Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Announces Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal 2017 and Finalized Its Fiscal 2017 Guidance
Fiscal 2017 Third Quarter Highlights
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Net sales for the three months ended
April 30, 2017 were$127.8 million as compared to$124.2 million for the three months endedApril 30, 2016 . Comtech achieved a company-wide book-to-bill ratio (a measure defined as bookings divided by net sales) of 1.06 reflecting strong bookings in its Government Solutions segment. As of April 30, 2017, the Company had backlog of$461.3 million , up from$453.3 million as ofJanuary 31, 2017 .-
GAAP operating income was
$10.2 million and GAAP net income was$4.4 million , or$0.19 per diluted share, for the three months endedApril 30, 2017 , as compared to a GAAP operating loss of$13.4 million and a GAAP net loss of$14.4 million , or$(0.89) per diluted share, for the three months endedApril 30, 2016 . During the third quarter of fiscal 2017, the Company favorably resolved a TCS intellectual property litigation matter, which resulted in a$2.0 million contribution to GAAP operating income. Excluding the$2.0 million benefit, GAAP diluted EPS would have been$0.13 for the three months endedApril 30, 2017 . -
Adjusted EBITDA (which excludes the
$2.0 million favorable settlement discussed above) was$18.1 million for the three months endedApril 30, 2017 . Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure which is reconciled to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure and is more fully defined in the below table. -
As of April 30, 2017, the Company had
$58.8 million of cash and cash equivalents. During the third quarter of fiscal 2017, the Company generated cash flows from operating activities of$18.3 million . In view of the Company's expectations for continued strong operating cash flows, inJune 2017 , the Company entered into an amendment of its Secured Credit Facility, which it expects will result in increased operating and acquisition flexibility and simplify the calculations of its financial covenants as compared to the original terms of the Secured Credit Facility. This amendment is more fully discussed in a Form 8-K and Form 10-Q filed by the Company with theSecurities and Exchange Commission today. -
In
May 2017 , the Company announced the general availability of its Heights™ Dynamic Network Access Technology ("HEIGHTS"), a potentially revolutionary technology designed to deliver the most Internet Protocol bits perHertz (per satellite network operator) in its class, as well as robust reliability. To date, customer reaction has been positive, as reflected in the Company's receipt of orders in the third fiscal quarter, and the Company has a growing sales funnel of HEIGHTS opportunities that the Company expects to close. - The Company believes it is starting to see benefits from its continuing tactical shift in strategy in its Government Solutions segment away from bidding on large commodity service contracts and toward pursuing contracts for its niche products with higher margins.
In commenting on the Company's performance during the third quarter of
fiscal 2017,
Mr. Kornberg added: "Although we have just started our fiscal 2018 business planning process, we are seeing positive signs across almost all aspects of our business and believe that fiscal 2018 is shaping up to be a great year."
2017 Fiscal Year Financial Targets
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The Company has updated its fiscal 2017 revenue target to a range of
$550.0 million to $555.0 million . This new target, which compares to its previous target of$570.0 million to $580.0 million , largely reflects the Company's updated assessment of the impact of its tactical shift in strategy in its Government Solutions segment, a longer sales cycle for its HEIGHTS products and other product mix changes. The Company's fourth quarter is expected to benefit from an increase in orders for its HEIGHTS products; however, given the complexity and sophistication of the HEIGHTS system and the Company's experience since its launch of HEIGHTS, the initial sales cycle will be longer than the Company's prior satellite earth station new product launches. As such, the Company now anticipates that fiscal 2018 will be the break-out year for orders and sales of its HEIGHTS products, rather than the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017. -
The Company updated its GAAP diluted EPS goal to approximately
$0.67 per diluted share (which includes$0.33 per diluted share related to$12.0 million of favorable TCS intellectual property litigation settlements). -
The Company firmed up its Adjusted EBITDA goal to a range of
$68.0 million to $70.0 million . The range reflects updated revenue targets, the benefit of additional cost reduction actions and the impact of overall favorable changes in product mix assumptions. - The Company is pursuing a number of awards for large multi-million dollar and multi-year contracts. Although the extent and timing of any of these contract awards is difficult to predict, the Company expects to receive some of these awards shortly. Because of uncertainty regarding contract award and order timing, it is difficult to predict our fourth quarter fiscal 2017 book-to-bill ratio. If some of these large contracts are awarded and orders are booked in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, consolidated fourth quarter bookings could be almost twice the level that the Company achieved in its third quarter of fiscal 2017. At the same time, it is possible that the award of these potential large contracts and related orders may slip into fiscal 2018. In either event, these orders, if booked, are expected to benefit fiscal 2018 financial results.
