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Business Wire 6-Dec-2018 5:12 PM
December 6, 2018-- Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) today reported its operating results for the first fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2018 and updated its fiscal 2019 guidance.
Fiscal 2019 First Quarter Highlights
In commenting on Comtech's performance for the first quarter of fiscal 2019, Fred Kornberg, President and Chief Executive Officer, noted, "Fiscal 2019 is off to a great start. Our results for the first quarter exceeded our expectations and our pipeline of opportunities remains strong. Based on our outstanding first quarter performance, we are increasing our targeted goals for consolidated net sales and Adjusted EBITDA and expect fiscal 2019 to be another successful year."
Updated 2019 Fiscal Year Financial Targets
Additional information about Comtech's first quarter financial results and Business Outlook for Fiscal 2019 is set forth in Comtech's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC today and Comtech's first quarter investor presentation which is located on its website at www.comtechtel.com.
Conference Call
Comtech has scheduled an investor conference call for 8:30 AM (ET) on Friday, December 7, 2018. Investors and the public are invited to access a live webcast of the conference call from the Investor Relations section of the Comtech website at www.comtechtel.com. Alternatively, investors can access the conference call by dialing (877) 876-9176 (domestic), or (785) 424-1667 (international) and using the conference I.D. "Comtech." A replay of the conference call will be available for seven days by dialing (800) 695-0671 or (402) 220-1397. In addition, an updated investor presentation, including earnings guidance, is available on Comtech's website.
About Comtech
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. designs, develops, produces and markets innovative products, systems and services for advanced communications solutions. Comtech sells products to a diverse customer base in the global commercial and government communications markets.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain information in this press release contains forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, information relating to the Company's future performance and financial condition, plans and objectives of the Company's management and the Company's assumptions regarding such future performance, financial condition, and plans and objectives that involve certain significant known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors not under the Company's control which may cause its actual results, future performance and financial condition, and achievement of plans and objectives of the Company's management to be materially different from the results, performance or other expectations implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include, among other things: the risk that the Company will be unsuccessful in implementing a tactical shift in its Government Solutions segment away from bidding on large commodity service contracts and toward pursuing contracts for its niche products with higher margins; the nature and timing of receipt of, and the Company's performance on, new or existing orders that can cause significant fluctuations in net sales and operating results; the timing and funding of government contracts; adjustments to gross profits on long-term contracts; risks associated with international sales; rapid technological change; evolving industry standards; new product announcements and enhancements, including the risks associated with the Company's recent launch of Heights™ Dynamic Network Access Technology ("HEIGHTS" or "HDNA"); changing customer demands and or procurement strategies; changes in prevailing economic and political conditions; changes in the price of oil in global markets; changes in foreign currency exchange rates; risks associated with the Company's and TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.'s ("TCS") legacy legal proceedings, customer claims for indemnification and other similar matters; risks associated with the Company's obligations under its Credit Facility; risks associated with the Company's large contracts; the impact of H.R.1, also known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ("Tax Reform"), which was enacted in December 2017 in the U.S.; and other factors described in this and the Company's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) |
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Three months ended October 31, | ||||||||||
2018 | 2017 | |||||||||
Net sales | $ | 160,844,000 | $ | 121,569,000 | ||||||
