Weekly profile: Cogent Inc. (COGT).Business Overview Cogent Inc., incorporated in April 1990, is a provider of automated fingerprint identification systems (AFIS AFIS Automated Fingerprint Identification System AFIS Aerodrome Flight Information Service AFIS Armed Forces Radio and Television Service AFIS Airborne Flight Information System AFIS Automated Fingerprinting Identification System (Pakistan) ) and other fingerprint biometrics solutions to governments, law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). and other organizations worldwide. The company's products for the government sector are principally AFIS solutions, and its products for the commercial sector, which generated less than 1% of its revenues during the year ended Dec. 31, 2005, are other fingerprint biometric solutions principally based on its application specific integrated circuit (ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. ) technology. At the core of each of its products is its Image Flow Processing, Data Flow Computing and Information Fusion software. For the year ended Dec. 31, 2005, revenues from the sale of its solutions to the National Electoral Council of Venezuela (CNE (Certified NetWare Engineer) See Novell certification. ) and the United States Department of Homeland Security “DHS” redirects here. For other uses, see DHS (disambiguation). The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), commonly known in the United States as Homeland Security were 38% and 37% of total revenues, respectively. WEEKLY PROFILE Inc.ome Statement LTM * 2005 ** Revenue (billions) $120.6 $159.9 Operating Income (billions) 50.8 75.0 Net Income (millions) 51.1 65.3 EPS $0.54 $0.69 Summary Headquarters: South Pasadena Market Cap: $1.3 billion Dividend Yield: N/A P/E Ratio: * Latest Twelve Months Ending 6/2006 ** Fiscal Year Ending 12/2005 |
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