suppliers:

Bharat Electronics Ltd.

Aml Comtech International Ltd

Operations area:

National and International

The company imports from

INDIA

CHINA

The company exports to

PARAGUAY

MEXICO

COLOMBIA

The subject employs

604 Employees

Payments:

Slow but correct

Vehicle Fleet:

 

 

 

LOCATION

 

Headquarters :

50 Enterprise Center

Middletown, RI 02842

United States

Branches:

KVH Industries, Inc.

Inertial Navigation Group

8412 W. 185th Street

Tinley Park, IL 60487-9237 U.S.A.

Subsidiaries:

KVH Industries A/S - Denmark

KVH Industries Pte. Ltd.            - Singapore

KVH Industries Brasil Comunicacao Por Satelite Ltda. - Brazil

KVH Industries Norway AS - Norway

KVH Industries Japan Co. Ltd. - Japan

KVH Industries UK Ltd. - United Kingdom

KVH Media Group Ltd. - United Kingdom

KVH Media Group Entertainment Ltd. - United Kingdom

KVH Media Group Communication Ltd. - United Kingdom

KVH Media Group International Ltd. - United Kingdom

KVH Media Group Ltd. - Cyprus

Good Morning News Sprl. - Belgium

KVH Media Group ApS - Denmark

KVH Media Group Communication, Inc. - United States

KVH Media Group, Inc.  - United States

Super Dragon Ltd. - Hong Kong

Videotel Consultants and Rentals Ltd. - United Kingdom

Videotel Marine International Ltd. - United Kingdom

Videotel Training Services Ltd. - United Kingdom

Videotel Marine Asia Ltd. - Hong Kong

Videotel Pte. Ltd. - Singapore

KVH Media Group India Private Ltd - India

 

 

 

GROUP STRUCTURE AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES

 

Listed at the stock exchange:

Market Capital:

YES: KVH Industries, Inc. (KVHI)

Outstanding Shares:

182.264M

Shareholders:

17,128,825

Direct Holders

 

Name

Shares

KITS VAN HEYNINGEN MARTIN

642,227

KITS VAN HEYNINGEN ROBERT WB

203,949

HONEY STANLEY K

136,875

AIN MARK       

133,246

BRUUN BRENT C

110,139

TRIMBLE CHARLES ROBERT

102,000

RYAN BRUCE J

90,000 

CONWAY DANIEL R

89,542 

BALOG ROBERT J

80,833 

RENDALL PETER

52,445 

Top Institutional Holders

 

Holder

Shares

Systematic Financial Management, L.P.

1,443,468

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP

1,266,228

Blackrock Inc.

1,133,537

Needham Investment Management, L.L.C.

1,116,973

Investment Management of Virginia LLC

689,704

Vanguard Group, Inc. (The)

672,128

Wellington Management Company, LLP

365,400

Renaissance Technologies, LLC

364,800

State Street Corporation

276,676

Thomson Horstmann & Bryant, Inc.

211,606

Top Mutual Fund Holders

 

Holder

Shares

Needham Growth Fund

529,375

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund

383,652

Needham Aggressive Growth Fund

375,000

Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value Fund

353,000

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

334,381

DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Series

284,133

Transamerica Ser Tr-Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP

233,082

Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund

204,620

DFA U.S. Micro Cap Series

155,678

iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF

149,383

Management:

Mr. Martin A. Kits Van Heyningen - Co-Founder, Chairman, CEO & President

Mr. Robert W. B. Kits Van Heyningen - Co-Founder and VP of Research & Development

Mr. Donald W. Reilly - Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Brent C. Bruun - Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Robert J. Balog - Senior Vice President of Engineering

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

We attach company’s last financial statements.

LEGAL FILINGS

 

 

 

PATENTS

Antenna Feed-Tube-to-Amplifier Coupling

Publication number: 20080111758

Abstract: A first set of screws secures a Cassegrain-configuration microwave antenna's primary reflector to its low-noise block down-converter without additionally securing that reflector or the low-noise block down-converter to the antenna's feed tube, which a second set of screws separately secures to the low-noise block down-converter.

Type: Application

Filed: November 9, 2006

Publication date: May 15, 2008

Applicant: KVH Industries, Inc.

Inventor: Gary D. Griffiths

 

Current sensor

Patent number: 6891622

Abstract: A method and device for measuring the current in a conductor are presented. They utilize the Faraday effect on counter-propagating circularly polarized beams of light in a fiber optic coil. The light beams are transformed to and from circular polarization by a polarization transformer comprised of a birefringent fiber with a twist through an appropriate angle at an appropriate distance from one end.

Type: Grant

Filed: August 15, 2001

Date of Patent: May 10, 2005

Assignee: KVH Industries, Inc.

Inventor: Richard B. Dyott

 

Multi-band antenna system for satellite communications

Patent number: 9281561

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved antenna system on moving platform that is in communication with multiple satellites for simultaneous reception of RF energy at multiple frequencies. The antenna is implemented as a multi-beam, multi-band antenna having a main reflector with multiple feed horns and a sub-reflector to reflect Ku and Ka frequency band signals directed by a focal region of the main reflector.

Type: Grant

Filed: September 16, 2010

Date of Patent: March 8, 2016

Assignee: KVH Industries, Inc.

Inventor: Thomas D. Monte

 

Broadening the linewidth of a semiconductor laser

Patent number: 6466596

Abstract: The invention is directed to a system and a method for controllably broadening the spectral characteristics, such as the emission linewidth, of a semiconductor laser by discharging an electric pulse, for example, a charged transmission line, across the laser terminals. The linewidth-broadened lasers find application in fiber optic sensors, such as fiber optic gyroscopes and current sensors, which have a relatively short de-coherence length.