Cost of sales | 103,075,000 | 73,853,000 | ||||||||
Gross profit | 57,769,000 | 47,716,000 | ||||||||
Expenses: | ||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative | 31,847,000 | 28,475,000 | ||||||||
Research and development | 13,210,000 | 13,750,000 | ||||||||
Amortization of intangibles | 4,289,000 | 5,269,000 | ||||||||
Acquisition plan expenses | 1,130,000 | — | ||||||||
50,476,000 | 47,494,000 | |||||||||
Operating income | 7,293,000 | 222,000 | ||||||||
Other expenses: | ||||||||||
Interest expense | 2,669,000 | 2,588,000 | ||||||||
Write-off of deferred financing costs | 3,217,000 | — | ||||||||
Interest (income) and other | 66,000 | 39,000 | ||||||||
Income (loss) before benefit from income taxes | 1,341,000 | (2,405,000 | ) | |||||||
Benefit from income taxes | (2,127,000 | ) | (745,000 | ) | ||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 3,468,000 | $ | (1,660,000 | ) | |||||
Net income (loss) per share: | ||||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.14 | $ | (0.07 | ) | |||||
Diluted | $ | 0.14 | $ | (0.07 | ) | |||||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – basic | 23,999,000 | 23,797,000 | ||||||||
Weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding – diluted | 24,375,000 | 23,797,000 | ||||||||
COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets |
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October 31, 2018 | July 31, 2018 | ||||||||
(Unaudited) | (Audited) | ||||||||
Assets |
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Current assets: | |||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 42,943,000 | 43,484,000 | ||||||
Accounts receivable, net | 159,255,000 | 147,439,000 | |||||||
Inventories, net | 89,569,000 | 75,076,000 | |||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 13,133,000 | 13,794,000 | |||||||
Total current assets | 304,900,000 | 279,793,000 | |||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 28,543,000 | 28,987,000 | |||||||
Goodwill | 290,633,000 | 290,633,000 | |||||||
Intangibles with finite lives, net | 236,507,000 | 240,796,000 | |||||||
Deferred financing costs, net | 3,678,000 | 2,205,000 | |||||||
Other assets, net | 2,679,000 | 2,743,000 | |||||||
Total assets | $ | 866,940,000 | 845,157,000 | ||||||
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | |||||||||
Current liabilities: | |||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 35,340,000 | 43,928,000 | ||||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 68,809,000 | 65,034,000 | |||||||
Dividends payable | 2,381,000 | 2,356,000 | |||||||
Contract liabilities | 34,460,000 | 34,452,000 | |||||||
Current portion of long-term debt | — | 17,211,000 | |||||||
Current portion of capital lease and other obligations | 1,579,000 | 1,836,000 | |||||||
Interest payable | 26,000 | 499,000 | |||||||
Total current liabilities | 142,595,000 | 165,316,000 | |||||||
Non-current portion of long-term debt, net | 193,400,000 | 148,087,000 | |||||||
Non-current portion of capital lease and other obligations | 586,000 | 765,000 | |||||||
Income taxes payable | 407,000 | 2,572,000 | |||||||
Deferred tax liability, net | 13,200,000 | 10,927,000 | |||||||
Long-term contract liabilities | 6,813,000 | 7,689,000 | |||||||
Other liabilities | 3,843,000 | 4,117,000 | |||||||
Total liabilities | 360,844,000 | 339,473,000 | |||||||
Commitments and contingencies | |||||||||
Stockholders' equity: | |||||||||
Preferred stock, par value $.10 per share; shares authorized and unissued 2,000,000 | — | — | |||||||
Common stock, par value $0.10 per share; authorized 100,000,000 shares; issued 38,938,844 shares and 38,860,571 shares at October 31, 2018 and July 31, 2018, respectively | 3,894,000 | 3,886,000 | |||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 537,852,000 | 538,453,000 | |||||||
Retained earnings | 406,199,000 | 405,194,000 | |||||||
947,945,000 | 947,533,000 | ||||||||
Less: | |||||||||
Treasury stock, at cost (15,033,317 shares at October 31, 2018 and July 31, 2017)
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(441,849,000 | ) | (441,849,000 | ) | |||||
Total stockholders' equity | 506,096,000 | 505,684,000 | |||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 866,940,000 | 845,157,000 | ||||||
COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.AND SUBSIDIARIESReconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures to GAAP Financial Measures(Unaudited)
