BURLINGTON, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - June 10, 2015) - Evertz Technologies Limited (TSX:ET), the leader in Software Defined Video Network ("SDVN") technology, today reported its results for the fourth quarter and year ended April 30, 2015.
Fiscal 2015 Highlights
- Record annual revenue of $363.6 million, up 12% year over year
- United States / Canada region revenue up 19% to $204.5 million from the prior year
- Net earnings of $66.4 million for the year
- Fully diluted earnings per share of $0.87
Fourth Quarter 2015 Highlights
- Revenue of $92.0 million, up 5% from the same quarter in the prior year
- United States / Canada revenue up 16% to $50 million from the prior year
- Earnings from operations before FX of $21.3 million, up 13% year over year
- Net earnings were $11.2 million or $0.15 per share for the quarter, inclusive of a foreign exchange ("FX") loss of $6.7 million
Selected Financial Information
Consolidated Statement of Earnings Data
(in thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
| Q4'15 | Q3'15 | YE'15 | Q4'14 | YE'14 | ||||||
| Revenue | $ | 91,977 | $ | 90,726 | $ | 363,606 | $ | 87,237 | $ | 325,524 |
| Gross margin | 52,728 | 51,017 | 206,131 | 49,083 | 186,186 | |||||
| Earnings from operations | 14,583 | 27,878 | 88,504 | 18,538 | 83,163 | |||||
| Earnings from operations before FX | 21,296 | 21,134 | 87,093 | 18,804 | 76,246 | |||||
| Net earnings | 11,154 | 21,207 | 66,410 | 14,754 | 63,539 | |||||
| Fully-diluted earnings per share | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.28 | $ | 0.87 | $ | 0.20 | $ | 0.85 |
Selected Financial Information
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data
(in thousands of dollars)
| YE ' 15 | YE ' 14 | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 100,681 | $ | 101,956 |
| Working capital | 294,895 | 273,914 | ||
| Total assets | 426,162 | 401,280 | ||
| Shareholders' equity | 353,471 | 333,478 |
Revenue
For the quarter ended April 30, 2015, revenues were $92.0 million, an increase of 5% compared to revenues of $87.2 million for the quarter ended April 30, 2014. For the quarter, revenues in the United States/Canada region were $50.0 million compared to $43.2 million in the same quarter last year. The International region had revenues of $41.9 million compared to $44.1 million in the same quarter last year.
For the year ended April 30, 2015, sales were $363.6 million, an increase of $38.1 million or 12% as compared to sales of $325.5 million for the prior year. For the year, revenues in the United States/Canada region were $204.5 million compared to $172.3 million in the prior year. The International region had revenues of $159.2 million compared to $153.2 million in the prior year.
Gross Margin
For the quarter ended April 30, 2015 gross margin was $52.7 million compared to $49.1 million in the same quarter last year. Gross margin percentage was approximately 57.3% compared to 56.3% in the quarter ended April 30, 2014.
For the year ended April 30, 2015, gross margin was $206.1 million as compared to $186.2 million for the year ended April 30, 2014. Gross margin percentage was approximately 56.7% for the year ended April 30, 2015 compared to 57.2% for the prior year.
Earnings
For the quarter ended April 30, 2015 net earnings were $11.2 million, compared to $14.8 million in the corresponding period last year.
For the year ended April 30, 2015, net earnings were $66.4 million as compared to $63.5 million in the corresponding period last year.
For the quarter ended April 30, 2015, earnings per share on a fully-diluted basis were $0.15 compared to $0.20 in the corresponding period last year.
For the year ended April 30, 2015, earnings per share on a fully-diluted basis were $0.87 as compared to $0.85 in the same period in 2014.
Operating Expenses
For the quarter ended April 30, 2015 selling and administrative expenses were $15.5 million compared to $15.0 million for the quarter ended April 30, 2014.
For the year ended April 30, 2015, selling and administrative expenses were $58.8 million compared to $55.2 million for the year ended April 30, 2014.
For the quarter ended April 30, 2015 gross research and development expenses increased by $0.6 million or 3% as compared to the corresponding period in 2014. Gross research and development expenses represented approximately 19% of revenue for the quarter ended April 30, 2015.