Type: Grant

Filed: May 10, 2000

Date of Patent: October 15, 2002

Assignee: KVH Industries, Inc.

Inventor: Richard B. Dyott

 

 

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

Government Contractor: KVH INDUSTRIES, INC.

Name & Address: 50 ENTERPRISE CTR

MIDDLETOWN, RI 02842-5268

Number of Defense Contracts Awarded: 198

Dollar Amount of Defense Contracts Awarded: $39,888,836

 

Government Contractor: KVH INDUSTRIES, INC.

Name & Address: 8412 185TH ST

TINLEY PARK, IL 60487-9237

Number of Defense Contracts Awarded: 14

Dollar Amount of Defense Contracts Awarded: $43,016,600

 

 

CASES

Spycurity LLC v. KVH Industries, Inc.

Plaintiff: Spycurity LLC

Defendant: KVH Industries, Inc.

Case Number: 1:2018cv00270

Filed: February 15, 2018

Court: Delaware District Court

Office: Wilmington Office

County: New Castle

Presiding Judge: Unassigned Judge

Nature of Suit: Patent

Cause of Action: 35:271

Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff

 

Packet Tread LLC v. KVH Industries, Inc.

Plaintiff: Packet Tread LLC

Defendant: KVH Industries, Inc.

Case Number: 5:2017cv00003

Filed: January 3, 2017

Court: Texas Eastern District Court

Office: Texarkana Office

County: Bowie

Referring Judge: Caroline Craven

Presiding Judge: Rodney Gilstrap

Nature of Suit: Patent

Cause of Action: 35:271

Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff

 

Kappa Digital, LLC v. KVH Industries, Inc.

Plaintiff: Kappa Digital, LLC

Defendant: KVH Industries, Inc.

Case Number: 2:2015cv00742

Filed: May 15, 2015

Court: Texas Eastern District Court

Office: Marshall Office

County: Collin

Presiding Judge: Rodney Gilstrap

Referring Judge: Roy S. Payne

Nature of Suit: Patent

Cause of Action: 35:271

Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff

 

 

TRADEMARKS

SAILCOMP

Nautical Instruments and Marine Electronics-Namely, Digital Electronic Compasses, Hand Bearing Compasses, and Electronic…

Owned by: KVH INDUSTRIES, INC.

Serial Number: 73462879

 

AZIMUTH

ELECTRONIC NAVIGATIONAL INSTRUMENTS AND DEVICES FOR USE ON POWER BOATS, NAMELY, DIGITAL FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETERS AND INTERFACES…

Owned by: KVH INDUSTRIES, INC.

Serial Number: 73732553

 

DATA-SCOPE

ELECTRONIC, NAUTICAL, OPTICAL INSTRUMENT WHICH COMBINES THE FUNCTIONS OF A MONOCULAR RANGEFINDER, A DIGITAL CHRONOMETER,…

Owned by: KVH INDUSTRIES, INC.

Serial Number: 73830635

 

ECORE

[fiber rotation accessory; namely, a hand tool used in splicing of optical fibers]

Owned by: KVH INDUSTRIES, INC.

Serial Number: 74407191

 

AUTOGYRO

fiber optic rotation sensors

Owned by: KVH INDUSTRIES, INC.

Serial Number: 74442480

 

CONTINUOUS POSITIONING SYSTEM

land navigation system which combines a dead reckoning component consisting of a gyroscope and odometer interface, a global…

Owned by: KVH INDUSTRIES, INC.

Serial Number: 75206450

 

TRI-AMERICAS

Low-noise block converters (LNB) for use in satellite communications

Owned by: KVH INDUSTRIES, INC.

Serial Number: 77666582

 

SUMMARY

KVH Industries, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets mobile connectivity products and services for the marine and land mobile markets in the United States and internationally.

 

The company has 604 regular employees. It operates nationally and internationally, mainly importing from India and China.

 

The company shows negative profitability in its last financial figures.

 

RISK INFORMATION 

 

DEBTS

Controlled

PAYMENTS

Slow but correct

CASH FLOW

Normal

STATUS

Active

 

 

INTERVIEW

 

NAME

Jessica

POSITION

Operator

COMMENTS

She confirmed the name of the company, the address of the headquarters and location, the date of creation of the company, the number of employees and the name of the President


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

INR 64.87

UK Pound

1

INR 90.48

Euro

1

INR 79.48

USD

1

INR 65.08

 

Note : Above are approximate rates obtained from sources believed to be correct

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

PRA

 

 

Report Prepared by :

DNS

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

Credit Rating

Explanation

Rating Comments

A++

Minimum Risk

Business dealings permissible with minimum risk of default

A+

Low Risk

Business dealings permissible with low risk of default

A

Acceptable Risk

Business dealings permissible with moderate risk of default

B

Medium Risk

Business dealings permissible on a regular monitoring basis

C

Medium High Risk

Business dealings permissible preferably on secured basis

D

High Risk

Business dealing not recommended or on secured terms only

NB

New Business

No recommendation can be done due to business in infancy stage

NT

No Trace

No recommendation can be done as the business is not traceable

 

NB is stated where there is insufficient information to facilitate rating. However, it is not to be considered as unfavourable.

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors are as follows:

 

·         Financial condition covering various ratios

·         Company background and operations size

·         Promoters / Management background

·         Payment record

·         Litigation against the subject

·         Industry scenario / competitor analysis

·         Supplier / Customer / Banker review (wherever available)

 

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