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Total annual amortization of intangibles is expected to range from
$22.0 million to $24.0 million , total depreciation expense is expected to range from$14.0 million to $15.0 million and total amortization of stock-based compensation is expected to range from$5.0 million to$8.0 million . -
Interest expense, on total anticipated borrowings, is expected to
approximate
$12.0 million (including amortization of deferred financing costs). Such interest expense reflects an expected interest rate ranging from approximately 4.5% to 5.0%. The Company's actual cash borrowing interest rate (which excludes the amortization of deferred financing costs) currently approximates 4.0%. - The Company's effective income tax rate (excluding discrete tax items) is expected to approximate 36.0%.
Based on the anticipated timing of shipments and performance related to orders currently in its backlog, together with anticipated new orders, the Company expects its consolidated net sales and Adjusted EBITDA in its fourth quarter to be the highest of any quarter in fiscal 2017.
Additional information about the Company’s fiscal 2017 guidance is included in the Company’s third quarter investor presentation which is located on the Company’s website at www.comtechtel.com.
Conference Call
The Company has scheduled an investor conference call for
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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 possibility that the expected
synergies from the acquisition of
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COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) |
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| Three months ended April 30, | Nine months ended April 30, | |||||||||||
| 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | |||||||||
| Net sales | $ | 127,792,000 | 124,187,000 | 402,606,000 | 258,627,000 | |||||||
| Cost of sales | 75,331,000 | 72,796,000 | 244,833,000 | 149,596,000 | ||||||||
| Gross profit | 52,461,000 | 51,391,000 | 157,773,000 | 109,031,000 | ||||||||
| Expenses: | ||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | 25,923,000 | 30,439,000 | 89,596,000 | 60,818,000 | ||||||||
| Research and development | 12,961,000 | 12,613,000 | 40,371,000 | 28,216,000 | ||||||||
| Amortization of intangibles | 5,468,000 | 4,776,000 | 17,555,000 | 7,348,000 | ||||||||
| Settlement of intellectual property litigation | (2,041,000 | ) | — | (12,020,000 | ) | — | ||||||
| Acquisition plan expenses | — | 16,960,000 | — | 20,689,000 | ||||||||
| 42,311,000 | 64,788,000 | 135,502,000 | 117,071,000 | |||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | 10,150,000 | (13,397,000 | ) | 22,271,000 | (8,040,000 | ) | ||||||
| Other expenses (income): | ||||||||||||
| Interest expense and other | 2,761,000 | 3,473,000 | 8,938,000 | 3,621,000 | ||||||||
| Interest income and other | 88,000 | (5,000 | ) | 12,000 | (227,000 | ) | ||||||
| Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes | 7,301,000 | (16,865,000 | ) | 13,321,000 | (11,434,000 | ) | ||||||
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | 2,884,000 | (2,510,000 | ) | 4,808,000 | (994,000 | ) | ||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | 4,417,000 | (14,355,000 | ) | 8,513,000 | (10,440,000 | ) | |||||
| Net income (loss) per share: | ||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 0.19 | (0.89 | ) | 0.36 | (0.65 | ) | |||||
| Diluted | $ | 0.19 | (0.89 | ) | 0.36 | (0.65 | ) | |||||
| Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – basic | 23,449,000 | 16,195,000 | 23,420,000 | 16,184,000 | ||||||||
| Weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding – diluted | 23,503,000 | 16,195,000 | 23,449,000 | 16,184,000 | ||||||||
| Dividends declared per issued and outstanding common share as of the applicable dividend record date | $ | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0.50 | 0.90 | |||||||
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COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets |
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| April 30, 2017 | July 31, 2016 | |||||