For the year ended April 30, 2015, gross research and development expenses increased by 7% or $4.1 million as compared to the prior year. Research and development expenses represented approximately 18% of sales.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company's working capital as at April 30, 2015 was $294.9 million as compared to $273.9 million on April 30, 2014.
Cash and cash equivalents were $100.7 million as at April 30, 2015 as compared to $102.0 million on April 30, 2014.
Cash generated from operations was $12.3 million for the quarter ended April 30, 2015 as compared to cash used of $1.3 million for the quarter ended April 30, 2014. Before taking into account taxes and the changes in non-cash working capital and current taxes, the Company generated $14.1 million from operations for the quarter ended April 30, 2015 compared to $17.5 million for the same period last year.
Cash provided by operations was $54.4 million for the 2015 fiscal year as compared to cash provided by operations of $35.5 million for the 2014 fiscal year. Before taking into account taxes and the changes in non-cash working capital, the Company generated $78.7 million from operations for fiscal 2015 as compared to $74.2 million for fiscal 2014.
For the quarter, the Company used $1.6 million in investing activities largely a result of purchases in capital assets of $1.7 million.
For the year, the Company used $8.1 million in investing activities for the year ended April 30, 2015, largely a result of purchases in capital assets of $8.3 million.
For the quarter ended April 30, 2015, the Company used cash in financing activities of $13.7 million which was principally a result of the payment of dividends.
For the year ended April 30, 2015, the Company used cash in financing activities of $49.5 which was principally a result of the payment of dividends.
Shipments and Backlog
At the end of May 2015, purchase order backlog was in excess of $57 million and shipments during the month of May 2015 were $29 million.
Dividend Declared
Evertz Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend on June 10, 2015 of $0.18 per share.
The dividend is payable to shareholders of record on June 19, 2015 and will be paid on or about June 26, 2015.
Selected Consolidated Financial Information
(in thousands of dollars, except earnings per share and percentages)
| Three month periods ended | Twelve month periods ended | ||||||||||||
| April 30, | April 30, | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 91,977 | $ | 87,237 | $ | 363,606 | $ | 325,524 | |||||
| Cost of goods sold | 39,249 | 38,154 | 157,475 | 139,338 | |||||||||
| Gross margin | 52,728 | 49,083 | 206,131 | 186,186 | |||||||||
| Gross margin % | 57.3 | % | 56.3 | % | 56.7 | % | 57.2 | % | |||||
| Expenses | |||||||||||||
| Selling and administrative | 15,526 | 14,966 | 58,833 | 55,162 | |||||||||
| General | 1,368 | 1,509 | 6,136 | 6,874 | |||||||||
| Research and development | 17,623 | 17,063 | 64,332 | 60,196 | |||||||||
| Investment tax credits | (3,085 | ) | (3,259 | ) | (10,263 | ) | (12,292 | ) | |||||
| Foreign exchange loss (gain) | 6,713 | 266 | (1,411 | ) | (6,917 | ) | |||||||
| 38,145 | 30,545 | 117,627 | 103,023 | ||||||||||
| 14,583 | 18,538 | 88,504 | 83,163 | ||||||||||
| Finance income | 227 | 281 | 830 | 2,001 | |||||||||
| Finance costs | (64 | ) | (123 | ) | (240 | ) | (398 | ) | |||||
| Other income and expenses | 160 | 76 | 325 | 38 | |||||||||
| Earnings before income taxes | 14,906 | 18,772 | 89,419 | 84,804 | |||||||||
| Provision for (recovery of) income taxes | |||||||||||||
| Current | 4,817 | 5,142 | 25,154 | 24,529 | |||||||||
| Deferred | (1,065 | ) | (1,124 | ) | (2,145 | ) | (3,264 | ) | |||||
| 3,752 | 4,018 | 23,009 | 21,265 | ||||||||||
| Net earnings for the period | $ | 11,154 | $ | 14,754 | $ | 66,410 | $ | 63,539 | |||||
| Net earnings attributable to non-controlling interest | $ | 228 | $ | 55 | $ | 910 | $ | 404 | |||||
| Net earnings attributable to shareholders | 10,926 | 14,699 | 65,500 | 63,135 | |||||||||
| Net earnings for the period | $ | 11,154 | $ | 14,754 | $ | 66,410 | $ | 63,539 | |||||
| Earnings per share | |||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.20 | $ | 0.88 | $ | 0.85 | |||||