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In order to provide investors with additional information regarding its financial results, this press release contains "Non-GAAP financial measures" under the rules of the SEC. The Company's Adjusted EBITDA is a Non-GAAP measure that represents earnings (loss) before income taxes, interest (income) and other, write-off of deferred financing costs, interest expense, amortization of stock-based compensation, amortization of intangibles, depreciation expense, acquisition plan expenses or strategic alternatives analysis expenses, facility exit costs, settlement of intellectual property litigation and other. The Company's definition of Adjusted EBITDA may differ from the definition of EBITDA used by other companies and therefore may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. Adjusted EBITDA is also a measure frequently requested by the Company's investors and analysts. The Company believes that investors and analysts may use Adjusted EBITDA, along with other information contained in its SEC filings, in assessing the Company's performance and comparability of its results with other companies. The Company's Non-GAAP measures for consolidated operating income, net income and net income per diluted share reflect the GAAP measures as reported, adjusted for certain items as discussed below. These Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as an analytical tool as they exclude the financial impact of transactions necessary to conduct the Company's business, such as the granting of equity compensation awards, and are not intended to be an alternative to financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. These measures are adjusted as described in the reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP in the below tables, but these adjustments should not be construed as an inference that all of these adjustments or costs are unusual, infrequent or non-recurring. Non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for or superior to, financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. Investors are advised to carefully review the GAAP financial results that are disclosed in the Company's SEC filings. The Company has not quantitatively reconciled its fiscal 2019 Adjusted EBITDA target to the most directly comparable GAAP measure because items such as stock-based compensation, adjustments to the provision for income taxes, amortization of intangibles and interest expense, which are specific items that impact these measures, have not yet occurred, are out of the Company's control, or cannot be predicted. For example, quantification of stock-based compensation expense requires inputs such as the number of shares granted and market price that are not currently ascertainable. Accordingly, reconciliations to the Non-GAAP forward looking metrics are not available without unreasonable effort and such unavailable reconciling items could significantly impact the Company's financial results.
Three months ended October 31, | Fiscal Year | |||||||||||||
2018 | 2017 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
Reconciliation of GAAP Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA: | ||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 3,468,000 | (1,660,000 | ) | $ | 29,769,000 | ||||||||
Benefit from income taxes | (2,127,000 | ) | (745,000 | ) | (5,143,000 | ) | ||||||||
Interest (income) and other | 66,000 | 39,000 | 254,000 | |||||||||||
Write-off of deferred financing costs | 3,217,000 | — | — | |||||||||||
Interest expense | 2,669,000 | 2,588,000 | 10,195,000 | |||||||||||
Amortization of stock-based compensation | 1,046,000 | 747,000 | 8,569,000 | |||||||||||
Amortization of intangibles | 4,289,000 | 5,269,000 | 21,075,000 | |||||||||||
Depreciation | 2,851,000 | 3,346,000 | 13,655,000 | |||||||||||
Acquisition plan expenses | 1,130,000 | — | — | |||||||||||
Facility exit costs | 1,373,000 | — | — | |||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 17,982,000 | 9,584,000 | $ | 78,374,000 | |||||||||
In addition, a reconciliation of Comtech's GAAP consolidated operating income, net income and net income per diluted share for the three months ended October 31, 2018 to the corresponding non-GAAP measures is shown in the table below:
Three months ended October 31, 2018 | |||||||||||||||
OperatingIncome |
Net Income |
Net Income perDiluted Share |
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Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Earnings: | |||||||||||||||
GAAP measures, as reported | $ | 7,293,000 | $ | 3,468,000 | $ | 0.14 | |||||||||
Facility exit costs | 1,373,000 | 1,061,000 | 0.04 | ||||||||||||
Acquisition plan expenses | 1,130,000 | 873,000 | 0.04 | ||||||||||||
Write-off of deferred financing costs | — | 2,485,000 | 0.10 | ||||||||||||
Net discrete tax benefit | — | (2,432,000 | ) | (0.10 | ) | ||||||||||
Non-GAAP measures | $ | 9,796,000 | $ | 5,455,000 | $ | 0.22 | |||||||||
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