| (Unaudited) | (Audited) | |||||
| Assets |
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| Current assets: | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 58,817,000 | 66,805,000 | |||
| Accounts receivable, net | 120,448,000 | 150,967,000 | ||||
| Inventories, net | 67,337,000 | 71,354,000 | ||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 19,599,000 | 14,513,000 | ||||
| Total current assets | 266,201,000 | 303,639,000 | ||||
| Property, plant and equipment, net | 33,981,000 | 38,667,000 | ||||
| Goodwill | 290,633,000 | 287,618,000 | ||||
| Intangibles with finite lives, net | 267,139,000 | 284,694,000 | ||||
| Deferred financing costs, net | 2,765,000 | 3,309,000 | ||||
| Other assets, net | 3,039,000 | 3,269,000 | ||||
| Total assets | $ | 863,758,000 | 921,196,000 | |||
| Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | ||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 27,226,000 | 33,462,000 | |||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 73,844,000 | 98,034,000 | ||||
| Dividends payable | 2,342,000 | 7,005,000 | ||||
| Customer advances and deposits | 31,326,000 | 29,665,000 | ||||
| Current portion of long-term debt | 14,387,000 | 11,067,000 | ||||
| Current portion of capital lease obligations | 2,689,000 | 3,592,000 | ||||
| Interest payable | 95,000 | 1,321,000 | ||||
| Total current liabilities | 151,909,000 | 184,146,000 | ||||
| Non-current portion of long-term debt, net | 211,509,000 | 239,969,000 | ||||
| Non-current portion of capital lease obligations | 2,185,000 | 4,021,000 | ||||
| Income taxes payable | 2,502,000 | 2,992,000 | ||||
| Deferred tax liability, net | 14,784,000 | 9,798,000 | ||||
| Customer advances and deposits, non-current | 8,064,000 | 5,764,000 | ||||
| Other liabilities | 3,150,000 | 4,105,000 | ||||
| Total liabilities | 394,103,000 | 450,795,000 | ||||
| Commitments and contingencies | ||||||
| Stockholders’ equity: | ||||||
| Preferred stock, par value $.10 per share; shares authorized and unissued 2,000,000 | — | — | ||||
| Common stock, par value $.10 per share; authorized 100,000,000 shares; issued 38,603,033 shares and 38,367,997 shares at April 30, 2017 and July 31, 2016, respectively | 3,860,000 | 3,837,000 | ||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 527,434,000 | 524,797,000 | ||||
| Retained earnings | 380,210,000 | 383,616,000 | ||||
| 911,504,000 | 912,250,000 | |||||
| Less: | ||||||
| Treasury stock, at cost (15,033,317 shares at April 30, 2017 and July 31, 2016) | (441,849,000 | ) | (441,849,000 | ) | ||
| Total stockholders’ equity | 469,655,000 | 470,401,000 | ||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 863,758,000 | 921,196,000 | |||
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| Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures to GAAP Financial Measures |
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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
| Three months ended April 30, | Nine months ended April 30, | ||||||||||||
| 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||
| Reconciliation of GAAP Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA: | |||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | 4,417,000 | (14,355,000 | ) | 8,513,000 | (10,440,000 | ) | ||||||
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | 2,884,000 | (2,510,000 | ) | 4,808,000 | (994,000 | ) | |||||||
| Interest (income) and other expense | 88,000 | (5,000 | ) | 12,000 | (227,000 | ) | |||||||
| Interest expense | 2,761,000 | 3,473,000 | 8,938,000 | 3,621,000 | |||||||||
| Amortization of stock-based compensation | 991,000 | 1,041,000 | 2,980,000 | 3,166,000 | |||||||||
| Amortization of intangibles | 5,468,000 | 4,776,000 | 17,555,000 | 7,348,000 | |||||||||
| Depreciation | 3,532,000 | 3,082,000 | 10,849,000 | 6,078,000 | |||||||||
| Acquisition plan expenses | — | 16,960,000 | — | 20,689,000 | |||||||||
| Settlement of intellectual property litigation | (2,041,000 | ) | — | (12,020,000 | ) | — | |||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 18,100,000 | 12,462,000 | 41,635,000 | 29,241,000 | ||||||||
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