| Diluted | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.20 | $ | 0.87 | $ | 0.85 | |||||
| April 30, | April 30, | April 30, | ||||||
| 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
| Current assets | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 100,681 | $ | 101,956 | $ | 208,658 | ||
| Instruments held for trading | - | - | 12,010 | |||||
| Trade and other receivables | 95,403 | 87,981 | 53,813 | |||||
| Prepaid expenses | 8,426 | 4,704 | 3,274 | |||||
| Inventories | 154,259 | 134,561 | 111,619 | |||||
| Income tax receivable | - | 1,735 | 7,233 | |||||
| 358,769 | 330,937 | 396,607 | ||||||
| Assets held for sale | - | - | 3,781 | |||||
| Property, Plant and Equipment | 49,080 | 51,831 | 46,637 | |||||
| Goodwill | 18,313 | 18,269 | 17,724 | |||||
| Intangible assets | - | 243 | 558 | |||||
| $ | 426,162 | $ | 401,280 | $ | 465,307 | |||
| Liabilities | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||||
| Trade and other payables | $ | 44,265 | $ | 44,888 | $ | 36,237 | ||
| Provisions | 2,229 | 1,624 | 1,104 | |||||
| Deferred revenue | 15,427 | 10,096 | 6,712 | |||||
| Current portion of long term debt | 254 | 415 | 390 | |||||
| Income tax payable | 1,699 | - | - | |||||
| 63,874 | 57,023 | 44,443 | ||||||
| Long term debt | 996 | 1,372 | 1,539 | |||||
| Deferred taxes | 4,432 | 6,468 | 9,590 | |||||
| 69,302 | 64,863 | 55,572 | ||||||
| Equity | ||||||||
| Capital stock | 95,708 | 92,931 | 81,453 | |||||
| Share based payment reserve | 12,418 | 10,217 | 10,727 | |||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | 3,077 | 2,966 | (1,063 | ) | ||||
| Retained earnings | 242,268 | 227,364 | 315,680 | |||||
| 245,345 | 230,330 | 314,617 | ||||||
| Total equity attributable to shareholders | 353,471 | 333,478 | 406,797 | |||||
| Non-controlling interest | 3,389 | 2,939 | 2,938 | |||||
| 356,860 | 336,417 | 409,735 | ||||||
| $ | 426,162 | $ | 401,280 | $ | 465,307 | |||
Forward-Looking Statements
The report contains forward-looking statements reflecting Evertz's objectives, estimates and expectations. Such forward looking statements use words such as "may", "will", "expect", "believe", "anticipate", "plan", "intend", "project", "continue" and other similar terminology of a forward-looking nature or negatives of those terms.
Although management of the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, all forward-looking statements address matters that involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. Accordingly, there are or will be a number of significant factors which could cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements, or industry results to be materially different from any future results performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Conference Call
The Company will hold a conference call with financial analysts to discuss the results on June 10, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. (EDT). Media and other interested parties are invited to join the conference call in listen-only mode. The conference call may be accessed by dialing toll-free (North America) 1-888-244-2521.
For those unable to listen to the live call, a rebroadcast will also be available until July 10, 2015. The rebroadcast can be accessed at 1-416-915-1035 or toll-free 1-866-245-6755. The pass code for the rebroadcast is 541866.
About Evertz
Evertz Technologies Limited (TSX:ET) designs, manufactures and markets video and audio infrastructure solutions for the television, telecommunications and new-media industries. The Company's solutions are purchased by content creators, broadcasters, specialty channels and television service providers to support their increasingly complex multi-channel digital and high definition television ("HDTV") and next generation high bandwidth low latency IP network environments and by telecommunications and new-media companies. The Company's products allow its customers to generate additional revenue while reducing costs through the more efficient signal routing, distribution, monitoring and management of content as well as the automation of previously manual processes.
Contact Information:
Anthony Gridley
Chief Financial Officer
(905) 335-7580
ir@evertz.com