The Company also announced that its board of directors has voted to pay its quarterly dividend of $0.11 per share to shareholders of record August 31, 2016 payable September 9, 2016.
Management Comments
“We performed well on both the top and bottom lines in the third quarter, as we continue to make excellent progress against our operational and strategic initiatives,” said President and Chief Executive Office Victor Dellovo. “Sales were up 21% in the third quarter, and we reported EPS of $0.32 versus $0.07 a year ago.
“In the High Performance Products Division, we received royalty revenue for three E-2D planes, as well as additional revenue from parts shipments to support future E-2D plane builds. Separately, we received product revenue from an existing international customer. In Q4 we expect to receive royalties from one E-2D plane, in line with our initial projections.
“In addition, our legacy Myricom product line, known as the Myricom ARC Series C-Class, continues to perform very well. During the quarter, we fully launched our next-generation FPGA network adapter product, branded as the ARC Series E-Class. The product has the industry’s best combination of high functionality along with low latency; which is crucial for the finance community focused on automated trading. For the remainder of fiscal year 2016, we are concentrating on ramping up the adoption of our ARC Series of 10GbE network adapters, not only in the finance markets but also in the packet capture and video broadcast markets.
“At our Technology Solutions Division, our core strategy continues to be increasing sales of managed services to generate higher-margin profits,” said Dellovo. “We are seeing steady progress on this front in the U.S. We are closing managed services deals at a greater frequency and the recurring revenue stream is increasing. In Germany, we are making tactical changes to drive higher managed services sales to augment the already strong advanced security sales. In the reorganized U.K. business we are focused on building our sales pipeline while improving efficiency to drive better profitability.
“Looking ahead, we continue to be encouraged by the progress we are making in executing on our strategy across our businesses,” concluded Dellovo. “While we still have much work to do, the most significant changes to transform the business are in place, and we are beginning to see positive results and are looking to continue our momentum in Q4 and into fiscal 2017.”
Financial Results
For the third quarter of fiscal 2016, revenue was $26.9 million compared with $22.3 million in the third quarter a year ago.
Gross margin for the third quarter of fiscal 2016 grew to 26.8% from 23.6% for the prior-year period due to leverage on higher volumes.
Net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2016 was $1.3 million, or $0.32 per diluted share, compared with net income of $249,000, or $0.07 diluted per share, in the third quarter of fiscal 2015.
Cash and short-term investments increased to $11.6 million at the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2016 from $11.2 million at year end fiscal 2015.
Conference Call Details
CSPi Chief Executive Officer Victor Dellovo and Chief Financial Officer Gary W. Levine will host a conference call at 5:00 PM (ET) today to review CSPi’s financial results and provide a business update. To listen to a live webcast of the call, please visit the “Investor Relations” section of the company’s website at www.cspi.com. Individuals may also listen to the call via telephone, by dialing (888) 632-3384 or (785) 424-1675. For interested parties unable to participate in the live call, an archived version of the webcast will be available for approximately one year on CSPi’s website.
About CSP Inc.
CSPi (NASDAQ:CSPI) maintains two distinct and dynamic divisions – High Performance Products and Technology Solutions – with a shared vision for technology excellence. CSPi’s High Performance Products division offers extreme-performance Ethernet products for diverse applications, including cybersecurity, financial trading, content creation/distribution, storage networking applications, as well computer signal processing systems. CSPi’s Technology Solutions division provides innovative technology solutions for network solutions, wireless & mobility, unified communications & collaboration, data center solutions, advanced security, along with professional and managed services across those technology focus areas. CSPi Technology Solutions works with the world’s leading IT software and infrastructure companies to create solutions for the unique IT requirements of its customers. For more information, please visit www.cspi.com.
Safe Harbor
The Company wishes to take advantage of the “Safe Harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to statements that may be deemed to be forward-looking under the Act. Such forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, those related to concentrating on ramping up the adoption of our ARC Series of 10GbE network adapters and in Q4 we expect to receive royalties from one E-2D plane. The Company cautions that numerous factors could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements made by the Company. Such risks include general economic conditions, market factors, competitive factors and pricing pressures, and others described in the Company’s filings with the SEC. Please refer to the section on forward-looking statements included in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
| CSP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||||||||||
| UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | ||||||||||||||||
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| June 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2016 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $ | 11,590 | $ | 11,181 | ||||||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 20,553 | 19,888 | ||||||||||||||
| Inventories | 5,615 | 5,749 | ||||||||||||||
| Other current assets | 3,662 | 3,264 | ||||||||||||||
| Total current assets | 41,420 | 40,082 | ||||||||||||||
| Property, equipment and improvements, net | 1,578 | 1,564 | ||||||||||||||
| Other assets | 5,401 | 5,350 | ||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 48,399 | $ | 46,996 | ||||||||||||
| Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity | ||||||||||||||||
| Current liabilities | 18,136 | 17,382 | ||||||||||||||
| Pension and retirement plans | 9,343 | 10,009 | ||||||||||||||
| Non-current liabilities | 20 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 20,900 | 19,590 | ||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity | $ | 48,399 | $ | 46,996 | ||||||||||||
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| UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | ||||||||||||||||
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| /—–Three Months Ended—–/ | /—–Nine Months Ended—–/ | |||||||||||||||
| June 30, | June 30, | June 30, | June 30, | |||||||||||||
| 2016 | 2015 | 2016 | 2015 | |||||||||||||
| Sales: | ||||||||||||||||
| Product | $ | 20,345 | $ | 15,696 | $ | 58,320 | $ | 45,544 | ||||||||
| Services | 6,567 | 6,591 | 19,407 | 16,050 | ||||||||||||
| Total sales | 26,912 | 22,287 | 77,727 | 61,594 | ||||||||||||
| Cost of sales: | ||||||||||||||||
| Product | 16,460 | 13,461 | 47,750 | 37,974 | ||||||||||||
| Services | 3,247 | 3,560 | 11,249 | 10,356 | ||||||||||||
| Total cost of sales | 19,707 | 17,021 | 58,999 | 48,330 | ||||||||||||
| Gross Profit | 7,205 | 5,266 | 18,728 | 13,264 | ||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| Engineering and development | 779 | 626 | 2,368 | 2,305 | ||||||||||||
| Selling, general & administrative | 4,573 | 3,945 | 13,286 | 11,824 | ||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 5,352 | 4,571 | 15,654 | 14,129 | ||||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | 1,853 | 695 | 3,074 | (865 | ) | |||||||||||
| Other expense, net | (76 | ) | (113 | ) | (165 | ) | (275 | ) | ||||||||
| Income (loss) before income taxes | 1,777 | 582 | 2,909 | (1,140 | ) | |||||||||||
| Income tax expense (benefit) | 520 | 333 | 866 | (277 | ) | |||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | 1,257 | $ | 249 | $ | 2,043 | $ | (863 | ) | |||||||
| Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders | $ | 1,198 | $ | 240 | $ | 1,959 | $ | (863 | ) | |||||||
| Income (loss) per share – basic | $ | 0.33 | $ | 0.07 | $ | 0.54 | $ | (0.25 | ) | |||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding – basic | 3,618 | 3,540 | 3,599 | 3,522 | ||||||||||||
| Income (loss) per share – diluted | $ | 0.32 | $ | 0.07 | $ | 0.52 | $ | (0.25 | ) | |||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted | 3,743 | 3,633 | 3,733 | 3,522 | ||||||||||||
Contact: Gary Levine Chief Financial Officer CSP Inc. Tel: 978.663.7598 ext. 1200 Fax: 978-455-3251